Senior Process Engineer, Agri-Processing & Optimization

Industrial Resource Group; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Industrial Resource Group is seeking an experienced Process Engineer to provide technical leadership across agricultural processing facilities. The role focuses on process expertise, equipment, and utility systems, driving safety, reliability, throughput, and cost improvements.

The candidate will partner with operations, maintenance, safety, quality, and project teams, supporting capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives while translating complex requirements into practical plant

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for agricultural processing, material handling, process equipment, production systems, and supporting utility systems.
• Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting, debottlenecking, reliability improvement, and process optimization across manufacturing and processing operations.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, safety, environmental, quality, and engineering teams to improve safety, compliance, throughput, efficiency, product quality, and operating costs.
• Provide hands‑on technical support for process upsets, root cause analysis, startup issues, and equipment or control system performance problems.
• Lead front‑end engineering and scope development for capital, maintenance, reliability, compliance, capacity, and continuous improvement projects.
• Develop project problem statements, criteria, equipment lists, and schedule inputs. Maintain technical accuracy of facility documentation.
• Develop equipment and process standards for manufacturing and processing systems, including rotating equipment, material handling, solids processing, heat transfer equipment, and process safety safeguards.
• Support Management of Change activities and site long‑range technical planning to identify constraints and improvement opportunities.

Job description

Industrial Resource Group is seeking an experienced Process Engineer to provide technical leadership across agricultural processing facilities. The role focuses on process expertise, equipment, and utility systems, driving safety, reliability, throughput, and cost improvements.

The candidate will partner with operations, maintenance, safety, quality, and project teams, supporting capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives while translating complex requirements into practical plant