Ammonia Process Engineer (Pocatello, ID or Rock Springs, WY)
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Job Location:
Pocatello, ID - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands phosphate mining fertilizer manufacturing farming ranching and cattle production and other enterprises related to agriculture.
Summary
The Process Engineer provides technical support for the ammonia production facility and key unit operations within the Simplot Mining & Manufacturing Division. This role supports the safe reliable and efficient operation of the ammonia plant with a strong emphasis on steam methane reforming (SMR) reformer operation and related hydrogen generation processes. Responsibilities include troubleshooting optimization process safety evaluations and improvement projects involving ammonia production storage and handling.
While this role initially focuses on site level support it offers future growth opportunities that may include broader leadership in enterprise wide ammonia strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day to day technical support for SMR shift conversion syngas generation ammonia synthesis and associated utilities.
- Evaluate process performance and recommend improvements to increase safety reliability efficiency and throughput.
- Support troubleshooting of plant upsets equipment performance issues and process deviations.
- Participate in incident investigations and root cause analyses.
- Contribute to Process Safety Management (PSM) activities including PHAs MOCs and operating procedure updates.
- Assist in environmental compliance activities and permitting documentation related to ammonia and SMR operations.
- Support capital reliability and debottlenecking projects by contributing to process design elements such as PFDs P&IDs mass and energy balances and equipment specifications
- Provide technical guidance to operations and maintenance teams including training on SMR and ammonia process fundamentals.
- Support the development and application of best practices for ammonia handling storage and distribution across assigned facilities.
- Collaborate with senior engineers and site leadership to drive continuous improvement.
Typical Education
- Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
Relevant Experience
- 58 years of experience in ammonia production syngas generation or closely related chemical processes.
- Direct experience with steam methane reforming is required including reformer operation catalyst performance and heatbalance fundamentals.
- Familiarity with OSHA 1910.119 and Process Safety Management principles.
- Experience with process modeling tools (e.g. Aspen HYSYS) preferred but not required.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to work crossfunctionally in operations environments.
Other Information
- This position reports to the Director of Process Engineering in Pocatello ID and will provide support to multiple facilities in the Western US.
- Home office location will have flexibility between production facility locations in Pocatello ID or Rock Springs WY
- Travel is expected to be up to 40-50% depending on home location
Job Requisition ID:25298
Travel Required:Up to 50%
Location(s):ABW Frontier Office - Pocatello
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. **
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.
