Senior Process Facilities Engineer
VTI Life Sciences · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
Responsibilities
- Review and validate owner-provided legacy design documentation and equipment layouts.
- Aid in the placement and arrangement of compounding, filling, packaging, and utility equipment.
- Evaluate operator access, maintenance access, material flow, and future expansion requirements.
- Collaborate with structural, architectural, mechanical, and electrical systems for equipment installation requirements.
- Develop and refine process utility concepts and routing strategies.
- Create or oversee the creation of PFDs, P&IDs, line lists, and utility requirements.
- Design or oversee the design of hygienic process piping systems, including: Product transfer systems - Purified Water systems, CIP systems, Compressed air systems, Process waste systems.
- Apply ASME BPE and hygienic design principles where applicable.
- Participate in scan-to-BIM and reality capture review activities.
- Utilize laser scan and BIM models to evaluate equipment placement and piping pathways.
- Coordinate process systems within Navisworks and multidisciplinary BIM models.
- Identify opportunities for prefabrication and reduction of field labor.
- Support review of fabrication drawings and installation details.
- Assist with tie-in planning, startup readiness, and commissioning activities.
- Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, and GMP-related discussions.
- Support the development of documentation required for turnover and qualification activities.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in process facility design, process utilities, or hygienic process systems.
- Experience with pharmaceutical, OTC, biotech, food, beverage, dairy, or other hygienic manufacturing facilities.
- Working knowledge of: ASME B31.3 - ASME BPE, Hygienic piping systems, Process equipment integration.
- Experience with: Revit, Navisworks, Plant 3D or similar process design software, Scan-to-BIM workflows.
- Strong collaboration skills across engineering, operations, quality, OEM, and construction teams.
Qualifications
- This role is best suited for an engineer who understands both process systems and facility integration. We are not seeking a traditional piping drafter or a greenfield process designer. An experienced engineer who can quickly evaluate an existing facility design, identify high-risk assumptions, optimize equipment and utility integration, and help guide an accelerated facility relocation from design through startup is preferred.
- Experience supporting facility relocations, equipment reinstallation projects, manufacturing modernization projects, or complex process system integrations is highly desirable.
Skills
- ASME BPE and hygienic design principles.
- Revit, Navisworks, Plant 3D or similar process design software.
- Scan-to-BIM workflows.
- Collaboration across engineering, operations, quality, OEM, and construction teams.
Benefits
- Professional development, training, competitive compensation, excellent benefits, a matching 401K, plus a stimulating and collaborative work environment.
- Exciting career opportunities in a work environment that values trust, respect, openness, teamwork, creative talent, enthusiasm, and diligence.
Pay
TBD
Schedule
TBD