Senior Chemical Process Engineer: Plant Optimization

Socket.dev; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing

401(k) plan

Medical/dental/vision

PTO & holidays

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Thatcher Company Inc. is seeking a Chemical Process Engineer III to join our Salt Lake City engineering team.

You will provide process engineering and technical support to plant operations, capital projects and cross‑functional teams, driving process improvements and innovative solutions. The role requires 8+ years of chemical engineering experience in a process facility, and the ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with 8+ years of experience in a process facility.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of time.

Responsibilities

• Promote understanding and application of safety practices.
• Optimize plant production and efficiency by implementation of improvement opportunities and management of process constraints.
• Work with operations and manufacturing experts to resolve technical issues.
• Develop and maintain process documentation and safety information such as P&IDs, material balances, equipment datasheets, process line sizing calculations, hydraulic calculations and datasheets for instruments and relief devices.
• Contribute to process safety and environmental performance through participation in process hazards analysis (PHA), management of changes (MOC), and incident investigation.
• Manage capital projects from design through startup.

Skills

Process engineering

Process optimization

Project management

Process safety mgmt

Chemical process knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD LT

AFT Fathom

SolidWorks

Job description

Thatcher Company Inc. is seeking a Chemical Process Engineer III to join our Salt Lake City engineering team.

You will provide process engineering and technical support to plant operations, capital projects and cross‑functional teams, driving process improvements and innovative solutions. The role requires 8+ years of chemical engineering experience in a process facility, and the ability to travel up to 20% of the time.