Lead Food & Beverage Process Engineer | Design to Startup

Dennis Group; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dennis Group’s Process Engineers are essential to designing and building food and beverage processing facilities, covering controls, packaging, mechanical, electrical, and building systems from concept through construction and start-up.

Responsibilities include developing process design basis, creating P&IDs, mass and energy balances, equipment sizing, and coordinating with clients and vendors. Travel up to 50% for project site visits and commissioning support.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of work experience developing process designs for food and beverage processing facilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in chemical or process engineering.
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and AutoCAD.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with proven client interaction.

Responsibilities

• Execute all tasks necessary to complete the engineering on a project for design through execution with minimal support.
• Developing process design basis and select unit operations.
• Develop operation specifications.
• Coordinate with other project disciplines (engineers, designers, architects, etc.).
• Preparing process flow and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
• Create process flow diagrams.
• Preparing mass and energy balances.
• Sizing and specification of process and process utility equipment.
• Equipment procurement and bid evaluation.
• Assisting project management with the development of project scope, budget and schedule for all process related work.
• Help coordinate schedules and work of contractors for process equipment installation.
• Prepare preliminary sub-contractor scope of work.
• Work with clients, vendors, and suppliers to develop cost estimates and proposals.
• Write proposals, negotiate agreements, trouble-shoot client issues.
• Update drawings provided by senior engineers to verify corrections.
• Compile information for client presentations, shop drawings review, and contract administration for the design of power, process, pipeline, etc.
• Take on lead process engineer on specific projects and be the client main process point of contact.
• Generate requirements for equipment performance.
• Collaborates with Project Management, design team, CAD department, vendors and clients to determine needs and solutions for continuous processing/ packaging systems and to develop specifications.
• Provide client assumptions on supply recommendations.
• Develop process and instrumentation drawings (P&IDs) and create review of layout drawings.
• Overseeing process and utility equipment installations
• Provide onsite construction start-up and commissioning support
• Perform onsite audits and surveys of the facilities and equipment
• Researching processing engineering best practices
• Supporting talent growth within our organization
• Assists with interviewing and hiring new team members
• Handle complex issues and tasks with minimal supervision and advise subordinate team members on solutions to issues they encounter.
• Provide coaching and/or mentoring to a subordinate group when directed by supervisor.

Skills

MS Office

MS Project

AutoCAD

Excellent communicate

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical or process engineering

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

AutoCAD

Job description

Dennis Group’s Process Engineers are essential to designing and building food and beverage processing facilities, covering controls, packaging, mechanical, electrical, and building systems from concept through construction and start-up.

Responsibilities include developing process design basis, creating P&IDs, mass and energy balances, equipment sizing, and coordinating with clients and vendors. Travel up to 50% for project site visits and commissioning support.