Process Engineer ($130K+ base)

Location

Elizabeth, NJ | United States

Job description

Reporting directly to Director of Engineering

Company
Our client is a growing clean tech company that is reimagining waste treatment and waste energy. They've just closed on a $30M investment with a reputable partner and are looking grow their U.S. footprint to 4 facilities in 3 years. This is a huge opportunity to help commission and scale a startup facility. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparing and supporting home office engineering package development, including preparing designs and design information for FEL 1, 2 and 3 packages

• Supporting plant construction through such activities as factory acceptance tests, inspecting equipment, walkdowns, and responding to construction RFIs

• Use operational data, literature, and modeling to perform heat and material balance, estimate emissions data, design process equipment, and improve existing designs.

• Prepare operating guidelines and develop design and operating procedures (normal, startup, shutdown, etc.)

• Perform process engineering tasks as needed to ensure design goals are met

• Gain understanding of our proprietary downdraft and fluid bed gasifier designs and performance specifications

• Build relationships with team members, contractors, vendors and suppliers

• Ensure permitting activities and requirements are aligned and integrated with the design scope

• Prepare and compile design package documentation

• Obtain costing data, prepare and manage RFQs from Vendor and sub-vendors

• Prepare bid tabs and review proposals

• Field support work, including startup, commissioning, and project controls

Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience)

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

• 5+ years working experience

• Knowledge of or familiarity with gasification, gas processing, fluidized beds, and/or materials handling

• Knowledge of project execution systems (Stage gate processes)

• Preparing bidders list, evaluating technical proposals, generating bid tabulations, and recommending equipment for purchase

• Troubleshooting process unit operations and in process improvement

• Experience and exposure to equipment sizing

• Startup and commissioning

• Must be able to function well in a fast-paced environment under demanding deadlines and changing priorities and conditions.

• Ability to multi-task, maintain flexibility and work independently with minimal supervision.

• Effective written/verbal communication

Required Skills

• Application of engineering and process simulation software, such as Aspen, Hysys, Aspen CCE, Aspen EDR, and AutoCAD
• Experience in moving projects through front end engineering and detailed design
• Ability to do initial process controls design and work with controls engineer to finalize control scheme
• Candidate should have demonstrated ability to set process specifications for equipment, prepare equipment datasheets and specifications, and work with vendors to find the correct equipment for a given application
• Understanding cost estimating
• Excellent innovative problem-solving skills
• Good report writing and presentation skills

Physical Demands and Work Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to sit, walk, bend, use hands (i.e.: type, write), talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. Employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to

15 pounds of basic office equipment.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

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