What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Process Engineer - Pressure Safety position at Covestro?
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What We Offer
As a Senior Pressure Safety Engineer, this role will design, analyze and optimize pressure safety and emergency relief systems, including reactive cases and two-phase flow. Represents the company in industrial and trade communities such as AIChE (DIERS), ASME and API.
Major Responsibilities
Basic Qualifications
YOUR APPLICATION
Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application and resume. Become part of our team - apply now!
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What We Offer
As a Senior Pressure Safety Engineer, this role will design, analyze and optimize pressure safety and emergency relief systems, including reactive cases and two-phase flow. Represents the company in industrial and trade communities such as AIChE (DIERS), ASME and API.
Major Responsibilities
- Design and evaluate emergency relief systems such as pressure safety valves and rupture disks for plants in the NAFTA region.
- Design, analyze and optimize pressure safety aspects of highly integrated processes as well as basic unit operations such as distillation columns or heat exchangers.
- Facilitate advanced pressure safety contingency review and project meetings; perform advanced pressure safety calculations including reactive cases, headers and two-phase flow.
- Support Global and Regional pressure safety policy development, training, and execution.
- Support documentation of regional pressure safety standards and policies.
- Drive policy discussions and improvements to our standards and procedures.
- Support business unit with day-to-day operations that impact or impacted by their emergency relief systems.
- Review and approve Emergency Relief System Design packages to ensure they meet internal qualification requirements.
- Participate in Operational Safety evaluation of pressure safety related hazards and provide safeguard design solutions and implementation verification.
- Proactively solve pressure safety related concerns and problems as discovered through process unit interactions.
- Proposes solution to drive efficiency in Pressure safety work processes.
- Plans for TAR support.
- Actively involved in industrial organizations such as AIChE, ASME, API, or other.
- Participate in HSEQ service initiatives and represent the HSEQ organization within the site.
Basic Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in chemical or similar engineering with 6 years of experience, Master of Science in chemical or similar engineering and 4 years of experience, or a Ph.D. in chemical or similar engineering and 2 years of experience.
- Plant experience and minimum of 2 years Emergency Relief System experience in sizing and specifying pressure relief devices.
- The eligibility to apply for and obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) within a reasonable timeframe
- Previous experience as a project or process engineer in various capacities
- Professional engineer certification
- Understanding of chemical engineering fundamentals (chemical reaction, unit operations, process control concepts).
- Possess a working knowledge of relevant industry codes and standards including ASME, API, ASHRAE-15, IIAR, NFPA, and OSHA regulations.
- Understand and analyze highly integrated processes based on process documentation (PFD, P&ID)
- Proficiency in the use of pressure safety calculation tool such as Superchems or other
- Facilitate advanced pressure safety contingency review and project meetings. Perform advanced pressure safety calculations including reactive cases, headers, and two-phase flow.
- Demonstrate leadership and people skills working within cross functional teams.
- Ability to communicate (both written and verbal) effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Participate and effectively lead regional/global teams. Presentation experience is necessary.
- Willingness to travel; expected no more than 5%
YOUR APPLICATION
Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application and resume. Become part of our team - apply now!
Equal Employment Opportunity: Hiring and advancement are based on job-related requirements and on an individual's qualifications to perform a job. All aspects of employment are carried out free of discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disabilities, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression or any unlawful criterion, existing under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Contact Us
Info-Hotline: 1 844-522-6775
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access this site as a result of your disability. To make a request, please call (412) 413-2736.
