Process Engineer #1671
Location: Wyoming and St. Louis area
Salary:
Defines and resolves plant process problems to insure continuity of operations. Reviews newly developed process modifications and improvements to determine applicability and provides technical backup for capital and expansion efforts.
Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with applicable DN HSEQ Performance Standards, as well as applicable acts and regulations.
- Responsible for modification and improvement projects through all phases of design, equipment and material specifications, contract preparations, construction and inspection of new or modified facilities.
- Troubleshoot and resolve existing plant process problems. Assist with new plant start-ups.
- Solves problems relating to improvement of operating efficiency, plant production capacity and product quality. Prepares design information on assigned projects.
- Coordinates efforts of contractors working on engineering projects and capital projects with maintenance and production personnel taking into consideration safety, environmental and regulatory aspects of the job.
- Assist the preparation of the plant capital budget.
- Prepares CEP requests and provides necessary cost estimates and justification of projects.
- Maintains data summaries on process conditions to ensure maximum operating efficiencies at lowest possible cost.
- Conducts performance test and prepares test reports.
- Prepares cost estimates, drafts/contracts, analyzes bids and quotations for equipment and construction work and prepares recommendations for selection, reviews vendor drawings and outside engineering design drawings for approval.
- Maintains engineering files, containing engineering drawings, equipment specifications, vendor information, etc.
- Prepares periodic reports indicating progress of projects assigned.
Requirements
- Education: B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering
- Experience: Six years experience in chemical plant engineering projects, construction work, mechanical design, process design, project supervision and economic analyses.
- Technical: In addition to the basic degree in engineering, any additional studies in mathematics, engineering, management, economics or business would be a definite asset although not necessarily a prerequisite. Working knowledge of OSHA PSM requirements preferred.
- Ability to wear and care for applicable personal protective equipment (such as, safety glasses and shoes, respirator, hard hat and ear protection, safety harness) as required by site specific requirements
- Normal office environment with about 40% of time subject to various chemicals, temperatures, lubricants and varying weather conditions.
- Work overtime, including nights and weekends to resolve plant downtime events.
Location: Wyoming and St. Louis, MO
Job #: 1671
Posted Mar 8, 2012
