Job Details

Process Design Engineer

We are looking for an energetic process design engineer to take ownership and responsibility of all process engineering related activities at site. Process Design Engineer will support the plant with following typical process engineering activities including, but not limited to:

1. Process Design Engineer will be working on different types of projects ranging from helping site with troubleshooting, improvement projects, growth, Process Safety, etc.

1. Process Design Engineer will be responsible for developing Front-End-Engineering packages needed to define the scope of projects assigned to him/her by Engineering Manager. The activities associated with FEL work are typically:

a. Equipment adequacy checks, PID development, Safety Valve contingency analysis and sizing, equipment specification, hydraulic evaluations, alternative selection, vendor coordination, control valve sizing, PHA closeouts, etc.

1. Process Design Engineer will

a. Lead the activities associated with complete scope definition of projects. As such, the successful process engineer will work closely with all involved discipline leads and stakeholders to seek their input.

b. Take part in incident investigation and take the ownership for process engineering related incidents. In many cases the outcome of incident investigations will ultimately result in a project to improve the facility.

Essential Functions

• Developing MOC packages
• Be able to evaluate the situation / condition and propose troubleshooting ideas
• Evaluating processes and equipment to ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations
• Leading small capital projects (less than $2M). The following activities may be applicable: plant layout, equipment purchasing, construction support, PID walk downs, commissioning, startup.

Experience Qualifications

• Required Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering
• Required 5+ years experience with an EPC or a petrochemical operating company
• Knows how to do: Line sizing, Pump sizing, evaluate existing equipment such as pressure vessels, heat exchangers, control valve sizing, PSV sizing, etc
• Competency in performing basic chemical engineering calculations and generating Heat & Material Balances
• Competency in process modelling software such as Aspen+, Hysys, Provision, ChemCAD
• Basic knowledge of: distillation columns, reboilers, condensers, process control, loading & offloading facilities, tank design, etc.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Excellent technical and computer skills including MS Office, Visio, Bluebeam, Chemchad / Aspen