Process Engineer 

Location: Travel to operating plants as needed (≈20%)
Employment: Full-time

Role Summary

Support operating ethanol plants by troubleshooting process issues and delivering timely, cost-effective solutions. Prepare design packages (equipment specs, drawings, and P&ID updates) and help manage projects through completion, including schedule tracking.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose plant issues and implement corrective actions to improve safety, reliability, quality, and cost.

• Prepare engineering design packages: equipment specifications, P&ID updates, and change documentation.

• Build material & energy balances for new and developing processes with input from senior engineers.

• Design, lay out, and improve equipment and unit operations for industrial-scale ethanol processes.

• Analyze procedures/equipment to reduce cycle time and operating cost.

• Design processes for movement and storage of liquids, solids, and gases.

• Develop measurement and control approaches based on lab, pilot, and plant data.

• Determine effective arrangements of unit operations, balancing technical, economic, operability, and safety considerations.

• Lead/coordinate activities of operators/technicians on equipment such as condensers, evaporators, pumps, columns, heat exchangers, valves, tanks, boilers, compressors, pipelines, and centrifuges.

• Perform tests and collect data (e.g., temperature, density, specific gravity, pressure) to monitor and control production.

• Apply chemical engineering principles to address environmental and regulatory requirements.

• Issue technical information to customers and support external communications as needed.

• Track project timelines and support projects from concept to completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering (or closely related technical discipline) required.

• 1–3 years of process engineering or related experience/training required in a Chemical Plant

Skills

• Proficient with MS Office, Adobe, and AutoCAD.

• Strong attention to detail; excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.