Verbio
Verbio is seeking a highly motivated Process Engineer, for its production facility located in Nevada, Iowa.

About Verbio
The Verbio Nevada Biorefinery is the first industrial scale renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in North America using agricultural residues as its feedstock. The plant is 100% owned by Verbio North America Holdings Corporation.

RNG production from corn stover began in December 2021 with the completion of Phase I, at a capacity of 7 million ethanol gallons equivalent (EGE) per year. Upon completion of Phase II summer 2024, the site will begin operating as a biorefinery, producing 60 million gallons of corn-based ethanol and an additional 19 million (EGE) of RNG from stillage. The integration of RNG and ethanol production, unique to Verbio, incorporates advanced operational technology currently in use at the company’s facilities in Germany. The process also yields humus, soil amendment, and organic fertilizers.

The Role:
The Process Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and improving manufacturing processes and systems. They will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that production processes are efficient, effective, and meet quality standards. The Process Engineer will also be responsible for project management, operations support, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, plan, execute and implement process projects (up to $2M USD), including assessment of results
  
• Support plant Project Manager from the process side
  
• Alignment with plant and operations excellence teams
  
• Provides oversight of installation, startup and performance testing of multiple projects concurrently
  
• Track and report on process project progress
  
• Train plant team in operating procedure developments
  
• Assists in justifications, cost estimates and other project documents as required for approval
  
• Develops technical specifications to procure equipment and services
  
• Provides oversight of the plant operation by reviewing, studying, problem-solving, and trouble-shooting the plant systems and equipment and provides recommendations/reports
  
• Analyzes and interprets data for opportunities to improve production, efficiencies, yields operating costs, and reduce defects. Generate reports summarizing findings.
  
• Completes other requirements for compliance with OSHA Process Safety Management regulations including but not limited to MOCs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, PHAs, and other PSM elements
  
• Provide technical support during unplanned events and for planned outages.
  
• Drive root cause identification and analysis for process-related deviations and identify opportunities to improve
  
• Other duties as assigned

Skills:

• Proven Project Management skills
  
• In-field operations support experience

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required, Chemical preferred
  
• 5 years of engineering experience ideally within chemical, oil or ethanol industry

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:
Starting salary is based on the candidate's experience, education, and market pay for the role in the region. As a team member at Verbio North America, you’ll also enjoy:

• Comprehensive benefits package beginning day one, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance
  
• Company paid short & long-term disability coverage as well as AD&D.
  
• Generous vacation, holiday, and sick time with additional leave plan
  
• 10 paid holidays
  
• 15 days of paid vacation time
  
• 5 sick/personal days
  
• Automatic 5% employer contribution into a 401(k) account after 90 days.
  
• Quick career advancement and bonus opportunities