Lead or Principal Process Engineer
SI Group•Freeport, TX
About The Position
As the Principal Process Engineer, reporting to the Director - Process Engineering, you will drive process safety excellence, lead process optimization initiatives, develop innovative process designs for capital projects, and provide high-impact technical support to plant teams. You will be responsible for driving excellence in process safety through PHAs and MOCs, developing innovative designs for capital projects, and owning the technology of plant assets. Additionally, you will provide technical production support and mentoring to production engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in chemical process and/or production engineering
- Working knowledge of distributed control systems (DCS) and safety instrumented systems (SIS)
- Working knowledge of standards such as API, ASME, NFPA, etc.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical assistance with PHAs/LOPAs, CAPAs, and specify SIF requirements.
- Initiate and execute MOCs for process improvements and capital projects.
- Develop Heat and Material Balances (HMBs), PSV calculation basis, capital project process design basis, and process control functional specification narratives for new processes.
- Collaborate with production to address gaps in current Process Safety Information (PSI).
- Provide technical support to ensure root causes are correctly identified during incident investigations.
- Identify, evaluate, and execute medium-term initiatives to drive improvements in yield, energy usage, capacity, and quality.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including production and maintenance to ensure solutions are sustainable.
- Leverage global process knowledge to ensure best practices are shared to drive improvements.
- Lead/support plant trials for process improvements to mitigate business, quality, safety, and production risks and to document and trial data and results.
- Develop process design basis for capital projects.
- Lead feasibility studies for potential new initiatives.
- Ensure technically sound detailed process engineering design is delivered to project team, including external engineering work.
- Participate in commissioning and startup teams.
- Coordinate with process technology to ensure successful implementation of new products and process technologies.
- Lead/support plant trials for new or improved products and new process technologies to mitigate business, quality, safety, and production risks and to document trial data and results.
- Develop big picture step change improvements of strategic plant assets.
- Develop strategic options for asset/product line footprints.
- Provide technical assistance to plants for high impact issues and troubleshooting.
- Partner with process technology and other cross functional teams to develop practical solutions to plant problems.
- Provide mentoring to production engineers.
Benefits
- Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision packages
- Company contribution to Health Savings Account
- Cash incentive for Annual Physical
- Reimbursement for Annual Physical
- Company paid life insurance
- Company paid disability plans
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with generous company match
- Certified Financial Planning & Investment services
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
