Junior Process Engineer - Food & Beverage Start-Up

IFAB Engineering Partners LP; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Dennis Group’s Entry Level Process Engineer in Carlsbad, CA is an early-career role joining Summer 2027 to design and build food and beverage processing facilities. You’ll work across controls, packaging, mechanical, electrical, and building systems from concept through commissioning.

Responsibilities include crafting P&IDs, mass/energy balances, equipment sizing, and coordinating with project disciplines. Travel up to 50% and on-site coordination are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Process Engineering.
• 0-3 years of work experience or schooling developing process designs.
• 0-3 years of work experience or schooling preparing process flow diagrams and P&IDs.
• 0-3 years of work experience or schooling sizing and specifying process equipment.
• 0-3 years of work experience or schooling developing project scopes, budgets and schedules.
• Co-op, intern or work experience with professional services, process engineering, and food & beverage firms is a plus.
• Interest in food safety and sanitary design principles.
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and AutoCAD.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with client interaction.
• Must meet travel requirement - On-site construction project coordination and management with travel requirements between 30-50% of the year

Responsibilities

• Develop process design basis and select unit operations.
• Develop operation specifications.
• Coordinate with other project disciplines (engineers, designers, architects, etc.).
• Prepare process flow and piping and instrumentation diagrams.
• Create process flow diagrams.
• Prepare mass and energy balances.
• Size and specify process and process utility equipment.
• Equipment procurement and bid evaluation.
• Assist project management with development of project scope, budget and schedule.
• Coordinate schedules and work of contractors for process equipment installation.
• Develop cost estimates and proposals with clients.
• Develop process and instrumentation drawings (P&IDs).
• Oversee process and utility equipment installations.
• Provide onsite construction start-up and commissioning support.
• Support talent growth within our organization.

Skills

Excellent oral and written komunikasi

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Process Engineering

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

AutoCAD

Job description

Dennis Group’s Entry Level Process Engineer in Carlsbad, CA is an early-career role joining Summer 2027 to design and build food and beverage processing facilities. You’ll work across controls, packaging, mechanical, electrical, and building systems from concept through commissioning.

Responsibilities include crafting P&IDs, mass/energy balances, equipment sizing, and coordinating with project disciplines. Travel up to 50% and on-site coordination are required.