What are the responsibilities and job description for the Capital Project Engineer position at Arclin?
Capital Project Engineer, Alpharetta, GA
Who we are looking for:
Arclin USA is currently seeking talent for a Capital Project Engineer job for our Alpharetta, GA office. This position will be part of the Arclin Corporate Engineering Group, and will report into the Capital Project Engineering Manager. This group is a distributed corporate asset providing engineering support to all of Arclin. This specific position will be predominantly focused on engineering technology and capital projects within Arclin’s Resin and Surfaces businesses.
What You’ll Do:
- Prepares engineering analysis of projects that includes preliminary design, detailed design, project cost analysis, life cycle cost analysis and equipment selection.
- Manages engineering projects from start to finish, ensuring that the project meets with its intended outcome, that the sites understand this intended outcome, and that the project remains within its agreed upon cost and schedule with a minimum disruption to plant activities and housekeeping
- Develop and maintain mass and energy balances or processes; performs engineering analysis of physical and chemical processes, determines solutions to existing problems and ideas; lead implementation of solutions
- Prepare Capital Investment Requests; obtain and analyze bids from engineering firms, vendors and contractors, ensuring they are within 10% accuracy; negotiate and execute purchase and contract agreements;
- Provides full cycle performance management support for suppliers/contractors, which includes: setting objectives, monitoring work in progress, providing formal feedback and recognition, communicating overall direction and progress against project plans
- Conduct PHAs, MOCs and PSSRs on projects managed
- Work with the site and corporate HSE (Health, Safety and Environmental) department to make sure that all safety requirements are met.
To be successful, you will need:
- B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering
- Registered Professional Engineer preferred
- 3-10 years plant maintenance/engineering/project engineering experience
- Engineering experience chemical processing with both batch reactors and with continuous processes with integrated absorption towers
- Experience running a department and with managing project teams Strong understanding of P&IDs and Process and Equipment drawings
- Working knowledge with PLC &/or DeltaV troubleshooting
- General familiarity with process plant operations and equipment
- Registered Professional Engineer
- Experience in the use of Aspen plus preferred
- Experience in AutoCAD
- HAZOP and PHA facilitation
- Ability to travel frequently (can be > 40%)
- Knowledge of Office software (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, PMC) Knowledge of process control systems
- Ability to operate safely in a manufacturing environment; this may include, but is not limited to potentially lifting up to 20 lbs., standing for extended periods of time, bending, crouching, stooping, climbing stairs, or any combination of the aforementioned, etc.
