Process Engineer

Silver Line Recruiting LLC; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Silver Line Recruiting LLC partners with an established engineering company to recruit a senior Process Engineer. You will own projects from concept through startup, designing packed towers, vessels, and mass transfer systems for demanding chemical environments.

You will perform complex engineering calculations, interpret drawings, and prepare comprehensive design packages while coordinating with fabricators and suppliers to ensure buildability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related field with applicable experience.
• Approximately 10+ years in engineering handling industrial process equipment.
• Strong calculations and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and supplier docs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop.process equipment including towers, vessels, and mass transfer systems.
• Perform calculations for pressure drop, heat and mass transfer, and sizing.
• Prepare design packages with calculations, datasheets, BOMs, and drawings.
• Evaluate materials and linings for chemistry, temperature, corrosion, and cycling.
• Coordinate with fabricators, suppliers, and internal teams for manufacturability.
• Support estimating with technical scopes and clarifications.

Skills

Engineering calculations

Technical documentation

Reading drawings

Cross-functional communication

MS Office

Education

Bachelors in Chemical Eng.

Tools

AutoCAD

ERP systems

Process simulation software

Job description

Industry: Industrial Process Equipment / Chemical Processing / Engineered Systems

About the Opportunity

We're partnering with an established engineering and manufacturing organization that designs and delivers highly engineered process equipment used in demanding industrial and chemical processing environments. This is a hands‑on engineering role where you’ll work on custom projects from concept through startup, collaborating with customers, fabricators, suppliers, manufacturing, and field teams. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Chemical or Process Engineer looking to own projects from beginning to end while working on technically challenging equipment and corrosion‑resistant process systems.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and develop engineered process equipment including packed towers, process vessels, and mass transfer systems.
• Perform engineering calculations related to pressure drop, heat transfer, mass transfer, equipment sizing, and process performance.
• Prepare design packages including calculations, datasheets, bills of materials, engineering documentation, and drawing markups.
• Evaluate process conditions including chemistry, temperature, pressure, abrasion, corrosion, and thermal cycling to determine appropriate material and lining selections.
• Work closely with steel fabricators, suppliers, and internal engineering teams to ensure designs are manufacturable and meet project requirements.
• Review fabrication drawings, vessel geometry, nozzle layouts, tolerances, and critical interfaces before production.
• Coordinate technical reviews with vendors, evaluate material substitutions, review inspection documentation, and resolve engineering issues.
• Support estimating by preparing technical scopes, material takeoffs, project assumptions, and engineering clarifications.
• Provide occasional support during installation, commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting at customer sites.
• Participate in continuous improvement by documenting lessons learned and helping improve engineering standards and design practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering (related engineering degrees may be considered with directly applicable experience).
• Approximately 10+ years of engineering experience involving industrial process equipment or similar engineered systems.
• Strong engineering calculation and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and supplier documentation.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, manufacturing, customers, and suppliers.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.

Preferred Experience

• Chemical process equipment
• Packed towers
• Corrosion-resistant materials
• Acid service applications
• Masonry or refractory lining systems
• QA/QC and inspection processes
• AutoCAD or similar CAD software
• Process simulation or engineering calculation software
• ERP systems
• Lean, Six Sigma, EIT, API 936, or other engineering certifications

Why This Opportunity?

• Work on highly customized engineering projects from concept through commissioning.
• Broad exposure to design, manufacturing, suppliers, fabrication, and field support.
• Opportunity to become the technical owner of complex industrial process equipment.
• Clear path toward increased technical leadership and advancement into a Senior Process Engineer role.
• Collaborative engineering environment where your work directly impacts project success.

Travel

Approximately 10% travel to customer sites, fabrication shops, manufacturing facilities, and project locations.