Process Engineer (Rock Springs, WY)
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Job Location:
Rock Springs, WY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse privately held organization with roots firmly planted in agriculture and agriculture-related businesses. We are a true farm-to-table company with operations that touch every aspect of agriculture including seed production farming and ranching plant sciences fertilizer manufacturing food processing commercial product development and distribution.
Summary
This role supports plant production and reliability by providing process engineering support to operations and maintenance teams. The Process Engineer leads and supports projects to improve safety efficiency quality and reliability of existing and new process systems equipment instrumentation and materials.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and optimize day-to-day operation of assigned process units to improve throughput energy efficiency and product quality.
- Provide technical troubleshooting support to Operations during upsets abnormal conditions and equipment failures including root cause analysis and corrective action development.
- Develop and maintain mass and energy balances process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) for assigned units.
- Identify and implement process improvements to reduce variability increase on-stream time and minimize raw material energy and chemical losses.
- Lead and support Management of Change (MOC) activities including technical justification risk assessment and documentation updates.
- Participate in Process Hazard Analyses (PHA/HAZOP) Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and incident investigations.
- Define operating limits and control strategies for critical process variables and work with Process Control Engineers to implement control improvements.
- Support capital and expense projects by developing scopes of work equipment specifications and bid packages; evaluating vendors; and supporting installation and commissioning activities.
- Establish and track process performance indicators (KPIs) such as yield conversion efficiency emissions and energy consumption.
- Support environmental compliance by monitoring regulated parameters (SO₂ NOx opacity pH fluoride etc.) and assisting with permit reporting and corrective actions.
- Work with Maintenance and Reliability teams to identify chronic equipment issues and define process-driven solutions (e.g. corrosion fouling scaling erosion).
- Develop and update operating procedures startup/shutdown procedures and training materials for operators.
- Provide technical support for new product grades raw material changes and operating condition changes.
- Assist with commissioning startup and performance testing of new or modified process systems.
- Promote a strong safety culture by identifying process safety risks and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
Typical Education
Bachelors degree in chemical engineering from 4-year college or university (required)
Relevant Experience
5 years related experience in:
- Chemical manufacturing fertilizer acid plants or similar continuous process industry
- Troubleshooting real plant equipment (reactors absorbers evaporators scrubbers etc.)
- PSM experience is a plus.
Other Information
Employment is contingent upon a successful pre-employment drug screening
Job Requisition ID:25056
Travel Required:None
Location(s):ABW Plant - Rock Springs
Country:United States
**The J.R. Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion national origin ancestry age sex gender gender identity gender expression genetic information physical or mental disability medical condition sexual orientation military or veteran status marital status or any other protected status.**
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Distributed Control Systems
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement
- Minitab
- Root cause Analysis
- Process Engineering
- cGMP
- Kaizen
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Manufacturing
About Company
Learn about the J.R. Simplot Company, including our purpose and core values. A leader in global agriculture, we pioneer sustainable innovations to protect resources and feed a growing population.
