Process Engineering, Mechanical

Primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Promoting the culture of working safely and applying safety related concepts into process design.
• Plan, organize, and oversee the process engineering activities with responsibility for quality and accuracy as well as performance budget and schedule.
• Understand the project scope and deliverables. Initiate timely project change notices when deviations are made from project scope that affect the cost of the work, deliverable and/or schedule.
• Establish the process design criteria for the project.
• Interface directly with Clients to develop project scope and design requirements.
• Interface with sales team to develop business opportunities and assist with proposal development.
• Responsible for PFD and P&ID development, heat and material balances, hydraulic calculations and other process engineering tasks.
• Review and approve all process engineering deliverables.
• Prepare equipment specifications and assist in the development of bid packages for procurement of equipment and perform technical bid evaluations.
• Review and check vendor information and reconcile verses the process design documents.
• Coordinate with design leaders from other disciplines to ensure inter-disciplinary alignment of the design effort.
• Review discipline design information and design drawings for process engineering input and participate in inter-discipline design reviews.
• Develop preliminary designs suitable for the level of estimate being prepared as part of a capital project development study.
• Maintain familiarity with and utilize industry standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Check calculations, reports, and studies made by other engineers to ensure accuracy, as well as conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and good engineering practices. Travel as required for project-related activities.

Job Requirements Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Paper Science from an accredited university.
Minimum of 10 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry operations is a plus.
Extensive knowledge of paper machine equipment, processes, and operations.
Experience in PFD and P&ID development, heat and material balances, and equipment specifications.
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
Professional Engineering registration is a plus but not required.