Job Description

We are seeking an ambitious senior-level Chemical Engineer with well-rounded process engineering and capital project management experience within oil refining, petrochemical, or chemical manufacturing sectors. Reporting directly to the COO, as Director of Capital Improvement Projects you will lead all aspects of process development from initial feasibility, through process design, proposal, construction, commissioning, operational turnover, and ongoing support of operations for over 25 industrial liquid waste processing facilities located throughout the US.

Our client is a rapidly growing American owned/operated provider of innovative environmental and chemical processing solutions of hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste streams. Technical expertise with oil/water recovery, metals precipitation, liquid/solids separation, heat exchangers, thermodynamics, process automation, and leadership of capital improvement projects is needed.

Essential Job Functions include:

• Provide technical guidance on complex capital improvement projects related to the design, development, and optimization oil/water separation processes focused on mass transfer and energy balances of critical unit operations supporting industrial wastewater treatment.
• Develop scope for multiple capital improvement projects, prioritize scheduling, and direct maintenance and field craft personnel to execute construction upgrades.
• Monitor and track project budgets and ensure on-time delivery, commissioning, and turnover.
• Conduct feasibility studies, process simulations, and economic evaluations.
• Oversee the development of detailed process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) using AutoCAD for new capital upgrades as needed.
• Coordinate with vendors to specify and procure new process equipment and instrumentation.
• Ensure compliance with all process safety standards and air/water environmental regulations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, maintenance, engineering, business development, finance, and procurement.
• Serve as internal subject matter expert (SME) in oil/water separation and recovery technologies.

Qualifications include:

• B.S. or M.S. in Chemical Engineering or Petroleum Engineering.
• 12+ years as a Process Engineer, Project Engineer, or Project Manager within a petroleum refinery, re-refinery, oil recovery, petrochemical, or chemical manufacturing plant.
• 3+ years of Managerial or Leadership experience.
• Practical working knowledge of principals of chemical engineering, including heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics for pump sizing, and pressure loss calculations.
• Operations or design experience with mass/heat transfer, including evaporation and distillation column unit operations involving a wide variety of feedstocks.
• Knowledge or exposure to industrial wastewater treatment processes, such as oil/water separations, filtration, thermal/chemical treatment, metals precipitation, sludge dewatering, and/or solid waste management.
• Knowledge or exposure to biological wastewater technologies, such membrane bioreactors (MBR) is a plus.
• Experience with Process Safety Management and Process Hazards Analyses (PHA) is a plus.
• Knowledge of P&IDs, PFDs, process design and engineering standards (ASME, API).
• Proficiency in process simulation software (Aspen Plus, HYSYS).
• Experience with AutoCAD is a plus.
• Excellent multitasking and problem-solving skills are required to manage multiple complex tasks and solve complex and multi-dimensional issues.
• Excellent organizational skills with high-level of attention to detail.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Routine overnight travel of 30-50% throughout the US is required.

Compensation includes an attractive salary commensurate with experience, bonus incentives, comprehensive benefits, matching 401(k), and paid vacation.  Paid relocation to Cincinnati is available for outstanding candidates.

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