Yates Construction · 1 week ago
Process Staff Engineer - Paper Process
Birmingham, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
10+ years expYates Construction is seeking a Lead Paper Process Engineer to oversee process engineering deliverables while ensuring quality and budget compliance. The role involves leading a team of engineers, interfacing with clients, and managing project scopes and deliverables.
Civil EngineeringCommercialConstructionInfrastructure
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
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
Preferred
Professional Engineering registration is a plus but not required
Company
Yates Construction
Yates Construction specializes in the design, civil engineering, project management, infrastructure administration and development.
5001-10000 employees
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