Sr. Process Engineer, PE

About the role

The senior engineer/consultant requires extensive technical experience and exercising of judgment in the performance of the position objectives. The senior engineer/consultant must optimize solutions through analysis of varied alternatives. The positions require working with a variety of industries, clients, and technical issues. The senior engineer/consultant will be expected to lead others, delegate work, and work on/lead multiple projects at one time. Assignments will have clear and specified objectives, but will require the investigation of several variables to provide the customer with an engineered solution that will meet stated objectives. The senior engineer/consultant is required to track costs on each project to prevent the project from exceeding its budget. The incumbent is also required to meet design milestones agreed to early in the project. The senior engineer/consultant will meet with customers to discuss engineering related questions and project timing. Documentation of each phase of the project is required for internal use and transmittal to the customer. Technical competence is necessary for the incumbent to apply current, industry accepted technology to meet the project objectives. The senior engineer/consultant may be expected to act as project manager on single discipline projects within their department, and sometimes small multidiscipline projects.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the successful delivery of the discipline deliverables, quality, and administrative portions of the project.
• In some cases (small single discipline projects), also responsible for project management.
• Responsible for the discipline portion of all scope documents; often develops scope documents and ensures they meet their intended purpose using correct documents from the ITAC network.
• Prepares Scope of Work (defines project deliverables and schedules), Discipline Narrative/Project Execution Plan (defines discipline design details), and Specification (defines equipment or programming effort when applicable).
• Ensures scope documents contain enough detail for the discipline design team to proceed in the absence of the lead engineer and specify deliverables and schedule.
• Aids in developing and maintaining the project schedule as defined in scope documents; assures proper resources are assigned and the project stays on schedule.
• Tracks and maintains all discipline budgets as defined in the proposal and project estimate; ensures task codes are defined for weekly cost reports and provides a project budget setup sheet to the project manager.
• Responsible for the quality of all discipline deliverables; obtains quality control checks of all deliverables.
• Aids in the development and execution of the Project Execution Plan; identifies and communicates areas of risk and delays.
• Maintains scope documents, schedule, budget, and quality throughout project execution.
• Helps develop and follow the project execution plan, updating the lead engineer and/or project manager on upcoming items.
• By the time the discipline budget is 10‑20% complete, assists the lead engineer in reconciling scope, schedule, and budgets and producing a change request alert if discrepancies exist.
• Throughout execution, reconciles all scope, schedule, and budget issues by maintaining proper project documentation (e.g., CRA, telephone confirmations, meeting minutes, needs lists).
• Ensures all conversations and issues involving scope, schedule, and budget are discussed with the project manager and documented.
• Assures proper information is available for the project to proceed efficiently (on schedule and on budget).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Process Engineering (or equivalent working knowledge/experience)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a team-oriented environment
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization

Benefits

• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• 401k & ESOP
• Life Insurance
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Sick Time Off
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Development
• Wellness Program
• Mentorship Program
• Safety Incentive Program
• 24/7 Chaplain Care
• Flexible Schedule & Remote Working

Pay

The typical salary range for this position is $135,000 - $155,000.