Process Design Engineer

Monument Chemical • Port Arthur, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Process Design Engineer owns and supports process-engineering activities at the site. The role supports troubleshooting, improvement, growth, and process-safety projects; develops front-end loading (FEL) packages that define project scope; and coordinates with discipline leads and stakeholders. Typical FEL activities include equipment-adequacy checks, P&ID development, safety-valve contingency analysis and sizing, equipment specifications, hydraulic evaluations, alternative selection, vendor coordination, control-valve sizing, and PHA closeout. The role also participates in incident investigations, owns process-engineering actions, and helps translate investigation outcomes into facility-improvement projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering from an accredited university
• 5+ years experience with an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm or a petrochemical operating company
• Equipment design for pressure vessels, tanks, pumps, heat exchangers, and control valves.
• Pressure-relief devices, including PSVs, pressure-vacuum safety valves (PVSVs), relief valves, and rupture valves.
• Process simulation
• Process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
• Distillation and reaction systems.

Nice To Haves

• Management of change (MOC).
• Hazard and operability studies (HAZOPs) and process hazard analyses (PHAs).
• Process safety management (PSM).
• Safety instrumented systems (SISs).
• Process control

Responsibilities

• Developing MOC packages
• Evaluate operating conditions and propose troubleshooting approaches.
• Evaluate processes and equipment for compliance with environmental and safety regulations.
• Lead small capital projects valued at less than $2 million, including plant layout, equipment purchasing, construction support, P&ID walkdowns, commissioning, and startup.
• Lead complete project-scope definition and obtain input from discipline leads and stakeholders.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, including but not limited to continuously growing in alignment with the Company’s core values, competencies, and skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level