Senior Process Engineer, Chemicals — Lead Projects & Mentorship

Worley Group, Inc; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley Group, Inc is seeking an experienced Senior Process Engineer to lead chemical process engineering efforts across specialty chemicals, petrochemicals, and related industries. You will provide technical leadership, mentorship, and project execution expertise for complex chemical projects.

You will deliver PFDs, HMBs, P&IDs, and process models while ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's or Master's in Chemical Engineering (ABET-accredited).
• Preferred: Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior process engineer on chemicals projects, reporting to the Process Engineering Manager.
• Provide updates on budget, schedule, and progress to stakeholders.
• Assign tasks, provide oversight, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
• Support project execution strategies tailored to chemicals projects including revamps, expansions, debottlenecking, and grassroots work.
• Deliver engineering services that meet regulatory requirements on time and within budget.
• Own, develop, check, and approve key deliverables: PFDs, HMBs, P&IDs, process models, equipment sizing, relief system evaluations, and safety studies.
• Apply knowledge of chemical reaction engineering, thermodynamics, separations, and material balances to safe, efficient designs.
• Incorporate EHS considerations per OSHA, EPA and international standards.
• Support process optimization, yield improvement, and scale-up for chemical manufacturing.
• Participate in PHA, HAZOP, and LOPA as a technical expert.
• Provide technical support during commissioning, start-up, and troubleshooting of units.
• Review interdisciplinary deliverables and support procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Maintain MoC logs and secure client approvals.
• Resolve issues with clients proactively.
• Stay current with developments in chemical process technologies and best practices.
• Contribute to team knowledge sharing, training, and mentoring.

Skills

Process leadership

Project management

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Chemical process knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Chemical Engineering

PE license (preferred)

Tools

Aspen Plus

HYSYS

OLI Flowsheet

Aveva Process Simulation

HTRI Xchanger Suite

UniSim

AFT Suite

Job description

Worley Group, Inc is seeking an experienced Senior Process Engineer to lead chemical process engineering efforts across specialty chemicals, petrochemicals, and related industries. You will provide technical leadership, mentorship, and project execution expertise for complex chemical projects.

You will deliver PFDs, HMBs, P&IDs, and process models while ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, and on-time delivery.