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Quanta Services

Builds and repairs power grids and utility networks

Process Engineer 3

Process EngineeringUpdated on Nov 5
Full-timeBirmingham, AL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited university.
  • A minimum of 4 years of relevant industrial experience in chemical processing, petroleum refining, power generation, or EPC process design engineering environments.
  • Strong understanding of power generation systems, including gas turbines and combined-cycle facilities.
  • Familiarity with process simulation and hydraulic modeling software such as GT Pro and PIPE-FLO.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Familiarity with industry engineering codes, standards, and best practices.
  • Strong communication, technical writing, and documentation skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strong organizational and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead or support process engineering activities across conceptual and feasibility studies, detailed engineering design, procurement support, startup, and commissioning.
  • Develop and maintain process design basis documents, equipment lists, line lists, and tie-in schedules.
  • Prepare and review equipment datasheets and technical specifications for procurement packages covering pumps, vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, blowers, and packaged systems such as water treatment, chemical feed, and instrument air systems.
  • Track engineering deliverables and manage scope changes within the process discipline.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering interfaces and collaborate with vendors, original equipment manufacturers, and project stakeholders throughout project execution.
  • Visit job sites, field offices, and customer locations when required.
  • Design balance-of-plant systems, including demineralized water treatment systems (reverse osmosis, continuous electrodeionization, and mixed bed), closed cooling water systems, service water systems, instrument and plant air systems, chemical dosing systems, and wastewater handling systems.
  • Specify and size atmospheric tanks in accordance with API 650 and pressure vessels in accordance with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII.
  • Evaluate material compatibility for plant chemicals, including aqueous ammonia, sulfuric acid, sodium hypochlorite, and other industrial process chemicals.
  • Support specification and selection of fluid turbomachinery, including centrifugal pumps and natural gas compressors.
  • Support air permitting activities by developing emissions estimates for gas turbines, duct burners, auxiliary boilers, and emergency engines.
  • Coordinate with environmental consultants regarding selective catalytic reduction and carbon monoxide catalyst guarantees, ammonia slip limits, and continuous emissions monitoring requirements.
  • Provide process engineering data for noise studies, wastewater discharge permitting, and secondary containment and drainage design.
  • Create and maintain Process Flow Diagrams showing major equipment, flow paths, heat and mass balance conditions, and key operating parameters.
  • Develop and maintain Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams from early studies through detailed design, including control schemes, isolation philosophy, relief device locations, utility connections, and equipment tagging standards.
  • Participate in hazard and operability reviews, constructability reviews, and operability evaluations.
  • Manage Piping and Instrumentation Diagram revisions and engineering redlines through successive design stages.
  • Coordinate with instrumentation, piping, electrical, and structural disciplines to ensure consistency across engineering deliverables.

Desired Qualifications

  • Professional Engineer registration is highly preferred, or the candidate should be able to obtain registration in project states.
  • Working knowledge of AutoCAD Plant 3D and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams is preferred.

About the Company

Quanta Services

Builds and repairs power grids and utility networks

Quanta Services builds, upgrades and repairs the power lines, substations, pipelines and communications networks that utilities, power producers and large energy users rely on. It runs its own training school, Northwest Lineman College, which prepares workers for electric line work at campuses in several states. Quanta works through regional operating companies that handle engineering, construction, storm restoration and routine upkeep for their customers. Clients pay under long-term master service agreements for ongoing work and under fixed-price or cost-based contracts for large projects. Quanta was founded in 1997 by combining four electrical contractors and is based in Houston, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1997

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