Senior Process Engineer, Evaporators
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The candidate would be a part of the dryer’s and evaporator team, making industrial evaporator plant installations globally, and will be both project member or lead process engineer for the engineering of such plant. As senior process engineer you define and coordinate engineering internally from resources overseeing fields such as layout, own engineered equipment and automation and follow the project from project start to commissioning.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead overall project engineering in general and in example by heading weekly internal meeting with internal resources.
- Participate in project meetings with the client.
- Responsible for the engineering plan with several engineering areas and continuous update hereof to reflect actual status. Furthermore, keep track on engineering progress, needed actions and time consumption for the project.
- Make process design calculations to define equipment capacity requirements.
- Prepare engineering documentation for basic and detailed engineering and technical file.
- Make process equipment specification that define equipment functional and capacity requirements to suppliers, both internal and external.
- Make purchase requisitions of equipment for hand-over to supply chain.
- Make process description and functional design specification documentation to define the needed automation functionalities.
- Make design review meeting for several areas.
- Suggest and perform assigned engineering improvements to improve our engineering capabilities.
- Ensures consistent, timely and effective communications with stakeholders.
- Should be highly self-motivated, self-driven and independent in daily operations.
- Expect less than travel 60 days/year.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Strong process engineering capabilities in both making process design and equipment specification, but also able to address many technical areas such as layout, mechanical and automation engineering.
- Capable to do site investigations and commissioning to follow and gain experiences from start to finish from engineering to hand-over. Also capable of making site support during installation, so practical hands-on knowledge is an advantage.
- A structured, pro-active and analytical approach is an advantage, and a mindset where it is natural to both have a good project task overview while also being able to execute detail tasks.
- Good computer skills with regular office programs + some special programs.
- Desire to self-educate to gain higher technical skill level as well as the ability to ask more experienced people for help to improve capabilities.
- 5 years or more of experience with evaporators primarily and possibly also for dryers is of preference
- Degree in Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering or other similar degree.
- Commercial training is an advantage.
- Plant site experience or other practical and/or automation experience a clear advantage.
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