Process Engineer

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Posting Date: 20 Oct 2026

City:
Houston

Location:

Houston, TX, US, 77070 Lisle, IL, US, 60532 Chicago, IL, US, 60603

Contract Type:
Permanent

Division:
Plant Engineering

Level of experience:
Intermediate

RINA is a global knowledge company whereexpertisetravels across borders, disciplines, and industries. Every day, we collaborate on solving complex challenges that no single field could tackle alone. With a presence in more than 70 countries and 160 years of heritage, we turn individual know-howinto collective progress.

We are currently recruiting for a Process Engineer to join our office in Houston, TX or Chicago/Lisle, IL within the
Plant Engineering Division.

$85,000 - $115,000 commensurate with education and experience

The Process Engineer will perform Process Engineering activities for a major Oil Products Storage Terminal project, supporting the development and execution of the process design throughout the project.

The role will be responsible for preparing Process Engineering calculations, documents and deliverables, ensuring that the design meets project requirements and applicable engineering standards.

The Process Engineer will work under the coordination of the Lead Process Engineer and collaborate closely with other engineering disciplines and project functions..

Process Engineering Activities

• Perform Process Engineering to project requirements, design criteria and applicable codes and standards.
• Develop process calculations, documents and technical deliverables.
• Support design cases, operating scenarios and process requirements.
• Work with the Lead Process Engineer and process team to ensure design consistency and quality.
• Provide process input and technical data to other disciplines.

Process Design and Development

Prepare and review process deliverables, including:

• Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs);
  
  Heat and Material Balances;
• Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs);
• Process and hydraulic calculations;
• line sizing and pressure-drop calculations;
• pump sizing and hydraulic evaluations;
• process equipment and instrument datasheets;
• process control and operating philosophies.

• Calculate product receipt, storage, transfer, recirculation and dispatch systems.
• Model terminal transfer and distribution hydraulics.
• Define and verify design flows and equipment operating requirements.
• Support tank farm, pumping, manifold, loading and unloading design and optimization.
• Evaluate and compare alternative process solutions.

Multidisciplinary Engineering Coordination

• Coordinate process interfaces with Piping, Mechanical, Instrumentation & Control, Electrical, Civil, Layout, Fire Protection and Process Safety.
• Supply process data and requirements for other disciplines’ deliverables.
• Join multidisciplinary design reviews and technical meetings.
• Review interdisciplinary documents and drawings for process requirements.
• Identify issues, inconsistencies and gaps; support resolution with the Lead Process Engineer and relevant disciplines.

Process Safety and Regulatory Compliance

• Follow project requirements, applicable codes, standards and industry practices.
• Provide process input to safety and hazard identification activities.
• Join HAZID, HAZOP and other safety and design reviews as required.
• Support shutdown, isolation, safeguarding and emergency operating philosophies.
• Align process design and safety requirements with Process Safety and Fire Protection specialists.

Design Development and Project Execution

• Support process optimization for safety, operability, reliability and maintainability.
• Provide process input to plot plans and equipment arrangements.
• Prepare process requirements for equipment and package specifications.
• Support technical…