Cooling Water & Gas Systems Engineer

vulcanelements; Benson (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vulcan Elements seeks a Mechanical Systems Engineer (water) to design, build, and operate cooling water and industrial gas systems at our Benson, NC facility. You will own system performance, support startup, and ensure reliability for production requirements.

You will lead installation, commissioning, and optimization of chillers, pumps, and piping, while coordinating with suppliers and internal teams to meet safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Experience with cooling water, chilled water, and industrial gas systems in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, specifications, and equipment documentation.
• Working knowledge of pumps, piping systems, heat transfer, and fluid flow.
• Ability to work onsite and support construction, commissioning, startup, and operational activities as business needs require.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner for facility cooling water and industrial gas systems.
• Support the design, specification, installation, commissioning, and startup of chillers, pumps, heat exchangers, piping, valves, controls, and associated equipment.
• Develop and review distribution designs, equipment connections, piping layouts, flow requirements, and system operating parameters.
• Coordinate cooling utility and gas requirements with process equipment suppliers, engineering partners, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Review P&IDs, equipment drawings, specifications, submittals, calculations, and other technical documentation.
• Support system sizing, hydraulic calculations, pressure drop analysis, equipment selection, and operating strategy development.
• Provide field engineering support during construction, equipment installation, flushing, pressure testing, balancing, commissioning, and startup.
• Troubleshoot cooling system performance, reliability, capacity, water quality, and equipment issues.
• Identify and implement improvements that increase system reliability, efficiency, maintainability, and production capability.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, operating requirements, equipment records, preventive maintenance recommendations, and engineering standards.
• Support capital projects and facility modifications that impact cooling water systems and connected production equipment.
• Track asset utilization and uptime, also including KPI helping ensure uninterrupted service for production teams
• Own and manage operational costs for assigned systems, including utility consumption and lifecycle costs, while identifying opportunities to improve reliability and reduce total cost of ownership.

Skills

P&ID interpretation

Fluid dynamics

Piping systems

Equipment commissioning

On-site collaboration

Cross-functional coordination

AutoCAD familiarity

Technical problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Hydraulic modeling software

Job description

Vulcan Elements seeks a Mechanical Systems Engineer (water) to design, build, and operate cooling water and industrial gas systems at our Benson, NC facility. You will own system performance, support startup, and ensure reliability for production requirements.

You will lead installation, commissioning, and optimization of chillers, pumps, and piping, while coordinating with suppliers and internal teams to meet safety and quality standards.