Lead Process Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX (NOW HIRING)

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Your Opportunity
Stantec's growing Industrial Water practice is seeking a highly motivated Process Engineer with industrial process, application, and operations experience to join our team in our Austin, TX office. The candidate will support project proposal and delivery processes throughout the US and Canada with Focus on the US South Region within the following markets: Advanced Manufacturing, Datacenters, Upstream and Downstream Oil and Gas, Chemical Processing Industry, Power, Food and Beverage, Mining, and Pharma.
The role of the Process Engineer is to productively network with a wide array of engineering, environmental, water, and wastewater professionals on both technical project delivery and related business development initiatives, as well as lead process evaluation and design efforts across all phases of the project lifecycle.
Candidate should be able to evaluate, select, specify, and engineer systems or products for a project, and will perform or supervise and review a variety of tasks which may include calculations, design sketches and concepts, report preparation and field work.
Projects assigned may be broad, varied, and diverse in scope. You will analyze proposed projects to meet client needs and standards by ensuring safety, reliability, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Business development/application activities range from intentional listening to client needs and identifying related solution opportunities to developing technical scopes and budgets for project delivery. Process Engineers routinely assist in the development of detailed proposals for a wide variety of project settings.
Your Key Responsibilities

• Perform business development/application tasks and collaborate with staff to increase project wins and develop long lasting client relationships. Routine tasks include: - Participate in business line teams to manage and develop proposals.
• scope of work development and labor hours estimates
• division of responsibility (DOR) matrices
• quality reviews
• Perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned water, power and industrial process and wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Routine technical tasks may include: - design basis documents
• engineering calculations including mass and energy balances.
• review of regulatory requirements
• engineering documents, specifications, and drawings
• review and evaluation of technology-based solutions
• engineering reports
• feasibility studies
• Development of opinions of probable cost (OPC) for both capital costs and operations & maintenance (O&M) costs
• presentations to clients, regulatory agencies and/or project stakeholders
• quality reviews
• Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Assist project managers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
• Development and coordination of project construction specifications.
• Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects and facilitates independent technical review projects by others.
• Reviews contractor/vendor submittals for adherence to Contract Documents and industry standards.
• Involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, interested stakeholder parties, reviewing agency personnel.
• Coordinates with the regulatory review to seek final approval.
• Assists in the development and updates of project design standards and guidelines
• Interact with clients and management regarding status of project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Apply and share experience/knowledge of design expertise.
• Preparation of construction documents including plans, specifications, and construction cost estimates.
• Research and understand issues related to regulatory and other drivers that impact individual projects.
• Ensure that projects' needs are met in a timely and effective manner.
• Team management not expected but may become a need of design professionals.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Can work well in a high-performance team environment with appropriate mentorship and guidance.
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Possess a hard-working and positive attitude.
• Ability to perform and review mass & energy balance and hydraulic calculations.
• Ability to quickly assess industrial process for core plant functions.
• Ability and detailed knowledge of developing piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)
• Ability to drive development of process control narratives to allow for programming of process control systems.
• Ability to translate industrial process into clear diagrams.
• General understanding of all phases of project document production, client procurement procedures, and regulatory approval processes.
• Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Ability to effectively discuss project issues with clients, contractors, equipment suppliers/vendors, funding agencies and reviewing agencies; to deliver technical presentations in public forums in conferences and technical symposia.
• Possess excellent time-management skills, thorough understanding of task assignment and schedule, budgeting and efficient use of time and available resources.
• Understanding of local and regional jurisdictional codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions.
• Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite and Adobe.
• Experience with other software, such as Fathom, Arrow, ASPEN, OLI

Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Chemical, or Civil/Environmental Engineering from an accredited institution. Master's degree preferred.
Minimum of 5 years of total experience, with 2 years of operational experience being a plus.
Licensure: Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred or ability to successfully obtain within twelve (12) months.
Typical office environment working with computers and working at a desk for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements
Primary Location: United States | TX | Austin
Organization: BC-1773 Water-US Gulf
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 12/06/2026 04:06:58
Req ID: 1006266
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