Chemical Process Engineer

$110,000 - $150,000/Yr

NPAworldwide - El Dorado, AR

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - El Dorado, AR

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Site Chemical Engineer position at an expanding chemical leader involves supporting chemical process units through improvements, equipment upgrades, troubleshooting, and managing capital projects. The role requires extensive knowledge of various chemical engineering processes and equipment, focusing on optimizing operations and ensuring safety and efficiency in a PSM-regulated environment.

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 oversee workers engaged in constructing, controlling, and improving equipment on commercial scale processes.
• Design equipment to control movement, storage, and packaging of liquids and gases.
• Provide technical assistance to the 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.

Benefits

• Annual salary of $110,000 - $150,000
• Bonus opportunities
• Relocation options
• Growth opportunities within the company