Senior Project Engineer: Water Treatment & Process Upgrades

The Recruiting Hive; Starkville (MS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruiting Hive in Starkville, Mississippi is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to manage a portfolio of chemical engineering projects from concept through commissioning and start‑up. This role requires extensive capital project experience and the ability to coordinate across Operations, Environmental, Safety and vendor teams.

You will develop schedules and budgets while ensuring safe, compliant project execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• 8+ years in engineering with focus on project management, plant operations, or process design.
• Experience managing capital and improvement projects cradle-to-grave: scope, schedule, budget, execution.
• Projects typically ranging from $1 million to $15 million, with ability to support larger projects.
• Hands‑on with cost estimating, FEED, P&IDs and PFDs, equipment and vendor selection, procurement, construction oversight, commissioning, and start‑up.
• Strong knowledge of mass and energy balances, hydraulic analysis, equipment sizing, process modeling, and heat‑transfer calculations.
• Willingness to travel to job sites and work in a hands‑on manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage an individual portfolio of projects from concept through commissioning and start‑up.
• Lead cross‑functional collaboration with Operations, Environmental, Transportation, Safety, contractors, vendors and other stakeholders.
• Provide plant support through process troubleshooting and improvement work.
• Develop schedules, cost reports and technical updates for projects.
• Oversee procurement, vendor selection, construction oversight and commissioning activities.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Adaptability

Team coordination

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

VBA

Job description

The Recruiting Hive in Starkville, Mississippi is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to manage a portfolio of chemical engineering projects from concept through commissioning and start‑up. This role requires extensive capital project experience and the ability to coordinate across Operations, Environmental, Safety and vendor teams.

You will develop schedules and budgets while ensuring safe, compliant project execution.