JOB SUMMARY |
Working on both projects and bid proposals the Process Engineer is responsible for the process design of equipment systems or parts thereof. The Process Engineer is responsible for:
- Developing a process design which meets the requirements of the proposal or project
- Ensuring design phase outputs are delivered in line with the time schedule and quality requirements
- Providing technical support regarding process design aspects throughout project and bid lifecycles
- Undertaking other technical tasks as required (e.g. site surveys feasibility studies support to sales etc)
In general the Process Engineer will work as part of a team and will collaborate closely with other team members and functional disciplines to ensure successful delivery of the project or bid scope.
The position is within project but will occasionally be with tasks within proposal also. The process engineer will undertake process design tasks but will often be assigned the role of lead engineer of the project which means a responsibility to oversee all technical aspects and head the coordination of these and initiate project review activities and project meetings. Furthermore in a close cooperation with project manager also participate in client meetings.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES |
The Process Engineers duties include but are not limited to the following:
Process Engineer
The primary role will be to undertake process engineering design tasks on projects or proposals including:
- Safety & Environment
- Ensuring that with respect to the scope of works for which SPX Flow are responsible:
- Plant designs are safe
- Environmental impacts of designs have been considered appropriately
- Participating in relevant reviews as defined in SPX Flow procedures and additionally customer contracts and ensuring that her/his resultant actions have been completed. (Example reviews include: Design Reviews Risk Assessments.
- Ensuring compliance with local legislation and regulations (for the locality of the plant/process) which apply to engineering design (e.g. EU Machinery Directive EU PED Directive)
- Acting in a safe fashion particularly when operating outside of the known office environment (e.g. on customer and supplier sites)
- Process Design Tasks
- Generating process solutions and defining their characteristics in terms of:
- Process flowsheets
- P&ID diagrams
- Mass balance calculation
- Misc. process calculations
- Equipment specifications
- Equipment list
- Process descriptions
- Functional design specifications
- Process operating instructions
- KPIs / expected performance
- Product input/output requirements
- Utilities requirements
- Adhering to SPX Flow procedures and utilising applicable tools and design standards during the development of process designs
- Completing design calculations (e.g. pipe diameter sizing pump sizing thermal calculations etc) to support process design and equipment selection
- Ensuring that tasks are completed in accordance with the project schedule to the required quality and within the allocated budget
- Prepare equipment specification sheets to get equipment supplier quotations and once all technical and commercial queries are completed prepare the purchase requisitions in SAP.
- Design Ownership
- Ensuring that the design for which they are responsible is functional and is executed in line with:
- Applicable legislation and regulations
- Customer contractual requirements (or in case of proposal RFQ/URS requirements)
- SPX references standards and best practices where applicable
- Ensuring that design output is complete and of a consistent standard. Examples include ensuring that:
- Documentation (e.g. P&IDs FDS) utilises common standards across the project/proposal and that it is delivered to a consistent level in terms of content and quality
- Project specific equipment catalogues are used to support item selection
- Ensuring all scope elements/subsystems for which they are responsible integrate coherently and that external interfaces are clearly understood and defined
- Considering economic factors with a view to ensuring that the overall project is delivered on budget
- Communication & Team Working
- Undertaking technical discussions with customers and suppliers
- Attending relevant project or proposal meetings e.g.:
- Launch/kickoff meetings
- Progress reviews
- Design reviews
- Communicating information to stakeholders in a timely fashion
- Supporting other disciplines during the design phase to achieve project or proposal deliverables e.g.
- Supply Chain (e.g. initial specification review of supplier quotes purchase requisitions etc)
- Mechanical design (e.g. supporting plant layouts & 3D modelling)
- Automation & electrical design (e.g. FDS reviews attendance at software simulation)
- Supporting Installation & Commissioning team during the site phase e.g.:
- communicating design intent
- highlighting critical installation requirements
- assisting with resolution of design issues
- supporting acceptance testing and KPI trials
- Assisting with handover of design information to Aftermarket team
- Documentation
- Preparing process operating instructions
- Ensuring that all design information is captured stored and maintained in the allocated location in a structured and accessible fashion
- Compiling Operating & Maintenance Manuals including preparation of spares lists
- Assisting in compilation of Technical Files or equivalent as defined by relevant legislation (e.g. EU Machinery Directive)
- Additional Sales Support & Proposals Tasks
- Attending precontact customer meetings to provide technical support to the sales team
- Undertaking precontract studies (e.g. feasibility plant utilisation site surveys)
- Reviewing technical aspects of quotation text
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES |
- Fluent English both spoken and written
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work on multiple tasks within a matrix environment
- Ability and willingness to work and build relationships with colleagues across multiple functions and geographically diverse sites
- Good analytical and problemsolving skills
- Good initiative and ability to work independently
- The ability to meet high performance standards in a team whilst maintaining ethics and integrity
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE |
- Degree level qualification in appropriate engineering discipline (e.g. Process Chemical Mechanical)
- Engineering design experience in Dairy Food Beverage Pharmaceutical and/or other hygienic industries
- Understanding of hygienic design principles particularly relating to process engineering design
- Experience / understanding of systems designed for cleaninplace (CIP)
- Experience of working within and leading a technically oriented team
- Full driving license a strong advantage
- Good level of competence in Microsoft Office (Word Excel Outlook)
- Experience of AutoCAD beneficial
- SAP experience beneficial