Job Title: ICP Process Engineer

Reports to: Operations Manager

Department: Operations

Location: Pekin, IL

Supervises: N/A

Classification: Exempt

Date: September 16, 2022

Build your career with Alto Ingredients! Earn a competitive salary, eligibility for annual cash incentive and stock-based incentive, benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401k with a company dollar-for-dollar match up to 6%, a Wellness program, a stipend for fitness center expenses, a generous paid time off (PTO) program, and service awards for career longevity. Alto Ingredients values the communities where we work and live and offers an extra 8 hours of paid leave for employees who volunteer their time and talents in their community.

Environment: Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO), formerly known as Pacific Ethanol, Inc., is a leading producer of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients. The company is focused on products for four key markets: Health, Home & Beauty; Food & Beverage; Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels. The company’s customers include major food and beverage companies and consumer products companies. For more information, please visit www.altoingredients.com.

Our Pekin campus produces products destined for Health, Food and Beverage, and Industrial markets. All personnel are responsible for the safety of these products, which includes participation in training, following cGMP and food safety requirements in the facility, and reviewing and following SOPs for incoming ingredients and outgoing products.

Job Purpose: The Process Engineer is responsible for process engineering support of operations efforts to safely operate, troubleshoot, analyze, and optimize unit operations in a fuel, industrial, and beverage ethanol dry mill manufacturing facility. This position will also lead development and execution of capital and maintenance projects including design, engineer, procurement, construction, start-up, and commissioning.

The following is a list of major duties and responsibilities for this position along with certain supportive duties. It is not all-inclusive. Other duties and responsibilities may be added as needed and in addition, management may modify this job description as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Process Engineering:

• Develop and update material and energy balances, PFD's, and P&ID’s, equipment sizing and specifications required to design, troubleshoot, analyze, and document unit operations across the entire facility including production and utilities departments, waste water treatment and environmental compliance.
• Provide engineering support to MOC process, HAZOP studies, PSM requirements, operational procedures updates, and personnel training to ensure compliance with all Federal, State, and local regulations.
• Develop and execute process related investigations, data gathering, trials and experiments as required to support our continuous process improvement philosophy.
• Organize, maintain, and update engineering drawings and technical documentation library. Responsible for technical document control, distribution, and compliance with controlled document format.
• Aid with plant operations on an as needed basis. This includes ensuring that the plant is running properly, troubleshooting upset conditions, and meeting operational targets.

Project Engineering:

• Responsible for scope of work definition in alignment with business needs including risk analysis and mitigation plans. Actively engages and involves project stake holders and functional leaders in the process, keeps project team well informed of developments and engages outside consultants when needed to support the scope definition process.
• Prepare and refine project cost estimates through the project development cycle from preliminary through budgetary to Authorization-for-Expenditure estimates. Identifies and develops value engineering or non-capital options to accomplish the necessary scope.
• Develop overall project schedule. Ensure construction phases are properly aligned with schedule plant outages and makes efficient use of scheduled downtime.
• Technical support of project procurement efforts in close coordination and cooperation with Purchasing Department. Responsibilities included preparation of bid packages, bidders list, support of bidder’s technical inquiries, contractor/vendor selection and contract negotiations.
• Manage all construction activities including contractor/vendor mobilizations, coordination with operations, and logistics. Monitor and control performance, efficiency, quality, timeliness and conformance to specifications and safety standards.
• Track and control project cost and schedule. Maintain stake holders and functional leaders well informed of progress and up to date on cost and schedule projections.
• Define and analyze project KPI’s to ensure overall performance expectations for the project are met and communicates results to stake holders and functional leaders.
• Lead start-up and commissioning efforts including training, procedure updates, maintenance PM records updates, project hand-over and close-out.

Education/Experience:

• Prefer a bachelor's degree in chemical or mechanical engineering and 5 to 10 years of experience in the chemical processing industry, engineering or engineering and construction firm serving the process industries.

Qualifications:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Must be able to effectively manage the coordination of engineering contractors, vendors, architects, general contractor, sub-contractors, PEI stakeholders, and others.
• Must have knowledge and experience of working with and managing the resources within engineering design firms for the detailed design of processing industry projects in excess of $75M capital value.
• Must have proven track record of supervision of engineering resources and relationship management of Clients, Vendors, Inspectors, Contractors, Subcontractors, and other associated parties.
• Able to lift minimum 50 lbs., climb stairs and ladders, enter confined spaces, and withstand extreme weather both hot and cold.
• Able to obtain TWIC card.

Alto Ingredients participates in E-Verify; Criminal background check and drug screen required.

Alto Ingredients, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.