Process Engineering Director jobs in Richland, WA

Requisition ID: 275801

• Relocation Authorized: National - Accompanied
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Richland, WA
• Salary Range: $119,780 - $182,670 annually (Determined by function, education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant).

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our values – ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants – integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

Project Overview

Bechtel is a global engineering, construction and project management company that has “built the world” for more than 120 years, having constructed Hoover Dam, the English Channel Tunnel, entire cities in the Middle East, the second-largest solar thermal power project in the world, and millions of miles of roads and pipelines. We produce a lasting, positive legacy by creating jobs, growing economies, connecting communities to resources, shoring up and expanding infrastructure, and making the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.

Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.

Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.

This position is a full-time role located in the Richland, Washington project office, and works a 9/80 schedule, offering every other Friday off.

Position Overview:

Responsible for the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) project within the chemical engineering discipline. Applies broad and diversified knowledge of chemical engineering principles and practices to engineering. Makes decisions independently concerning problems within the chemical engineering discipline on the project. Represents the chemical engineering discipline on the project and with the client to resolve technical questions and as required to coordinate work. Openly communicates with conviction and confidence in all technical and business matters throughout the company. Reviews significant bid summaries, major drawings and staffing estimates and schedules. Requires an extensive knowledge of industry and regulatory codes and standards, and design criteria pertinent to the chemical engineering discipline. Requires a thorough knowledge of Bechtel’s administrative practices and supervisory experience.

Receives supervision and technical guidance from the WTP Manager of Engineering Functions or the NSE Process Chief Engineer. Supervises and provides technical direction to subordinate engineers, scientists, specialists, designers and drafters as assigned. Maintains contacts with client representatives as directed, with suppliers, appropriate field personnel and other disciplines to ensure the coordination of the work within the project or assignment and compliance with Bechtel/client requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Plans, develops, coordinates and reviews engineering work within the chemical engineering discipline on a project or assignment in a global business unit.
• Supervises the day-to-day technical work of chemical engineers, scientists, specialists, designers and drafters.
• Conducts annual performance reviews in accordance with approved procedures and holds career development discussions.
• When assigned, recommends personnel actions such as staff additions, terminations, transfers and salary changes.
• Prepares or oversees the preparation of discipline estimates and work plan in accordance with project scope, schedule and budget, and manages implementation and performance accordingly.
• Estimates staffing needs and schedules and assigns work to meet schedule dates.

Coordinates with client representatives as delegated to obtain their approval on phases of work.

• Reviews and approves key engineering drawings and calculations, including field and design documents relating to the discipline.

Coordinates assigned engineering work with other project groups.

• Ensures that chemical engineers and scientists supervised receive appropriate on-the-job training for their professional development.
• Promotes the creation of a work environment, supported by leadership, which fosters openness, trust, communication, teamwork, empowerment, innovation, and satisfaction.
• Supervises and provides technical direction to subordinate engineering supervisors, engineers, specialists, scientists, designers, and drafters.
• Communicates complex technical issues and recommends solutions to upper management.
• Reviews and approves key engineering drawings and calculations and bid summaries.

Qualifications and Skills:

Basic Qualifications:

• Level One - BS degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited university or college with nine (9) years of progressive related experience, or in lieu of degree, fifteen (15) years of progressive related experience.
• Level Two - BS degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited university or college with thirteen (13) years of progressive related experience, or in lieu of degree, nineteen (19) years of progressive related experience.

• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, physical (if located at the construction site), and background check which includes verification of employment and education.
• Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy badge for access to the Hanford Site. (Even if teleworking, must still be able to comply with security requirements to obtain a badge)
• Must possess the right to work and remain in the United States without sponsorship.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Engineering Department Procedures (EDPs), Design Guides, appropriate Bechtel Standard Computer Applications (BSAPs) and administrative practices.
• Requires a good knowledge of Bechtel’s administrative practices and supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated skill in leadership.
• Knowledge of application and coordination of 2-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools on a project.
• Knowledge of systems, calculations, equipment, applications of methods, materials, and computers in the chemical engineering discipline.
• Knowledge of engineering work planning and control methods.
• Knowledge of precedents in the chemical engineering discipline and of principles and practices of related disciplines.
• Knowledge of related construction practices and the economics involved.
• Knowledge of industry /regulatory codes and standards, and design and/or layout criteria pertinent to chemical engineering and process design.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently holds a PE License.
• Experience as a process or chemical engineer at a major commercial, industrial, or nuclear facility.
• Experience working on the design of nuclear or chemical process facilities.
• Experience working on DOE or DOD government projects.
• Experience with ASPEN process modeling software.

Bechtel’s internal staffing policy includes the minimum time that you need to be in your current position before applying to a new position. Please refer to the applicable policy manual and ensure you meet the minimum requirements

At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off (160 hours annually, accrued 6.16 hours per pay period), nine paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well-designed 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components.

Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.
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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Bechtel employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or show proof of a negative test result prior to accessing Bechtel sites/facilities to the extent required by applicable law or by customer requirements.