Lead Sulfuric Acid Process Engineer

Simplot Company

Pocatello (ID)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

37 hours ago

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Job summary

The Simplot Company, based in Idaho, seeks a Senior Process Engineer for sulfuric acid production to lead technical strategy, reliability, and environmental compliance across mining and manufacturing operations. This role partners with operations, maintenance, environmental, and capital teams to maximize throughput, energy efficiency, and safety.

You will drive process optimization, support plant startups and debottlenecking, and mentor engineers while ensuring safe and sustainable operations.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or related technical discipline.
Minimum 10 years of experience in sulfuric acid production or closely related heavy chemical manufacturing processes.
Strong understanding of sulfur burning systems, gas conversion, absorption towers, acid circulation systems, heat recovery and steam generation, emissions control technologies.
Working knowledge of OSHA Process Safety Management regulations, environmental compliance and permitting requirements, root cause analysis methodologies, and process hazard analysis techniques.
Preferred: experience with phosphoric acid manufacturing and sulfuric/phosphoric acid integration; experience supporting large capital projects and plant startups; proficiency with CHEMCAD, Aspen Plus or Aspen HYSYS; experience managing turnarounds and outages.

Responsibilities

Serve as the division's technical authority for sulfuric acid production processes, including sulfur combustion, gas conversion, absorption systems, acid circulation, and utility systems.
Develop and implement best practices for sulfuric acid production, handling, storage, and distribution across Mining & Manufacturing operations.
Provide technical leadership during plant upsets, complex troubleshooting events, and major reliability issues.
Mentor and develop process engineers and operations personnel.
Evaluate process performance and identify opportunities to improve safety, reliability, throughput, energy efficiency, and product quality.
Lead process optimization initiatives involving converter performance, acid plant energy recovery, steam systems, emissions reduction, and sulfur utilization efficiency.
Monitor key process metrics including sulfur conversion efficiency, SO2/SO3 emissions, acid strength, steam generation, and plant capability.
Develop and support reliability improvement strategies for critical process equipment.
Provide technical leadership and support for Process Safety Management (PSM) activities, including PHA, MOC, incident investigations, and PSI.
Develop strategies to improve environmental performance and reduce plant emissions.
Lead process engineering support for capital projects, debottlenecking, and major maintenance; provide design deliverables.
Support project definition, detailed design, startup, commissioning, and performance testing activities.
Provide day-to-day technical support to operations and maintenance personnel.
Support turnaround planning and execution activities.
Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
Collaborate with site leadership to establish long-term operating and reliability strategies.