Sr. Process Engineer

Category:
Engineering & Scientific

Job Schedule:

Full time

Posted Date: T20:16:19+00:00

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* Responsible for front-end process design, equipment selection, and project development for silica, clay, and diatomaceous earth processing facilities. Scope includes designing and selecting equipment for dust collection systems, water transfer systems, milling, drying, crushing, screening, and classification circuits.

* Develop full FEL1/FEL2 project estimates, scopes of work, design criteria, and technical assumptions. Create mass balances, equipment lists, and process flow diagrams (PFDs).

* Conduct trade‑off studies, support economic evaluations, and contribute to project justification and capital approval packages.

* Identify and evaluate productivity and cost‑reduction opportunities across U.S. Silica operations, partnering with CI and operations teams to implement improvements that increase process yield, boost throughput, enhance operating efficiency, reduce costs, and establish best practices.

* Provide hands‑on troubleshooting and optimization support at operating plants.

* Lead plant trials, performance audits, and process improvement initiatives. Support commissioning and startup of new or modified systems.

* Collaborate closely with operations, maintenance, EHS, and project teams to ensure safe, reliable, and sustainable performance.

* Track and monitor key productivity metrics to assure plants operate per design conditions, projects deliver on forecast goals / expectations, and to help identify further opportunities.

* Provide technical leadership and mentorship to plant engineers and technical staff as required.

* Document work in a structured manner to ensure Change Management is captured and conveyed in updated operating procedures, drawings, etc. Capture Best Practices so that they can be shared and implemented across sites.

* Ensure that all plant upgrades and installations of equipment are properly engineered to fully integrate within existing sites and achieve designed functionality. Interface with vendors, consultants, and contractors to achieve specified designs.

* Work with operating sites to define and assess mechanical integrity of process equipment and infrastructure to develop a replacement timeline for capital budgeting. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to plant engineers and technical staff.

* Identify and respond to opportunities to improve safety, environmental compliance, throughput, quality, costs, housekeeping, and employee commitment.

* Assist in prioritization of improvement needs while developing and implementing improvements.

* Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Process, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical, Mining Engineering or related field.

Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement training.

* Experience should include a minimum of 7 years in mineral processing or bulk solids handling.

* Strong experience in designing dust collection ducting and air systems.

* Proven experience with water transfer and pumping systems.

* Hands-on experience with mills, dryers, cyclones, screens, crushers, and pumps

* Demonstrated experience independently developing FEL 1 and FEL 2 process designs, scopes, and cost estimates.

* Must have a proven record of accomplishment in a manufacturing culture focused on safety, reliability, and process improvement.

* Ability to interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, engineering drawings and procedure manuals and write routine reports and correspondence.

* Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

* Develop strategies to achieve organizational goals;
Understands organization's strengths & weaknesses;
Analyzes market and competition;
Identifies external threats and opportunities.

* Use feedback to modify designs and generate creative solutions.

* To perform this job successfully, an individual should have general knowledge of Spreadsheet and Word Processing software;
Process simulation software;
Project Management software;
Accounting software;
Order processing systems;
Contact Management systems;
Internet software;
Inventory software;
Manufacturing software.

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