Chemical Process Engineer

$110,000 - $150,000/Yr

The Recruiting Group - El Dorado, AR

Full-time

El Dorado, AR

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Chemical Process Engineer will serve as the Site Chemical Engineer for an expanding chemical leader in El Dorado, AR. This role focuses on supporting chemical process units through improvements, equipment upgrades, troubleshooting, and managing capital projects. The engineer will leverage extensive knowledge of chemical processes and equipment to enhance operational efficiency and product quality.

Responsibilities

• Participate in process optimization and troubleshooting operational issues.
• Analyze operating procedures, equipment and machinery functions to improve raw material efficiency and improve product quality.
• Determine effective use of unit operations exercising judgment to compromise between process requirements, economic evaluation, operator effectiveness, safety and health hazards.
• Direct activities of operators on equipment including condensers, absorption and evaporation towers, pumps, valves, tanks, boilers, compressors, pipelines, etc. to effect required chemical or physical change.
• Perform tests and measurements throughout stages of production to determine degree of control over variables such as temperature, density, specific gravity, and pressure.
• Support capital projects with designs, plant layout, and oversees workers engaged in constructing, controlling, and improving equipment on commercial scale processes.
• Designs equipment to control movement, storage, and packaging of liquids and gases.
• Provide technical assistance to Environmental Department to resolve environmental problems.

Requirements

• BS in Chemical Engineering with 5+ years of experience as a Process/Production Engineer in a Chemical Manufacturing Facility (PSM regulated).
• Process improvement experience in a PSM regulated operation and working with Distributed Control Systems/Instrumentation.
• Knowledge of chemical unit operations/equipment - reactors, distillation, condensers, adsorption, compressors, evaporators, pumps, piping, heat exchangers, etc.
• Ability to work now or in the future without sponsorship.