Process Engineer
Valdes Architecture & Engineering
Process Engineer
Valdes Architecture & Engineering
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois
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💰 $65,000 - $90,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Interface with client engineering representatives and other discipline engineers within the Valdes organization
- Entry level knowledge within the Chemical Engineering discipline with the capabilities and the initiative to perform the work tasks with supervisory/mentor assistance
- Become familiar with basic PFD and P&ID symbiology, layout, and standards
- Learn to read and understand basic P&ID’s along with the different stages of development
- Learn to check basic P&ID’s modifications against CAD drafting standards and client standards
- Learn to develop demolition P&ID's based on project P&ID's and assist in P&ID walk-down efforts or field verification
- Learn general process department workflow and hierarchy of process documents in process designs
- Learn to develop/use heat and material balances, maintain a drawing list, develop an equipment list, develop a simple Line list with process data and recognize specialty items, and develop a specialty items list
- Become familiar with and learn to read piping isometric drawings and a plot plan
- Learn the basics of performing hydraulic calculations for compressible and incompressible fluids
- Learn the basics of pressure relief devices, types, sizing calculations, scenario development, and specifications
- Learn how to develop a process simulation and become familiar with thermodynamic property estimation packages
- Learn how to develop simple equipment data sheets
- Become familiar with industry codes and standards
- Interact with vendors regarding process equipment
- Learn how to develop physical property data for the selection of instrumentation including understanding typical instrumentation types and their principles of operation
- Learn to perform and document simple process calculations so they can be easily checked
- Become familiar with project budgets, schedules, typical project deliverables, and work scopes
- Learn to recognize out of scope work on projects, develop engineering judgment, and keep management properly informed on project issues
- Learn the requirements of collecting and maintaining process effort supporting documentation for calculations and project decisions made by the process engineer
- All other duties as assigned
- Must be able and willing to visit job sites as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Chemical Engineering
- 0-3 years of experience working as a Chemical or Process Engineer
- Entry level knowledge within the Chemical Engineering discipline
- Understand and able to apply basic fundamentals in Chemical Engineering: fluid dynamics, chemistry, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, process unit operations and separations, basic reaction kinetics and reaction design theory, and material and energy balances
- Ability to think critically and logically while solving problems in a timely manner
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Solid Microsoft Office skills
- Must possess exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills
- Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future
- Must be able and willing to visit job sites as needed
