Principal Engineer Process

Job Description

Zachry Engineering Corporation (ZEC) is currently accepting applications for a Principal Process Engineer to support our Corpus Christi office. The Principal Process Engineer will be responsible in the design office for routine engineering and design tasks of the assigned projects based on specific and detailed instructions received from the assigned supervisor as to the required tasks and results expected.

• Provide strong leadership to help develop scope documents during the early phases of project development
• Other duties as assigned
• Translate project design basis requirements, client specifications, and contract documents into definable process tasks and manage a team of individuals who execute this work to meet client expectations and schedule commitments.
• Support Zachry quality program, ensuring proper quality checks and verifying proper documentation of input data.
• Responsible for engineering and design of the Process engineering scope of assigned projects. Independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Must be able to manage a portfolio of many small projects or a large/EPC project, as required.
• Supervise, coordinate, and review work of a staff of engineers to accomplish objectives. As needed, support projects as an individual contributor.
• Mentors younger engineers, leading by example. Leads department development initiatives and standards creation/review/update.
• Responsible for developing process flow diagrams (PFD), d piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&), and Process/Mechanical Equipment Datasheets
• Responsible for sizing and rating various equipment like pumps, horizontal and vertical vessels, heat exchangers, and air coolers.
• Responsible for performing hydraulic analysis and calculations for piping systems. Experience to include evaluating systems involving single phase, two phase, slurries, water hammer, slug flow, and distribution networks. Tools required should range from spreadsheet through rigorous software evaluations.
• Participate in various client Process Hazard Analysis reviews (i.e. risk review, HAZID, HAZOP/LOPA).
• Responsible for design of relief system including contingency analysis, relief valve sizing, flare header design, and flare header analysis.
• Present technical information to peers and/or clients for review and comment.
• Analyze problems and take appropriate action to ensure continuous and reliable operation of equipment and systems.
• Evaluate equipment and process to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
• Estimate resource requirements of new project proposals in support of business development.
• Coordinate with offshore High Value Engineering Center to determine work split between offices and delegate engineering and drafting scope, as required.
• Responsible for timely submittal of administrative aspects of project execution including weekly budget tracking, schedule updates, forecasts of effort to complete and earned value tracking.
• Must maintain active status in a drug and/or alcohol testing consortium.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• 20+ years of experience working as a Process / Mechanical Engineer in industries such as Oil Refining, Gas Processing, Power, or Chemical industries, refining/gas processing or similar PSM regulated industries; 7+ years working in an Engineering firm and managing a team of Process / Mechanical engineers on capital/major maintenance projects
• Comprehensive understanding of processes typically seen in Power / Process plants
• Proven track record leading engineering team on $250 MM or larger size project (or portfolio of many smaller projects)
• Some travel (