PURPOSE: This Process Engineer role will provide day-to-day support for site unit operations as well as take a lead role in discharge of strategic activities for the team

KEY OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze data to aid maintenance & operations departments with decisions.
• Gather and maintain process data for proactive unit monitoring.
• Drive Management of Change (MOC) and associated hazard reviews for the assigned process areas.
• Participate in process hazard analysis (PHA) for proposed projects or existing process units.
• Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) for process related incidents.
• Perform pressure relief device design calculations.
• Perform pump & piping system hydraulic analyses for troubleshooting & process improvements.
• Perform heat transfer calculations for sizing or troubleshooting.
• Develop or modify piping & instrumentation diagrams.
• Complete spec sheets for instrumentation & process equipment.
• Work with vendors or contractors to obtain pricing estimates.
• Develop process design packages to assist the project engineering department.
• Develop small capital project (<$100k) scopes, budgets, and timelines for approval and manage projects to completion.
• Participate in outages/shutdowns every 2-5 years.
• Improve safety and sustainability of the facility

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCES:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Minimum of 3 years of process engineering experience preferably at an operating site from a continuous process industry
• Sound understanding of relevance of process technology, process safety, operational excellence and preventive maintenance in plant operations
• Able to work autonomously on most projects and job functions with a high degree of effectiveness in troubleshooting and continuous improvement
• Microsoft Office
• Working knowledge of engineering concepts with a desire to apply those concepts in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple groups throughout the facility.
• Strong interpersonal, time management, and organizational skills.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Prior experience with process simulation software like Unisim, Petrosim, Pro II or Aspen is a plus.

WORK CONDITIONS:

• Manufacturing facility and office based with up to 5 % travel required for training or business visits.
• This position along with engineers in the team supports the process engineering weekly on-call roster (ad-hoc support over the phone or at site after regular hours on weekdays and weekends)
• This position is expected to participate in day/night shift coverage during unit outages (every 2 years)/plant turnarounds (every 5 years) that can last multiple weeks.

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience. We are an equal opportunity employer including disability and veteran. All offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.