Senior Process Engineer

Stantec; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec's Process & Industrial Water practice seeks a Senior Process Engineer with heavy industrial/power process experience to join our team. Offices include Lexington and Louisville, KY, plus other US sites.

You will network with engineers, environmental and power professionals to advance technical projects and business development. You will analyze proposed projects for safety, reliability and cost efficiency, develop proposals, and lead design efforts with multidisciplinary teams, including

Qualifications

• Senior Process Engineer with heavy industrial/power experience.
• Ability to lead process evaluation and design efforts.
• Strong collaboration across engineering, environmental, power and water teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform business development tasks and help win projects.
• Lead and coordinate analysis for water, power and industrial processes.
• Prepare design basis documents, calculations, drawings and reports.
• Support proposals, client meetings and presentations.
• Mentor staff and supervise project teams.
• Coordinate with regulators, stakeholders and contractors.
• Ensure safety, reliability and cost-effectiveness on projects.

Skills

Business development

Client relationship

Engineering design

Job description

Stantec's growing Process & Industrial Water practice is seeking a highly motivated Senior Process Engineer with heavy industrial/power process, application and operations experience to join our team. Office locations include Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee, Atlanta and Alpharetta, Georgia, and Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina. The candidate will support project proposal and application processes throughout the US and Canada.

The role of the Senior Process Engineer is to productively network with a wide array of engineering, environmental, power and water professionals on both technical project execution and related business development initiatives, as well as lead process evaluation and design efforts.

Projects assigned may be broad, varied and diverse in scope. You will analyze proposed projects to ensure safety, reliability, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Business development/application activities range from intentional listening to client needs and identifying related solution opportunities to high level business strategies and implementation planning. Senior Process Engineers routinely assist in the development of detailed proposals for a wide variety of project settings.

Candidate should be able to evaluate, select, specify, and engineer systems or products for a project, and will perform a variety of tasks which may include calculations, design sketches and concepts, report preparation and field work.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Perform business development/application tasks and collaborate with staff to increase project wins and develop long lasting client relationships. Routine tasks include:
  1. Participate in business line teams to manage and develop proposals
  2. client facing for business development contact, meetings and presentations
  3. scope of work documents and estimates
  4. division of responsibility (DOR) matrices
  5. collaboration with multiple business lines to develop opportunities
  6. quality reviews
• Perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned water, power and industrial process and wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Routine technical tasks include:
  1. design basis documents
  2. engineering calculations including mass and energy balances
  3. engineering drawings
  4. engineering reports
  5. feasibility studies
  6. presentations to clients, regulatory agencies and/or project stakeholders
  7. quality reviews
• Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Assist project managers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
• Lead others in developing and coordination of project construction specifications.
• Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects and facilitates independent technical review projects by others.
• Reviews contractor/vendor submittals for adherence to Contract Documents and industry standards.
• Involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, interested stakeholder parties, reviewing agency personnel.
• Coordinates with the regulatory review to seek final approval.
• Assists in the development and updates of project design standards and guidelines; prepares abstracts and technical papers.
• Manage a team of design professionals and technicians
• Mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams
• Assist with business development pursuits including proposal preparation and participation in interviews
• Interact with clients and management regarding status of project scope, schedule, and budget
• Apply and share experience/knowledge of design expertise
• Lead and manage preparation of construction documents including; plans, specifications, and construction cost estimates
• Research and understand issues related to regulatory and other drivers that impact individual projects
• Ensure that projects' needs are met in a timely and effective manner
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.