Process Engineer III

Green Plains•Cedar Rapids, IA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Process Engineer 3 (PE3) independently executes process engineering activities for FQT’s technologies. This role encompasses managing engineering tasks from project conception through detailed engineering, commissioning, system start-up, and plant optimization. The PE3 is expected to demonstrate advanced engineering expertise and play a critical role in ensuring the successful execution of FQT’s engineering projects and technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a related field
Passed FE and PE (Professional Engineering) preferred
6-15 years of practical engineering experience
Strong understanding of process engineering principles, mass and energy balances, and system/equipment sizing

Nice To Haves

Passed FE and PE (Professional Engineering) preferred

Responsibilities

Initiates and develops long-term client partnerships, gathering feedback from current clients and laying the groundwork for lasting relationships
Demonstrates a strong understanding of FQT departments, leveraging them to deliver excellence.
Mentors less experienced engineers and identifies individual training needs, providing technical advice
Demonstrates in-depth understanding of FQT’s technologies, engineering standards, and specifications, ensuring strict adherence to technical requirements and best practices
Demonstrates a thorough understanding of FQT Process Engineering deliverables across the FEL process, ensuring alignment with project needs
Prepares Design Base Engineering Reports and client presentations, demonstrating technical expertise, attention to detail, and high-quality work
Leads client presentations of engineering deliverables, communicating technical details clearly.
Works within the team to resolve complex issues
Independently sizes equipment, piping, instrumentation, and valves (manual, automated, relief), ensuring precise technical specifications of high quality
Independently prepares Engineering Deliverables: Design Basis, Mass & Energy Balances, Process Flow Diagrams, P&IDs, Equipment Layouts, Engineering Lists, and Project Estimates.
Independently contributes to process startup, demonstrating proficiency in startup procedures, troubleshooting skills, and ensuring accurate execution of startup tasks.
Accurately prepares process control philosophies, functional descriptions, SOPs, and training documents, maintaining high quality and speed.
Precisely performs process calculations and modeling in Excel and ChemCAD for large-scale projects, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
Demonstrates proficiency in integrating Engineering practices into FQT projects, ensuring smooth progression through the FEL stages
Develops plant trials, incorporate findings into engineering deliverables, including patents, to progress FQT technologies and validate new solutions
Demonstrates the ability to lead while participating in Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) and Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP) to identify potential hazards in design
Demonstrates commitment to quality, ensuring deliverables meet QA/QC standards
Manages cost estimation and budgeting for engineering tasks with accuracy
Independently manages deliverable timelines, ensuring adherence to project schedules
Manages team interactions effectively, providing informal guidance to junior team members
Utilizes problem solving skills to identify challenges, generating solutions and implement solutions
Is trusted by the team and has the knowledge and confidence to clearly conveys ideas and more importantly concerns to keep projects on track
Brings the team together to win. Is highly accountable, trustworthy and can collaborate effectively to support FQTs strategy
Demonstrates strong leadership skills of Communication, Influence, Integrity, Decision-Making, Empathy, and Adaptability within the engineering team and FQT
Consistently demonstrates an optimistic view for good in every situation, is open to new ideas and feedback, and has the resilience to bounce back from setbacks.
Appreciates others' viewpoints and is confident in your own abilities
Brings enthusiastic, vigor and focus to the workplace every day, maintains momentum and is highly adaptable, especially during challenging times
Consistently accomplishes complex goals with attention to detail an perseverance.
Is highly accountable for individual and team results, whether they are successes or failures
Consistently demonstrates high initiative and eagerness to learn; actively seeks out opportunities to contribute to the team