Senior Pulp & Paper Engineering Consultant

Overview

Lead pulp & paper process engineering projects, supervising teams and delivering designs.

Key Responsibilities

• process modeling
• bid packages
• cost tracking
• project control
• design review
• safety design

Tasks

-Overseeing engineering deliverables and ensuring high standards across drawings, specifications, and calculations. -Promoting the culture of working safely and applying safety related concepts into process design. -Leading the development of early project scopes, designs, estimates, and cost tracking. -Debottlenecking of existing mill operations -Develops project engineering standards and specifications. -Participate in professional society meetings to make new business contacts and keep current with new developments in the industry. -Knowing your scope and deliverables. Initiating timely change notices when deviation is made from your scope, affecting schedule, deliverables or cost of the work. -Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality. -Validating professional service and construction estimates at the beginning of a project, and then tracking changes as the project progresses. -Producing bid packages enabling process equipment purchase inquiries to be issued for procurement of materials or subcontract pricing. -Applying safety-driven design thinking and industry codes throughout project execution. -Planning and organizing the work of your team. Communicating the plan to your team, the project leadership team and the client. -Producing engineering and equipment specifications. -Maintaining control of the project by tracking and maintaining discipline performance budget progress, schedule commitments, and quality standards. Understanding and utilizing the project tools that are in place for project control. -Reviewing and checking vendor drawings and other discipline drawings for process input. -Travel as required for client presentations and project related tasks. -Assisting the drafting group in resolving routine layout and detailing problems. Ensuring that sufficient sketches and details are provided for completion of engineering drawings. -Participating in the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of staff. -Developing conceptual layouts and cost studies as necessary to determine the simplest, most efficient approach to solving engineering tasks at hand. -Reviewing and approving all process deliverables. -Producing estimate level preliminary designs and material take-off suitable for the level of estimate being performed on a project. -Mill process modeling and simulations (using tools like WinGEMS® or CADSIM) -Responsible for reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, and completing interview evaluations for process engineering candidates. -Develop design criteria and scope of work. -Producing project designs with efficient use of construction materials with an overall emphasis on ease of construction and completed product meeting the expectations of the client. -Monitoring drawings in progress to ensure conformance to design calculations and specifications. -Checking calculations, reports and studies made by other engineers to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practice. -Delegating work to engineers and designers in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality. -Actively participates in the mentoring of less experienced process engineers. -Producing professional service estimates in accordance with the department standards for project deliverables, project studies and estimates, change notices and for the development of new work through proposal efforts. -Producing conceptual layouts, process simulations, and detailed engineering studies (including mill mass balances and debottlenecking). -Producing detail design calculations and sketches associated with the project. Calculations produced will be neatly prepared and organized for efficient checking by others and efficient use by drafters/designers for preparing drawings and as a deliverable when required. -Participate in sales activities including pre-bid meetings, client presentations, scope review meetings, and proposal development. -Establishing the design criteria, incorporating client requirements, estimate and/or scope basis and design basis meeting applicable state, local and federal standards and codes. Ensuring that any requirements for permitting have been established and communicated to the project team.

Requirements

• autocad
• microstation
• wingems
• cadsim
• excel
• p&ids

What You Bring

-Knowledge of CAD software, either AutoCAD, Microstation or both is preferred. -Experienced in estimating and scheduling professional service hours and assessing the progress and quality of process work. -Ability to create accurate process documents from the information found on vendor equipment drawings. -Ability to develop Process and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs). -Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time. -Full mill mass balance studies -Familiarity with and utilizing industry design and engineering standards. -Ability to calculate pressure and flow for systems used throughout the Pulp and Paper Industry. -Ability to work extended hours in a mill environment for multiple consecutive days to support construction and startup activities -Knowledge and application of company engineering design and CAD drafting standards. -Batch and continuous cooking digesters -Ability to lead teams to deliver on commitments. -Working knowledge of project simulation software such as WinGEMS® and CADSIM or the ability to gain the skills needed to work with the software. -Ability to deliver convincing presentations of Hargrove Engineers & Constructors services. -Ability to develop a project cost estimate, a detailed engineering schedule and a man-hour budget for a small project or an area for a larger project. -Ability to develop process and equipment specifications. -Familiarity with specifications and installation details of construction bulk materials and equipment. -Complete understanding of the skills and experience required to perform engineering and design functions. -Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks. -Ability to climb stairs and ladders as needed to obtain data in the field necessary to complete the work. -Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook. - Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

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About Hargrove Engineers & Constructors

-Founded in 1995 in Mobile, Alabama, the firm began as a small technical services outfit and steadily expanded across the U.S. -Initially rooted in engineering and project management, it evolved into a multi-discipline EPC powerhouse serving complex industrial and process-heavy clients. -Signature work includes contributions to major programs like Airbus's final assembly line in Mobile. -The firm operates through a national network of offices, bringing local presence and expertise to energy, manufacturing, R&D, and process sectors. -An internal virtual teaming system enables rapid deployment of specialists from across its offices, ensuring the right experts arrive at the right time.

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