Chemical Process Design Engineer

Full Time
Chicago, IL
Posted
Job description
Chemical Process Design Engineer
Do you want to join a purpose driven, innovative, growing technology business with a focus on Clean energy and sustainability?
If working with an honest, fair, reputable, responsible and rapidly expanding global organisation is high on your agenda, joining our team could be for you.

Due to our continued growth, Whitefox is looking for a Chemical Process Design Engineer to join our Operations team based in the USA. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and working closely with the engineering teams in Calgary, this role is key to the successful delivery of Whitefox customer solutions.
The role
The Chemical Process Design Engineer is responsible for integration of Whitefox’s cutting edge solutions into existing biofuels production facilities, including detailed & design engineering activities, liaising with 3rd party engineering partners and providing technical guidance to the Customer Support team for the commissioning, start-up/shutdown and assisting with troubleshooting operating issues during normal operations.
You are passionate about innovation & sustainability and love the idea of working with ground-breaking engineering solutions that help industry achieve its Net-Zero carbon goals and make a positive impact through optimising processes to be more effective and efficient.
Position Responsibilities:
The primary responsibilities of this role are, but not limited to:
  • Promote safety in your work above all else.
  • Developing P&IDs
  • Sizing and rating various equipment like pumps, vessels & heat exchangers
  • Hydraulic analysis and calculations for piping systems
  • Participating in Process Hazard Analysis and studies
  • Developing technical specifications to be issued for procuring equipment and instruments
  • Reviewing and approving datasheets, equipment selections, specifications, and drawings from equipment suppliers
  • Estimating work hour effort requirements and tracking/forecasting multi-layer budgets
  • Providing guidelines on commissioning when needed.
  • Liaising with customers to ensure equipment optimization for their overall needs.
  • Travelling to site (e.g. USA ethanol plants) is required when needed.
  • Representing Whitefox at tradeshows and conferences.

What you’ll bring:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
  • 5-12+ years of experience working as an engineer in the Engineering Services Industry or Production environment (ideally with Ethanol industry experience)
  • Experience applying standard engineering techniques, procedures and criteria
  • Proficient in hydraulic analysis, heat, and material balance calculations
  • Experience in sizing and rating pumps, vessels, and exchangers
  • Experience in developing P&ID, instrument lists and line lists
  • Experience of participation in HAZOP / PHA studies

What we’ll bring:
  • Open & supportive working environment
  • Ability to progress your career through different areas
  • A diverse international business with opportunity for travel
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Flexible Working & generous vacation policy
  • Health/Dental plan
  • 401K

At Whitefox we look for people who:
  • have a passion for technology and sustainability
  • challenge themselves and others to find new ways to do things
  • communicate with consideration
  • appreciate everyone in the team
  • think strategically about what’s important and the best way to get it done
  • continue to learn, practice and adapt
  • cultivate resilience
To apply please click the link: https://whitefox.bamboohr.com/careers/36


About Whitefox Technologies:

This is the era of reversing the social and environmental harm caused by industrialisation. We need to redefine the relationship between sustainability and profit.We believe the future lies in solutions that increase both sustainability and profit through efficiency.Whitefox harnesses deep engineering and chemical experience with a passion for innovation and a collective commitment to achieve net zero. We want to see a world in which industrial processes deliver benefits to owners, customers and the world at large without any negative impact on the environment. Our mission is to deliver solutions that simplify and increase the efficiency of production, to reduce energy and water consumption, achieve net zero emissions and make industry more profitable.A Trusted CompanyWhitefox is a trusted, authentic partner with 20 years’ experience and a well-known reputation in the ethanol space.Driven by technologyWe are innovators and changemakers who shape technology to push boundaries and challenge conventional thinking.Proven resultsWe can show you installations where the efficiencies we provide are increasing productivity and reducing environmental impact.Net zero chemical separationOur innovative membrane technology enables top grade ethanol and other chemicals to be produced with less energy and water consumption, increasing profitability and reducing environmental impact.

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