Senior Process Engineer

Summary:

The Senior Process Engineer (SPE) will lead and manage the most complex process engineering activities for FQT's technologies. This role involves guiding engineering projects from inception through system start-up, optimization, and project closeout. The SPE will oversee a team of engineers, providing mentorship and ensuring the highest quality engineering deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

Relationships:

* Fosters long-term client partnerships based on mutual respect, communication, and trust. Seeks feedback from clients and maintains relationships during and after project completion

* Provides mentorship and training to process engineers. Identifies department training needs and provides solutions

Process Engineering:

* Applies comprehensive knowledge of FQT's technologies, engineering standards, and specifications, ensuring alignment with technical requirements and industry best practices

* Applies comprehensive understanding of FQT Process Engineering deliverables throughout the FEL process, ensuring alignment with project goals

* Leads the review of Design Base Engineering Reports and client presentations, ensuring the technology's accuracy and alignment with key project objectives

* Oversees delivery of engineering solutions to clients, ensuring clarity in technical communication. Coordinates teams to address challenges and deliver results

* Leads the selection and application for process equipment and piping systems, ensuring optimal performance and alignment with project objectives

* Leads the development of Engineering Deliverables:
Design Basis, Mass & Energy Balances, Process Flow Diagrams, P&IDs, Equipment Layouts, and Project Estimates, ensuring quality and schedule adherence

* Leads process startup activities, coordinating team efforts, troubleshooting complex issues, and ensuring that startup objectives are met efficiently and safely.

* Leads the development of functional documents, ensuring clarity and alignment with project requirements

* Leads the process modeling efforts across projects, providing technical guidance and ensuring compliance with FQTs best practices

* Oversees collaboration with Third Party Engineering disciplines to lead cross-disciplinary coordination and ensure successful project completion through the FEL stages

* Leads plant trials and R&D efforts, including patents, ensuring alignment with project goals and innovation targets

Safety and Quality:

* Leads participation in Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) and Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP), ensuring potential hazards are identified and addressed

* Leads peer reviews, ensuring engineering outputs meet or exceed QA/QC expectations

Project Management:

* Leads engineering cost estimation, performs peer reviews, ensuring alignment with project budgets and financial goals

* Leads project scheduling, ensuring milestones and project deliverables are met

* Leads and mentors project teams, ensuring best practices are followed

Qualifications:

Skills:

* Leads problem-solving efforts by diagnosing challenges, developing advanced solutions, and ensuring their successful implementation

* Communicates with clarity and authority, facilitating trust with team members and clients. Effectively conveys complex technical details and addresses concerns

* Fosters a collaborative environment, driving team accountability and alignment to achieve shared objectives and further FQT's mission

* Exemplifies strong leadership, guiding the team through decision-making, conflict resolution, and adaptation to change while promoting integrity and empathy

Characteristics:

* Demonstrates a proactive approach, consistently open to new ideas and feedback. Displays resilience in challenging situations and confidently supports others' viewpoints while providing expert insight

* Maintains a high level of enthusiasm and focus, consistently driving momentum across projects and teams, especially during high-pressure situations

* Consistently delivers complex goals with meticulous attention to detail. Demonstrates ownership of results at both an individual and team level

* Exhibits a strong initiative to lead and innovate, consistently seeking opportunities to enhance team performance and contribute to project success

Technical Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or a related field

* Passed FE and PE (Professional Engineering) preferred

* 12+ years of practical engineering experience

* Mastery of process engineering principles, including complex mass and energy balances, system/equipment sizing, and system optimization

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

* Travel requirements vary significantly by project. While the average travel expectation is roughly 30%, certain projects may require up to 100% travel and could involve shift work

* Valid driver's license required

Fluid Quip Technologies offers competitive pay: a generous benefit package including business casual work environment, health, dental, vision, life insurance, paid holidays, Paid Time Off (PTO) and a…