Process Engineer

About this role: 

The Project Process Engineer will play an integral part of the projects team. The Project Process Engineer will report to the Engineering Project Manager to support the design construction of Heliogen’s facilities. You will work with the Engineering team to design a functional and optimized operating facility. 

In this role, you will: 

Broadly, the process engineer will work independently and collaborate with engineering firms to design a functional and optimized operating facility. Specific activities may include: 

• Oversee projects through the full life cycle 
• Develop process simulation, heat and material balance, process flow diagram, process and instrumentation diagram and other deliverables to support FEED package.
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout the project. Familiar with process industry practices (PIP) design standards and perform equipment and system line sizing according to client or PIP design standards.
• Generate equipment list, line list, equipment and instrumentation datasheet.
• Review and approval of engineering contractor deliverables such as equipment designs, specifications, functionality, etc. 
• Design scoping and optimization evaluations 
• Process modeling – hysys, Pro II 
• Perform or participate in process and reliability related risk and safety assessments 
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout the project 
• Site visits may be required (~25% of time) 
• Work package technical review to support safe and reliable construction, start-up, and commissioning 

What's essential:  

• BS in process, chemical, or mechanical engineering. 
• 5 - 7 years' experience as a process engineer designing and optimizing industrial process facility 
• Ability to effectively communicate with team members, project stakeholders, including customers
• Proactively resolve any discrepancies in design requirement and able to meet the project schedule
• Self-starter  
• Ability to creatively problem solve
• Excellent technical and analytical skills, familiar with steam process
• Strong interpersonal skills and resourceful 
• Proven ability to provide process and/or mechanical engineering support for large projects 

Desirable: 

• CA Professional Engineering license
• Experience in power, oil & gas, or industrial process projects 
• Previous experience with concentrating solar energy processes 
• Experience in non-conventional heat transfer  
• Experience at an operating facility