Senior Project Engineer/ Chemical Engineer

Job Overview: Reporting to the Director of Corporate Engineering, this position is responsible for supporting the corporation's efforts in building a strong project execution foundation, ensuring industry best practices and engineering standards are upheld along with consistent application of chemical engineering fundamental principles. Requirements Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. 8+ years of relevant experience Demonstrated ability to develop and track a project plan and schedule projects. (MS project experience preferred). Experience in preparing requests for bids and managing design and construction contracts. Demonstrated ability to accurately estimate and track project costs. Ability to manage contract resources during capital project execution. Ability to lead remote project teams. Manufacturing facility experience and willing to provide hands-on engineering support at our manufacturing/distribution facilities. Capability to perform process engineering calculations based on fundamental principles of thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics and other relevant chemical process fundamentals. Typical equipment requiring sizing: lines, pumps, tanks, heat exchangers, filters and solids handling equipment. Travel approximately 25% to company locations as needed for scope definition, design development and project implementation. Willingness to adjust work hours and days to complete critical project tasks. Onsite Minnesota office work required. Essential Functions: Capital Project Management Act as a subject matter expert in capital project management. Provide full management of project deliverables achieving project schedule, cost and benefit as justified. Estimate project costs for capital budgets. Prepare documentation to get funding approval for assigned projects. Perform project audits (budget, schedule, plans, performance) and provide recommendations for improvement. Create, recommend or improve tools and knowledge for project cost estimation. Develop project scopes and detailed designs using both company and outside resources. Schedule and provide project status updates to senior management. Manage activities of 3rd party Engineering companies hired to assist project engineering, procurement, construction, and management. Support construction of projects by issuing construction scope, bidding installation resources, and selecting contractors. Directly or indirectly supervise construction contractors. Lead commissioning and startup of new installations. Mentor and lead Engineers in capital project management. Engineering Standards and Engineering Design Act as a subject matter expert in engineering design. Develop or coordinate the development of FEED and Detailed Engineering design deliverables. Perform design calculations to size or optimize facilities equipment. Develop and implement calculation methodologies and process engineering practices across all facilities. Support the development of engineering competency across all facilities. Mentor engineers across all facilities. Develop and consistently implement Engineering standards across our manufacturing facilities. Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices, performance standards and specifications. Support our manufacturing facilities. Troubleshoot plant operations and support optimization of existing facilities. Lead process improvements across facilities.

Created: 2026-03-04