Senior Thermal Process Engineer – Industrial Furnace Systems, Canonsburg, PA

(Steel Processing & Continuous Lines)

You’ll work on large, complex systems—not incremental tweaks

You’ll have real technical ownership, not just execution tasks

Your designs go from concept → steel → startup

You’ll be trusted as a technical authority, not just a contributor

You’ll mentor others and shape how work gets done

We are hiring a Senior Thermal Process Engineer to serve as a technical lead for large-scale industrial furnace systems used in steel manufacturing and processing. This role sits at the intersection of process engineering, mechanical systems, and customer-facing technical leadership, supporting complex projects from concept through commissioning.

You’ll be the go-to expert for continuous processing lines—including annealing, galvanizing, and heat treatment—working closely with project management, mechanical engineering, automation, and customers to deliver reliable, high-performance systems.

This is an ideal role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving hard problems, mentoring others, and seeing their designs operate in the real world.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Act as a technical authority and lead engineer for industrial furnace and thermal processing systems.
• Design and develop integrated process systems, including mechanical equipment and process control concepts.
• Own technical scope across projects—ensuring design integrity, safety, standards compliance, and constructability.
• Serve as the primary technical interface between engineering, project management, customers, and external partners.
• Lead technical problem-solving, design reviews, and customer clarifications.
• Mentor and support engineers across disciplines, providing guidance and technical approval where needed.
• Support installation, startup, and commissioning (cold and hot), ensuring systems perform as designed.
• Participate in occasional domestic and international travel for customer meetings, site work, and commissioning activities.

What We’re Looking For

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• ~8–10 years of engineering experience, with significant exposure to heavy industrial or thermal processing equipment.
• Hands-on experience with steel fabrications, piping, weldments, and large mechanical assemblies.
• Experience contributing to or leading projects in a technical leadership or senior support role.
• Ability to communicate clearly and confidently with engineers, project managers, and customers.

Highly Relevant Experience (Any Combination)

• Industrial furnaces, thermal processing, or continuous production lines
• Combustion systems, heat recovery, convection cooling, quenching, tempering
• Continuous annealing or galvanizing lines
• Atmosphere control, specialty gases, refractory systems, insulation
• Material handling or strip/web process design
• Exposure to steel mill or metals processing environments

Nice to Have

• PE, PMP, or CAPM certification
• Familiarity with 3D CAD tools and applicable industrial standards (NFPA, NEC, UL, FM, etc.)
• Working knowledge of electrical systems, automation, and PLC concepts
• Understanding of metallurgical principles related to heat treatment and coatings

Why This Role Appeals to the Right Engineer

• You’ll work on large, complex systems—not incremental tweaks
• You’ll have real technical ownership, not just execution tasks
• Your designs go from concept → steel → startup
• You’ll be trusted as a technical authority, not just a contributor
• You’ll mentor others and shape how work gets done

Additional Notes

• Full benefits from day one
• Relocation support available depending on experience
• Equal opportunity employer

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