Sr. Project Engineer

CF Industries; Yazoo City (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CF Industries is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join its Yazoo City, Mississippi facility. This role requires overseeing projects from concept to implementation, ensuring adherence to budget and timelines while prioritizing safety and environmental responsibilities.

The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of process engineering experience, proficiency in project management, and strong communication skills. The position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects within a leading chemical manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years process engineering experience in the chemical process industry is desired.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, or Construction Management.
• Hands-on experience in a chemical production unit.
• Good interpersonal skills combined with the ability to work as a team player.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction in the preparation of capital estimates and budgets.
• Develop assigned projects and outline objectives.
• Ensure all projects are executed in a safe and environmentally-responsible manner.
• Provide project management for design, construction, and maintenance efforts.
• Lead procurement efforts and specify process equipment.

Skills

Process modeling

Development of process flow diagrams

Piping and instrument diagrams

Process hazard analysis

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Job Summary

CF Industries has many exciting and challenging opportunities at its world class production facility in Yazoo City, Mississippi. This Senior Project Engineer will be part of the Plant Engineering team to support the site’s Operations and Maintenance staff. The engineer in this position is responsible for moving assigned projects from concept to successful implementation, within budget and schedule constraints, utilizing in-house and outside resources as necessary, and with appropriate emphasis on EHS and PSM impacts.

Job Responsibilities

1. Provides direction and assistance in the preparation of capital estimates, budgets, scope documents and schedule data for proposed or approved projects.
2. Develop assigned projects: a. Takes assigned concepts (sustaining, improvement, or EHS driven) and clearly outlines objective and alternate solutions, determines requirements and justification, and reviews with customers. b. Leads review and evaluation of various alternates with stakeholders to develop projected project path.
3. Ensures all aspects of projects are defined and executed in a legal, safe and environmentally‑responsible manner.
4. Provides project management which includes focusing on projects related to design, construction, and maintenance while ensuring that the projects are well defined and appropriately managed to achieve business value, detailed design, procurement, contracting, permitting, execution, status reporting and management.
5. Reviews technical specifications required for projects and provides technical support to operations and maintenance within area of expertise.
6. Leads procurement efforts and specifies equipment and components used in process equipment. Works with internal engineering staff and managers to ensure deliverables are on time and in compliance.
7. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
8. Works with operations and manufacture personnel to successfully ensure project implementations and start‑ups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited university required. Mechanical or Chemical degrees are preferred but open to Civil, Electrical or Construction Management with applicable experience.
• Minimum 10 years process engineering experience in the chemical process industry is desired.
• Successful candidate would be skilled in process modeling; application of unit operations; development of process flow diagrams; piping and instrument diagrams; process equipment specification and process hazard analysis.
• Hands‑on experience in a chemical production unit.
• Proficient in computer use within a Windows environment and experience using Microsoft’s suite of business applications; Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Good interpersonal skills combined with the ability to work as a team player.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required. Both informal and formal project written documentation will be required.
• Presentation skills sufficient to communicate thoughts succinctly to management.

Position Scope / Contribution

The Senior Project Engineer will use in‑house and outside resources to ensure projects are planned and executed within budgeted cost and completed within schedule. The Sr. Project Engineer will manage the execution of engineering design, procurement, construction and installation of capital projects in accordance with applicable specifications and standards to achieve project objectives with appropriate emphasis on EHS and PSM. The engineer will insure accurate cost budgeting, estimating, forecasting and reporting of assigned projects while working with plant staff and managers to ensure the direction of the project including definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables is appropriate and also acts as a technical resource in area of expertise (Process, Mechanical, Electrical, etc.).

Policies

FMLA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlan.pdf

Employee Polygraph Protection Act: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf