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SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER | Plant Design

Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory

Department:Advanced Chemistry & Chemical Processing Group

Location:Littleton, Colorado

U.S. Citizenship Required for this Position:Yes

Travel:Yes

Schedule:Full-time

Description of Business Environment:

Peace is often associated with passivity. At Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory, we associate peace with strength, courage, and action. We know that enabling peace to prevail is not for the faint of heart, which is why we built our company foundation on the core values of Integrity, Quality, Agility, and Grit. We pride ourselves in providing unequaled services and technologies in the field of applied energetics to our customers. Our experts possess extensive knowledge and capability in energetic materials and military systems enabling them to offer analytical characterization, modeling & simulation, design, system integration, prototyping, test engineering, and proof-of-concept production services covering a wide range of applications. Our strengths lie in our ability and relentless determination to get the job done quickly and affordably.

RMSL is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Affirmative Action employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, veteran status, national origin or other legally protected status. An applicant with a disability or a disabled veteran can request reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our positions.

Specific Job Description:

RMSL is a growth company with an outstanding job opportunity for a senior Process Engineer. This position will report to the Advanced Chemistry & Chemical Processing Group Manager and Director of Engineering. The Process Engineer will be an integral part of a small cross functional team working on exciting development projects with cutting-edge technology. In this role, the ideal candidate will have a strong background in designing manufacturing and processing plants for hazardous materials. This role will be a part of an integrated team focused on the development of novel energetic systems, energetic material scale-up processes, development of ammunition and armaments, testing and analysis of energetic materials.

Duties Include:

• Serve as project lead on production plant design and commissioning
• Travel to project site (Texas) as necessary
• Development of engineering diagrams (P&IDs)
• Development of process instrumentation and control in coordination with automation engineers
• Development of process equipment specifications and data sheets
• Oversight and review of process deliverables from junior engineers
• Oversite of pilot plant commissioning and test production runs
• Assistance in ensuring engineering deliverables are completed on schedule
• Ability to handle materials with strict adherence to safety process requirements
• Assistance with company compliance in restricted information security regulations
• Project engineering tasks such as report writing and technical presentations

Required Skills:

• Experience in process engineering, plant design, and batch processing
• Experience with hazardous material processing or manufacturing such energetic materials, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, or similar
• Problem solver that can work in a team environment on fast-paced projects
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Superior attention to detail
• Physical requirements:
  • Must be able to sit for extended periods of time; must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.; must have the ability to see near and far and work with a computer monitor
  • Required to bend, sit, stand and lift to perform job effectively

Highly Beneficial Skills:

• Experience in one or more of the following areas
  • Aspen Plus
  • Modular design
  • Batch and continuous flow processing
  • Integrating automation and advanced process monitoring systems

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship
• BS or higher in Chemical Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Ability to obtain security clearance

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO
• Flexible schedule
• Professional development
• Annual profit-sharing bonus potential