Senior Process Engineer

About the Role:
Join a team that partners with clients to solve challenging process engineering problems and bring critical projects to life. As a Senior Process Engineer, you'll oversee process design efforts, coordinate across engineering disciplines, and provide technical leadership throughout the lifecycle of complex industrial and manufacturing projects. This is an opportunity to influence project direction while delivering impactful engineering solutions.

About TAI:
TAI brings together engineering, construction, systems integration, on-site services, and technical services — combining proven execution with trusted expertise to support clients across the entire project lifecycle. Team members at TAI are capable, well-rounded, flexible, and optimistic. We have found that the best employees are the ones who recognize the importance of what they do and the ones who let that guide them in the actions they take. More than any skill, we seek people who make decisions that support the common good. We work for our clients, and we work for one another.

Here’s a glimpse into your day to day:

• The Senior Process Engineer leads the planning, development, and delivery of process engineering solutions for multiple complex projects.
• Working with minimal administrative direction, this role provides technical leadership, coordinates multidisciplinary design activities, and helps ensure that project deliverables meet client requirements, applicable codes, industry standards, budget, and schedule expectations.
• Plan, organize, and perform detailed process design for multiple complex projects.
• Manage assigned engineering activities with minimal administrative direction from the Division Manager.
• Research and apply relevant industry standards, codes, and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare and critically review engineering studies, system analyses, and preliminary and detailed designs.
• Develop and review engineering specifications and project cost estimates.
• Direct and review the work of the project design team, monitor progress, and alert management to scope changes or opportunities for additional services.
• Coordinate the completion and quality of project documentation.
• Provide direction to CAD designers in the preparation of construction drawings.
• Interpret applicable codes and work independently with code officials and other design professionals when clarification, interpretation, or an exception is required.
• Coordinate process design requirements with other engineering disciplines.

You’ll be a perfect fit if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university; Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
• Professional Engineer licensure is preferred, or ability to obtain a PE
• Minimum of eight (8) years of design experience creating construction documents for industrial, power, oil & gas, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, food & beverage facilities with significant expertise in at least one of the core industries served by TAI
• Experience preparing, reviewing and approving PFD’s, P&ID’s, piping orthographic and isometric drawings, bill of materials, equipment and piping specifications
• Working knowledge of manual and automatic valve types and application
• Working knowledge of control valve and flow meter sizing and selection
• Thorough understanding of process controls
• Thorough understanding of piping flexibility and stress analysis is preferred
• Working knowledge of ASME BPVC, Division 1
• Working knowledge of API standards – 521, 620, 650, 2000 preferred
• Working knowledge of piping codes - ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.5 and B31.8
• Working knowledge of NFPA fire codes (NFPA 30 mandatory)
• Working knowledge of pressure drop calculations for incompressible and compressible fluids
• Working knowledge of equipment and piping specifications, sizing pressure relief devices, sizing centrifugal and PD pumps and other process equipment
• Working knowledge of electrical area classification – NFPA 497, API RP 500
• Familiarity with IBC building code
• Familiarity with AISC structural code.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Pay: $100,000-130,000 annually (depending upon experience).
• Eligible for overtime pay
• Annual Profit Sharing Bonus (variable)
• PTO and Paid Holidays
• Health Benefits: Employee through family level coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurances. Company funded life and long-term disability insurances. Short Term Disability, FSA, HSA, EAP, and supplemental life insurances (employee – family) are also available!
• 401(k)with employer match

Other Offerings:

• The opportunity to make a real impact on a variety of industry-leading projects.
• The ability to balance your work and family activities.
• Flexible work schedule
• Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment that values creativity and innovation.
• A chance to learn and grow alongside some of the brightest minds in engineering.
• Professional Development, Tuition Reimbursement, and Association Membership Reimbursements.

Discover what makes TAI a top-20 manufacturing partner, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR), and one of the top-50 fastest-growing private companies in the Baltimore Business Journal. Learn more about us at https://www.tai.inc/