process engineer Remote
Salas O'Brien
Full Time
Remote
10.56 - 12.04 USD Today
Job description
Process Engineer (Remote)
At Salas O’Brien we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.
Building for the long term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem-solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.
About Us:
Founded in 1975, Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We know that tomorrow’s requirements are today’s opportunities, and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.
We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high-rise buildings, clean energy, education, and other building types as well as structural and building sciences, infrastructure asset management, advanced robotics, and more.
Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development, human resources, finance and accounting, information technology, and marketing professionals, all of whom play a key role in bringing our commitments to life every day.
Job Summary: The Process Engineer is responsible for handling a client's needs with respect to the process operations. This would include the areas of innovation, performance improvement, quality/reliability improvement, and cost reduction.
Job Duties:
- Develop process flow diagrams (PFD’s)
- Generate Heat & Material Balances for process either by hand or using simulation software such as ChemCAD
- Assist in the development of piping and instrumentation drawings (P&ID’s) for the process including line sizing and developing control schemes
- Determine the process data needed for the sizing of instruments to be used in the process
- Generate equipment specifications for vessels, heat exchanges, pumps, distillation
- columns, etc., and work with equipment vendors to obtain the required equipment needed for a project
- Assist with the development of equipment layout drawings
- Generate bid tabulation of equipment from vendor quotations
- Conduct safety studies for a process for the sizing of relief device
- Provide input as needed to other disciplines during project execution
- Develop standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for processes.
- Assist clients with the commissioning and startup of process equipment.
- Ability to analyze unique situations and develop appropriate responses
- Facilitate Process Hazard Analyses (PHA) and Dust Hazard Analyses (DHA)
- Knowledge of OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) Program requirements and facilitation of PSM Audits
- Perform process safety management using What-If Analysis, Hazardous Operation Studies (HAZOP), Level of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
- Knowledge of OSHA PSM Mechanical Integrity (MI) Programs and Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP)
- Performance of Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA)
- Ability to walk down production sites to investigate/review potential process safety hazards
- Have a demonstrated ability to work with client operations, maintenance, engineering, and management resources for execution of process safety analysis
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience; 4+ years in process design on specialty chemical, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, and/or bio-fuel projects.
- On-site experience
- Familiar with scope, schedule, and budget management.
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
- Master's degree is a plus.
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
Location: Cincinnati, OH; Remote position
- Work is typically performed in an indoor office setting/client site.
Travel: Up to 15%
Equal Opportunity Employment Statement
Salas O’Brien provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/provincial, or local laws. Salas O’Brien will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.
Salas O'Brien
http://www.salasobrien.com
Santa Ana, CA
Darin Anderson
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
Architectural & Engineering Services
1975
