Plant Engineer
Plant Engineer – Chemicals
The Colonial Group specializes in the placement of outstanding talent in the Chemical, Mineral Processing, and affiliated industries. Our clients understand our decades of industry experience give us unique insights and access to top talent at all levels. The Colonial Group is a nationally recognized, award-winning firm (Top 5%), dedicated to helping both clients and candidates join together to form a mutually beneficial relationship.
Our client is an industry leader and this position is accountable for plant process design, improvement of plant efficiency, small in-house project engineering and providing engineering assistance.
This job has excellent visibility and job done well will lead to additional responsibilities.
Requisites
· BS in Engineering, and Chemical or Mechanical preferred.
· 7+ years experience in product process and design, plant operations, and governmental engineering codes and regulations relative to the petrochemical industry.
· Demonstrated skills in engineering project management including contract negotiations and ability to communicate and coordinate activities affectively.
Responsibilities
· Process Engineering responsibilities include becoming familiar with all areas of plant processes.
o Initiate and investigate all options to increase capacity and improve efficiency of the plant.
o Maintain ongoing, routine trending of major process operation conditions, such as catalyst activities, system pressure drops, reformer tube skin temperatures, compressor performance and energy conversion efficiency.
o Assist shift supervisors and day supervisors in areas requiring technical assistance, and assist operations’ staff to insure the process is operating in a safe and environmentally compliant manner.
· Project Engineering responsibilities include becoming proficient in all areas of project evaluation.
o Initiate/engineer plant changes, and perform project management responsibilities on smaller projects.
o Engineer and prepare mechanical equipment specifications relative to plant modifications and repairs. Prepare process design engineering including process flow sheets and layouts.
o Assist in the area of contract negotiations relative to project work. Prepare purchase requisitions and assist in the selection of equipment and vendors.
· Process Safety Management responsibilities include monitoring PSM compliance using the Management of Change system, assisting or leading HAZOP revalidations, assisting in maintaining Equipment Inspection files, training operators, and more.
· Inspection responsibilities include assisting the Maintenance Department on inspection of deficiencies found during normal operation, and inspect fabricated equipment at the vendor’s location to insure compliance with specifications and schedule.
Resumes forwarded as a Microsoft WORD document are appreciated.
Please reference job code 5433 with your response and forward to: jerry@colonialgrp.com