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SPX FLOW

Lead Process Engineer

Getzville, NY · On-site

$97K - $126K/yr

Reviewing technical aspects of quotation text Lead Engineer On a given project or proposal, the Process Engineer may be allocated the role of "Lead Engineer". In this capacity, they will be expected ...

GE HealthCare

Lead Process Engineer

Rector, PA · On-site

$92K - $120K/yr

... engineering methodologies. The primary objective is to demonstrate the performance and ... Leverage data acquisition, management and processing systems to focus improvement efforts to ...

SPX FLOW

Lead Process Engineer

Getzville, NY · On-site

$97K - $126K/yr

Reviewing technical aspects of quotation text Lead Engineer On a given project or proposal, the Process Engineer may be allocated the role of "Lead Engineer". In this capacity, they will be expected ...

Foundation Alloy

Lead Process Engineer

Cambridge, MA · On-site

$50K - $180K/yr

As our Lead Process Engineer, you will sit at the critical link that transforms novel alloy breakthroughs into manufacturable, reproducible, and market-ready products. This is a hands-on role with ...

CompoSecure

Lead Process Engineer

Somerset, NJ · On-site

$139K - $225K/yr

Represent the process engineering function in audits, customer visits, and internal reviews as a technical subject matter expert. * Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards ...

CompoSecure

Lead Process Engineer

Somerset, NJ

$109K - $142K/yr

Represent the process engineering function in audits, customer visits, and internal reviews as a technical subject matter expert. * Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards ...

CompoSecure

Lead Process Engineer

Somerset, NJ · On-site

$139K - $225K/yr

Represent the process engineering function in audits, customer visits, and internal reviews as a technical subject matter expert. * Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards ...

Royal Caribbean Group

Lead Engineer, Process

Miami, FL · On-site

$99K - $128K/yr

Lead and coach Process Engineers responsible for Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement initiatives, workshops and projects * Define and lead process development, improvement and ...

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How much do lead process engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Jun 26, 2026, the average yearly pay for lead process engineer in the United States is $120,101.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $103,500.00 and $134,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

How does a Lead Process Engineer typically collaborate with cross-functional teams during a project?

As a Lead Process Engineer, collaboration with cross-functional teams is a key part of the role. You’ll work closely with project managers, mechanical and electrical engineers, safety specialists, and operations staff to ensure process designs meet project goals, safety regulations, and operational requirements. This often involves leading technical meetings, integrating feedback, and aligning process improvements with broader business objectives. Effective communication and stakeholder management are essential, as you’ll serve as the main point of contact between engineering and other departments throughout a project lifecycle.

What does a Lead Process Engineer do?

A Lead Process Engineer is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, optimization, and management of industrial processes within a manufacturing or production facility. They lead teams of engineers and technicians, ensuring that processes run efficiently, safely, and cost-effectively while meeting quality and regulatory standards. Their duties often include process improvement, troubleshooting, project management, and collaborating with other departments to support operational goals.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Lead Process Engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Lead Process Engineer, you need a strong background in chemical or process engineering, experience with process design and optimization, and typically a relevant engineering degree. Familiarity with process simulation software (such as Aspen HYSYS or CHEMCAD), project management tools, and industry certifications like PE or Six Sigma is highly valuable. Leadership, problem-solving, and effective communication are crucial soft skills for managing teams and collaborating across departments. These competencies ensure efficient process operations, high safety standards, and successful project delivery in complex industrial environments.

What is the difference between Lead Process Engineer vs Process Engineer?

AspectLead Process EngineerProcess Engineer
ResponsibilitiesOversees process design, optimization, and team coordinationDevelops and implements process improvements under supervision
QualificationsBachelor's degree in engineering, experience in process design, leadership skillsBachelor's degree in engineering, technical knowledge, entry to mid-level experience
Work EnvironmentProject teams, manufacturing plants, engineering departmentsManufacturing facilities, engineering teams, project sites

In summary, the Lead Process Engineer typically has more leadership responsibilities, overseeing projects and teams, while the Process Engineer focuses on executing process improvements and technical tasks. Both roles require engineering credentials and industry experience, but the Lead Process Engineer often requires additional leadership skills and experience.

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Lead Process Engineer

SPX FLOW

Getzville, NY • On-site

$97K - $126K/yr

Full-time

Posted 4 hours ago

SPX Flow rating

9.0

Company rating: 9.0 out of 10

Based on 16 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

22nd of 419 rated machine equipment manufacturers

Job description

JOB SUMMARY
Working on both projects and bid proposals, the Process Engineer is responsible for the process design of equipment systems, or parts thereof. The Process Engineer is responsible for:
  • developing a process design which meets the requirements of the proposal or project
  • ensuring design phase outputs are delivered in line with the time schedule and quality requirements
  • providing technical support regarding process design aspects throughout project and bid lifecycles
  • undertaking other technical tasks as required (e.g. site surveys, feasibility studies, support to sales, etc)

In general, the Process Engineer will work as part of a team and will collaborate closely with other team members and functional disciplines to ensure successful delivery of the project or bid scope.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Process Engineer's duties include, but are not limited to the following:
Process Engineer
The primary role will be to undertake process engineering design tasks on projects or proposals, including:
  • Safety & Environment
    • Ensuring that, with respect to the scope of works for which SPX Flow are responsible:
      • Plant designs are safe
      • Environmental impacts of designs have been considered appropriately
    • Participating in relevant reviews, as defined in SPX Flow procedures and, additionally, customer contracts, and ensuring that her/his resultant actions have been completed. (Example reviews include: Design Reviews, Risk Assessments.)
    • Ensuring compliance with local legislation and regulations (for the locality of the plant/process) which apply to engineering design (e.g. EU Machinery Directive, EU PED Directive)
    • Acting in a safe fashion, particularly when operating outside of the known office environment (e.g. on customer and supplier sites)
  • Process Design Tasks
    • Generating process solutions and defining their characteristics in terms of:
      • Process flowsheets
      • P&ID diagrams
      • Equipment specifications
      • Equipment list
      • Process descriptions
      • Functional design specifications
      • Process operating instructions
      • KPIs / expected performance
      • Product input/output requirements
      • Utilities requirements
    • Adhering to SPX Flow procedures, and utilising applicable tools and design standards, during the development of process designs
    • Completing design calculations (e.g. pipe diameter sizing, pump sizing, thermal calculations, etc) to support process design and equipment selection
    • Ensuring that tasks are completed in accordance with the project schedule, to the required quality and within the allocated budget
  • Design Ownership
    • Ensuring that the design, for which they are responsible, is functional, and is executed in line with:
      • Applicable legislation and regulations
      • Customer contractual requirements (or, in case of proposal, RFQ/URS requirements)
      • SPX references, standards and best practices, where applicable
    • Ensuring that design output is complete and of a consistent standard. Examples include ensuring that:
      • Documentation (e.g. P&IDs, FDS) utilises common standards across the project/proposal and that it is delivered to a consistent level in terms of content and quality
      • Project specific "equipment catalogues" are used to support item selection
    • Ensuring all scope elements/sub-systems for which they are responsible integrate coherently and that external interfaces are clearly understood and defined
    • Considering economic factors with a view to ensuring that the overall project is delivered on budget
  • Communication & Team Working
    • Undertaking technical discussions with customers and suppliers
    • Attending relevant project or proposal meetings e.g.:
      • Launch/"kick-off" meetings
      • Progress reviews
      • Design reviews
    • Communicating information to stakeholders in a timely fashion
    • Supporting other disciplines, during the design phase, to achieve project or proposal deliverables e.g.
      • Supply Chain (e.g. initial specification, review of supplier quotes, purchase requisitions, etc)
      • Mechanical design (e.g. supporting plant layouts & 3D modelling)
      • Automation & electrical design (e.g. FDS reviews, attendance at software simulation)
    • Supporting Installation & Commissioning team during the site execution phase e.g.:
      • communicating design intent
      • highlighting critical installation requirements
      • assisting with resolution of design issues
      • supporting acceptance testing and KPI trials
    • Assisting with hand-over of design information to Aftermarket team
  • Documentation
    • Preparing process operating instructions
    • Ensuring that all design information is captured, stored and maintained, in the allocated location, in a structured and accessible fashion
    • Compiling Operating & Maintenance Manuals, including preparation of spares lists
    • Assisting in compilation of Technical Files, or equivalent, as defined by relevant legislation (e.g. EU Machinery Directive)
  • Additional Sales Support & Proposals Tasks
    • Attending pre-contact customer meetings to provide technical support to the sales team
    • Undertaking pre-contract studies (e.g. feasibility, plant utilisation, site surveys)
    • Reviewing technical aspects of quotation text

Lead Engineer
On a given project or proposal, the Process Engineer may be allocated the role of "Lead Engineer". In this capacity, they will be expected to lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver the overall design outputs for the scope package for which they are responsible. In this capacity, they will be responsible for additional tasks such as:
  • Establishing and leading engineering team meetings/discussions
  • Generating and maintaining time schedule for the engineering phase
  • Identifying and communicating resource needs
  • Actively managing team members to meet schedule demands and target on-budget execution (in terms of hours), whilst still ensuring delivery of a thoroughly engineered, complete design.
  • Establishing and communicating consistent design and documentation standards for the project/proposal (e.g. building project "equipment catalogue", setting P&ID symbol sets, etc)
  • Ensuring that required reviews and meetings (e.g. design reviews) are completed and that resultant actions are closed out by the team.
  • Ensuring team compliance with SPX Flow processes and procedures

Engineering Community Member
As a member of the global engineering team, the Process Engineer will be expected to actively participate in the wider technical community and provide support to colleagues, including:
  • General Technical Support
    • Acting as a "subject matter expert" in areas where they have appropriate experience and partake in knowledge sharing as required
    • Supporting staff in areas where they are inexperienced
    • Providing general technical support outside of the specific projects/proposals for which they are responsible. Examples include:
      • Conceptual design guidance during proposal stage
      • Technical review of quotation text prior to bid submission
      • Participating in design reviews as an "external" expert
  • Continuous Improvement
    • Providing input into continuous improvement initiatives (e.g. tools development, standardisation)
    • Documenting and communicating "lessons learned"
    • Involvement in knowledge sharing initiatives (e.g. documenting best practices)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
  • Fluent English - both spoken and written
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work on multiple tasks, within a matrix environment
  • Ability and willingness to work and build relationships with colleagues across multiple functions and geographically diverse sites
  • Good analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Good initiative and ability to work independently
  • The ability to meet high performance standards in a team whilst maintaining ethics and integrity

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
  • Degree level qualification in appropriate engineering discipline (e.g. Process, Chemical, Mechanical)
  • 8-10 years ofEngineering design experience in Dairy, Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical and/or other hygienic industries
  • Understanding of hygienic design principles, particularly relating to process engineering design
  • Experience / understanding of systems designed for clean-in-place (CIP)
  • Experience of working within, and leading, a technically oriented team
  • Full driving license a strong advantage
  • Good level of competence in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Experience of AutoCAD beneficial
  • SAP experience beneficial

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
In general, this is an office-based job with a considerable amount of time spent at a computer. Ability to travel to other SPX locations and customer sites is a requirement. On some occasions, extended working away from the office may be required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Ability to travel globally up to approximately 30% of the time.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Anticipated salary range for this position: $100,200/yr to $139,260/yr. The anticipated salary range is what we believe to be the likely base salary range for this position at the time of posting. Actual salary for this position will depend on relevant qualifications, skills, and experience.
SPX FLOW VALUES
SPX Flow employees are expected to behave in accordance with our company values as outlined below.
QUALITY
Quality encompasses all aspects of SPX's business, and every employee shares the responsibility to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and the quality system. All employees have an obligation to identify and record any such nonconformity, and through designed channels, initiate and recommend solutions.

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