Sr. Process Engineer (Pulp & Paper) - West Monroe, LA

S&B Houston•West Monroe, LA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

S&B is seeking a Process Engineer to support its West Monroe, Louisiana team. The role requires competence in conventional process engineering and independent judgment in evaluating, selecting, and adapting standard process engineering methods and procedures. The engineer will contribute to pulp and paper projects in a collaborative EPC environment. The position involves developing processes and control features with clients, gathering operating and equipment information at existing plants, preparing equipment specifications, communicating process designs to clients and other design disciplines, participating in process safety reviews, preparing operator instruction manuals, and contributing to contract proposals. The engineer may provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers or specialists. The normal work environment is a business office with moderate noise, with occasional visits or temporary assignments at operating plants or construction sites. Field work may involve outdoor weather, loud noise, moving mechanical parts, electrical energy, construction equipment, vibration, fumes, chemicals, and airborne particles. Occasional field trips require standing, walking, reaching, climbing, balancing, normal hearing, clear near and distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus; lifting up to 25 pounds may be required.

Requirements

Normally requires at least a four-year degree in Chemical Engineering and/or Pulp and Paper Engineering.
Minimum 10–20 years of experience in Process/Design Engineering or a related functional area, or equivalent working knowledge and experience.
Considerable experience using computer software packages and automated engineering and design tools.
Significant experience as a lead process engineer on capital projects.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals, and present information effectively to clients, managers, designers, and engineers.
Ability to work with probability, statistical inference, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
Ability to meet the physical requirements of occasional plant or construction-site field trips, including standing, walking, reaching, climbing, balancing, and lifting up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Some experience working in a paper mill environment.
Professional Engineer registration is highly preferred, or willingness to obtain registration.
Direct paper machine design experience, including specifications and calculations, is strongly preferred.
Experience with WinGEMS process modeling.
Experience with TAPPI paper machine drive studies.
Headbox replacement project experience.
Design engineering experience in material handling, recycled fibers, pulping and bleaching, papermaking, or power and recovery systems.

Responsibilities

Meet with clients’ technical staff to develop acceptable processes and control features.
Visit existing plants to gather operating data and equipment information.
Prepare equipment specifications.
Communicate process design to clients and other design disciplines.
Participate in process safety reviews.
Prepare operator instruction manuals.
Participate in preparing contract proposals.
May provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers or specialists.