Process Engineer

Summary
As the Process Engineer, responsibilities include delivery of the process engineering deliverables on time, within budget and meeting quality expectations. May require proving the supervision and technical direction of a team of process engineers on larger projects.

Essential Job Duties

• Plan, organize, and oversee the process engineering activities with responsibility for quality and accuracy as well as performance budget and schedule.
• Understand the project scope and deliverables.
• Initiate timely project change notices when deviations are made from project scope that affect the cost of the work, deliverable and/or schedule.
• Establish the process design criteria for the project.
• PFD and P&ID development, heat and material balances, hydraulic calculations and other process engineering tasks.
• Prepare equipment specifications and assist in the development of bid packages for procurement of equipment.
• Review and check vendor information and reconcile verses the process design documents.
• Coordinate with design leaders from other disciplines to ensure inter-disciplinary alignment of the design effort.
• Review discipline design information and design drawings for process engineering input and participate in inter-discipline design reviews.
• Develop preliminary designs suitable for the level of estimate being prepared as part of a capital project development study.
• Maintain familiarity with and utilize industry standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Travel as required for project related activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Paper Science from an accredited university.
• 3-10 years of process engineering experience.
• Experience in PFD and P&ID development, heat and material balances, and equipment specifications.
• Pipe line sizing.
• Pump calculations.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Knowledge of paper machine equipment, processes, and operations is a plus.
• Professional Engineering registration or ability to obtain PE is a plus.