Process Engineering Manager
Bethlehem, GA - USA
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Division: Universal Industrial Gases LLC
Location: Bethlehem PA United States
Other Available Locations: N/A
Welcome to Nucor where our unique culture sets us apart. Joining Nucor means becoming part of North Americas largest steel and steel products manufacturer offering unmatched career opportunities and stability. We are known for our innovative sustainability practices and are the continents largest recycler. Our vibrant culture built on personal connections and teamwork empowers every team member with the freedom to innovate and contribute to our collective success. Experience a workplace where safety efficiency and meaningful personal connections define every day enriching both our teammates and the communities we serve.
Nucor supports its teammates with top-tier benefits like Medical Dental Vision and Disability Insurance 401K and Roth accounts Profit sharing Pay-for-performance bonuses Paid parental leave Tuition reimbursement Stock program Scholarships and more.
Best Benefits in the Business
- Yearly UIG specific KPI bonus in addition to Nucor profit sharing
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays 10 per year and 1 personal day
- Profit Sharing 1x year payout that averages around 17% of your annual earnings
- Tuition Reimbursement - $5250 year for teammates $2625 for spouses
- Scholarship Program Every child of a Nucor teammate is eligible for $5000 per year
- Parental Leave
- Low-cost medical dental vision after 30 days
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Company matching 401(k) plan
- Employee stock purchase plan we match 10% of your purchase
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Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate lead and uphold safety policies practices procedures and housekeeping standards at all times.
What Youll Do
The Process Engineering Manager is responsible for providing overall technical direction for the Process department. Reporting to the VP of Engineering the Process Engineering Manager will lead a team of disciplined engineers to execute Air Separation Industrial Gases projects safely and efficiently throughout the proposal engineering construction commissioning and startup phases. This position will be based in Bethlehem PA but will require travel to plant locations throughout the region.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead the design optimization and performance of world-scale cryogenic air separation plants supporting critical industries.
- Organize and manage the daily activities of the process engineering and process system discipline group and steward continuous improvement in quality and technical excellence.
- Review customer inquiries and analyze costs and benefits of various process solutions and select optimum design cases for the system and the equipment.
- Perform process simulations develop Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) Heat and Material Balances (H&MBs) calculate pressure drops power and utility consumptions and products estimates.
- Size Air Separation Process Equipment (e.g. distillation columns heat exchangers compressors pumps PPU tanks cooling towers etc.) and develop process data sheets and specifications.
- Develop equipment list line sizes and material selection list.
- Participate in P&IDs development HAZOP plant commissioning and start-up technical risk analysis safety and environmental assessments.
- Review vendor documentation and drawings to ensure compliance with design criteria and standards.
- Accountable for the development implementation and analyzation of the plant process performance tests.
- Provide technical guidance for plant operations and assist with plant troubleshooting and investigations.
- Stay current with state-of-the-art industrial gas tools design practices process safety and process technologies.
- Development of department best practices processes procedures and tools as well as the continuous improvement initiatives.
- Responsible for the department operations covering hiring training developing setting goals appraising teammates identifying skill gaps and ensuring UIG achieves industry leading technical excellence.
- Occasionally represent UIG as senior technical leader in appropriate industry groups such as CGA AIChemE and others as necessary.
What Youll Need
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in the Cryogenic Air Separation in an industrial gas company.
- Extensive work experience leading state of the art process cycle development and selection and creating process simulations using mainstream process simulators such as UniSim and gPROMS.
- Extensive work experience developing Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) Heat and Material Balances (H&MBs) process specifications and data sheets of major process equipment line sizing power and utility consumption calculations.
- Able to work with minimal supervision prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
Nice to Have
- 15 years of experience in the Cryogenic Air Separation industry.
- Non-Cryogenic Adsorption Air Separation experience.
- Masters degree in Chemical Engineering.
- Advanced Process Control experience.
- Foreign language capability: Spanish Chinese
Why UIG
Universal Industrial Gases Inc. (UIG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nucor and a well-established global engineer constructor supplier and operator of air separation plants and related equipment and services based in Bethlehem PA. UIG owns and operates production plants across the USA which supply both Nucor steel sites and third-party clients 24/7 with tonnage quantities of oxygen nitrogen and argon as well as exporting liquid cryogenic products by road tanker.
Nucor is an Equal OpportunityEmployer and a drug-free workplace
Required Experience:
Manager
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Nucor Corporation is the safest, highest quality, lowest cost, most productive and most profitable steel and steel products company in the world.