Process Engineer

Judge Direct Placement is seeking a Process Engineer in Norfolk, VA area!

*** Candidates must have 10 years in Oilseed / Oil Extraction experience (grain, soybean, corn, etc.) and heavy project/process engineering***

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical expert for manufacturing processes, material handling systems, production equipment, and supporting utilities.
• Lead troubleshooting, reliability improvements, process optimization, and operational performance initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve safety, quality, compliance, efficiency, throughput, and cost performance.
• Provide technical support for process upsets, startup activities, root cause analysis, and equipment performance issues.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, operating procedures, and process documentation.
• Lead technical scoping and engineering support for capital, maintenance, reliability, and capacity improvement projects.
• Manage process changes, ensuring proper documentation, risk review, and implementation.
• Monitor plant performance data and identify opportunities to improve productivity, yields, equipment effectiveness, and energy efficiency.
• Support long-range planning by identifying operational constraints, infrastructure needs, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Mentor engineering and operations teams while delivering technical training and best practices.
• Collaborate with vendors, contractors, and engineering partners to evaluate technologies and implement practical solutions.
• Provide leadership during design reviews, commissioning, startup, and performance validation activities.
• Support process safety, compliance programs, and controlled document management across the facility.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering or related)
• 10 years experience in agriculture project/process engineering
• Demonstrate ability to develop project scope packages, basis of design documents, equipment specifications, and technical bid packages.
• Demonstrate experience managing engineering documents and maintaining current drawings, P&IDs, and redlines.
• Demonstrate experience in soybean processing, oilseed crushing, solvent extraction, vegetable oil refining, or comparable bulk solids and chemical process manufacturing.