Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer, Green River, WY

A large mineral/chemical company needs a senior capital project engineer (chemical process engineer) to manage multiple projects, small and large, across multiple plant areas, as a senior part of the site engineering team.

The position:

• Work in a complex plant with multiple areas of production plus a cogen
• Manage multiple capital projects, some quite large, both a manager and managing project managers
• Support plants as the senior plant process engineer
• Work with colleagues, the senior chemist, electrical engineer, maintenance manager, EHS director, etc, throughout the site
• Mentor junior engineers
• Extensive work with PHAs
• Troubleshooting processes in-plant
• Quantitative analysis – heat and mass balances, thermodynamics, etc
• Basic development – in lab and pilot – of new processes and process improvements
• Process improvement/continuous improvement throughout plants
• Full analysis of processes and plant – efficiency, effectiveness, economics, quality, etc

Required/preferred:

• At least a 4-year degree in chemical (or very similar) engineering.
• At least 5 years of experience in process engineering and project management
• Formal Lean, Six Sigma, or other quantitative process improvement program needed.
• Black Belt – great!
• Must be experienced in a major plant setting – so chemicals, minerals, fertilizer/phosphates. Inorganics a better fit than polymers and the like
• Able to work in and around an active plant
• A decent human being! Must be personable, nice to work with, etc!
• Must not need, now or at any point in the future, a visa (if you need a TN, email me)

Salary is definitely over $120,000, bonus and relocation available