Chemical Process Engineer

Gables Search Group - El Dorado, AR

Full-time - Mid Level

El Dorado, AR

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Site Chemical Engineer will play a crucial role in supporting chemical process units by implementing improvements, managing equipment upgrades, troubleshooting issues, and overseeing capital projects. This position requires a deep understanding of various chemical engineering principles and equipment, ensuring optimal operation and safety within 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 product quality.
• Determine effective use of unit operations while balancing process requirements, economic evaluation, operator effectiveness, and safety hazards.
• Direct activities of operators on equipment including condensers, absorption and evaporation towers, pumps, valves, tanks, boilers, compressors, and pipelines to effect required chemical or physical changes.
• Perform tests and measurements throughout production stages to control 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.
• 5+ years of experience as a Process/Production Engineer in a Chemical Manufacturing Facility (PSM regulated).
• Process improvement experience in a PSM regulated operation.
• Experience working with Distributed Control Systems/Instrumentation.
• Extensive knowledge of chemical unit operations and equipment including reactors, distillation, condensers, adsorption, compressors, evaporators, pumps, piping, and heat exchangers.
• Ability to work now or in the future without sponsorship.