Job Description
Job Title : Senior Plant Process Engineer ( Chemical Manufacturing)
Location : Mesa, AZ
10% annual bonus at target
Type : Full Time
Job description
• PSM experience is required! Process Safety Management
• Chemical Manufacturing experience is required!
• Process Scale Up experience is required!
• Provide technical process and equipment guidance to the pilot plant operations team
• Develop new products and processes
• Collaborate with lab personnel to conduct lab scale trials
• Conduct in-plant process/equipment trials and data analysis
• Design new or modify existing equipment
• Develop, program, and implement process control logic changes
• Support capital projects - equipment specification, quotes, P&ID updates, control logic updates, hazard reviews, installation reviews, commissioning, etc.
• Lead, participate and document risk assessments and HazOps
• Lead root cause investigations and develop corrective actions
• Conduct equipment trials at vendor's site
• Act as PSM MOC Coordinator
• Complete monthly air permit compliance reports, quarterly research reports, assigned monthly safety inspections/audits
• Summarize and present data to management
• Liaise with other departments and sites to provide professional support and advice
Desirable Skills:
• Programming Rockwell Plant PAX (ladder logic and function block) and working with associated Factory Talk software (Historian, Alarm & event, etc.)
• Leading small capital projects (< $250,000)
• Leading HazOp reviews
• Software: Aspen Plus, Autocad, JMP
• Design of Experiments (DOE) and data analysis
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering REQUIRED
• Five years process engineering experience in a PSM chemical plant environment
• Capital project experience
• Rockwell process automation experience
• Performing heat & material balances
• Process scale-up
What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements of this position?
5 years of Plant PSM Process Engineering in a Chemical Manufacturing environment is REQUIRED
BS in Chemical Engineering is REQUIRED! PHD candidates will not be challenged enough and are not preferred.
Process Scale up experience is REQUIRED
What are the nice-to-have skills?
Programming Rockwell Plant PAX (ladder logic and function block) and working with associated Factory Talk software (Historian, Alarm & event, etc.)
Leading small capital projects (< $250,000)
Leading HazOp reviews
Software: Aspen Plus, Autocad, JMP
Performing heat & material balances
The PSM Senior Process Engineer role is critical to achieving the following high-level goals:
) Lead the overall process development (biomass handling, solvent extraction, rubber purification, solvent recovery, etc.) of extracting natural rubber from Guayule at pilot/demonstration scale
2) Lead the development of new processes and products associated with Guayule
3) Lead the scale-up of the pilot plant processes to commercial scale
Compensation for this role is in the $100,000 to $130,000 range plus a 10% annual bonus at target. Full relocation assistance is being offered. Sign on bonus possible.
Is there additional variable compensation?
10% Annual bonus at target
Sign on bonus possible
Full relocation assistance is offered
Is relocation available?
Yes, nationwide
Is this a new position, or a backfill?
New Position