Corporate Engineer

Darling Ingredients Inc.; Cold Spring (KY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to lead project scope development and detailed design for equipment, processes, and safety enhancements across facilities. You will size and select rendering equipment, prepare P&IDs and heat/mass balances, and collaborate with Instrument & Controls, Automation, and Electrical teams.

Responsibilities include budgeting, scheduling, CAD updates during installation, and communicating scope changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong teamwork and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• AutoCAD knowledge and basic structural analysis ability.

Responsibilities

• Design, sizing, and selection of rendering processes equipment and related systems.
• Develop project scope, budget, and installation schedule.
• Coordinate with Instrument & Controls, Automation, and Electrical teams.
• Produce P&IDs, PFDs, and heat/mass balances.
• Update CAD drawings during installation and project closeout.
• Communicate scope changes and provide technical solutions.
• Travel to plants with overnight stays (20–30%).

Skills

Team collaboration

Time management

Communication (written and oral)

AutoCAD

Structural analysis

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Summary

The Engineer is responsible for all project scope development and detailed design associated with equipment, processes, and safety improvements for facilities throughout the organization.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Design, sizing, and selection of rendering processes equipment (conveyors, air and water condensers, ductwork, heat exchangers, piping systems, steam boilers, structures, tanks, valves, pumps, air scrubbing equipment, and cookers ).
• Development of project scope, budget, and installation schedule.
• Work with our internal Instrument & Controls, Automation, and Electrical departments in providing accurate costs and implementation of company standards.
• Capable of working directly with internal and external resources for equipment sizing and design.
• Generate equipment, motor, piping, and tie-in lists to hand off to CAD and installation resources.
• Generate P&ID's, PFD's, heat and mass balances.
• Capable of working with our internal mechanical installation department to ensure all modifications/changes during installation are documented, communicated, and updated in CAD drawings as part of the project close out process.
• Communicate scope of work changes and provide technical solutions to all process / installation obstacles or alternatives.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree through accredited college; Mechanical engineering preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Work well with others in a team environment.
• Highly organized; superior time management skills.
• Exceptional communication skills both written and oral.
• Rendering process and/or installation of equipment is valuable.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD programs and the ability to perform general structural analysis is preferred.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch.
• Occasionally lifts up to 50 lbs.
• Regularly required reach with hands and arms.
• Requires travel to plants with overnight stays. 20-30% travel is expected.

Work Environment

Job functions will be carried out in an office environment and plant environment.

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