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QuEST Global Senior Chemical Process Engineer in Houston, Texas
61842BR
Title:
Senior Chemical Process Engineer
Job Description:
Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.
We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.
As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.
The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:
Roles & Responsibilities:
Senior Chemical Process Engineers play a pivotal role in the successful operation of our plants and are responsible for initiating and leading improvements to unit performance in safety, production, and reliability in a dynamic team environment.
He/She will think strategically, execute thoughtfully, and collaborate across many teams, levels, and situations.
In this role, he/she will serve as a senior process technical resource, providing technical and operational expertise to address complex processes across business teams.
Mentoring less experienced engineers on design practices, unit health monitoring, and troubleshooting
Provide off-hours support of abnormal and non-routine operations, including unit Turnarounds
Aiding in the development of long term vision and strategy for product line improvements
Organizing and designing plant testing and product trials
Serve as a senior resource either serving as or working with supervisors on the team to set clear objectives, and ensure priorities are aligned for the technical team
Influence others and drive toward solutions without direct authority
Work in a team environment with other engineering disciplines, operations, and mechanical personnel and interface with corporate technology support
Ability to interface with 3rd party vendors (cost optimizations as well as developing/driving solutions)
Serve as process safety resource on business team leading Hazard and Operability Reviews (HAZOPs) and Risk Assessments by developing closure plans and strategies for identified risks
Lead/support incident investigations as technical lead
Provide support for developing and implementing various capital projects to drive margin or mitigate SHE risk
Provide assistance in the field during plant startups, shutdowns or upsets
Demonstrating courage of conviction to drive healthy tension for both business team and corporate technology support to promote fit for purpose outcome
Required Skills (Technical Competency):
B.S. Chemical Engineering
10+ years of experience in Chemical Engineering plant with technical fuels/ chemicals manufacturing roles.
Process design experience
Working knowledge of RBI practices (corrosion damage mechanisms/mitigations, saltation, etc)
Risk assessment and HAZOP experience
Understanding of safety relief limits (modelling and evaluations)
Desired Skills:
Familiarity with advanced control strategies/optimization software
Demonstrated understanding of modelling software (PROII, ASPEN, etc)
Kinetic Modelling (SOL, KBC Profimatics, etc)
Physical Requirements & Work Environment:
Mostly Office Environments, Occasional Shop Floor involvement.
Substantial amounts of telephone and computer work.
Heavily Regulated Industries with strict adherence to procedures.
Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late or arriving early.
Typical 8 hour days plus lunch / 40 hour weeks / core (required) hours are 9AM to 4PM
Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Auto req ID:
61842BR
Job Type:
Full Time-Regular
Assignment Country:
United States
Total Years of Exp:
10 - 15
Education Type:
B.E/B.Tech/BS-Chemical Engineering
Assignment State:
TEXAS
Assignment Location:
Houston
Experience Level:
Mid Level