Our Client has an immediate opening for an experienced Sr Mechanical Design Engineer in their Baton Rouge office. 

As a Sr Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for design and specification for fixed equipment (heat exchangers and pressure vessels, etc.), rotating equipment (compressors, pumps, etc.) and machinery packages (thermal oxidizers, pneumatic conveying systems, extruder/pelletizers, and other types of packaged equipment)

Responsibilities

• Prepare engineering deliverables in accordance with Company Management System, current legislation, project requirements and international standards. Check deliverables produced by others.
• Identify any project scope growth and correctly document it and apply the project procedures for cost and time reimbursement. Commercial awareness of the impact of changes in scope, budget and schedule overruns.
• Manage scope, budgets and schedules as required.
• Identify project risk and address risk mitigation measures.
• Identify, communicate, and implement cost reduction and schedule improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical information in support of the project team.
• Comply with the Company Management System and QHSE requirements
• Attend technical design/project reviews to ensure compliance with customers’ needs and QHSE requirements.
• Understand customer needs and ensure that they are being satisfied.
• The role will interface with other internal engineering disciplines as well as external project team members such as the client, fabricator and site contractor representatives.
• Provide mentorship to younger/junior engineers within the organization.

Background Profile:

• Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical Engineering is required.
• PE License
• 8 - 15 years of related experience in engineering design of oil & gas, petrochemical or plastics manufacturing facility mechanical equipment.
• General understanding of the entire cradle to grave workflow for an EPC Project, interdepartmental dependencies, recognition of the importance of TIC rather than individual constituents that make up the whole.
• Knowledge and understanding of industry codes, product safety standards, regulations, etc.
• Comfortable with occasional opportunities for international travel.

Preferred Skills

• 10+ years of experience in various Mechanical engineering, operations or other technical roles with at least 5 years of experience in a multidisciplinary petrochemical design environment.
• ASME Section VIII, Division 2 High Pressure Experience Preferred
• Knowledge of ASME VIII Division 3 and other codes / regulations
• Knowledge of FEA analysis and fitness for service assessments
• Experience with other Machinery/packages such as Thermal oxidizers, Pneumatic conveying systems, and Extruder/pelletizers
• Material selection knowledge and familiarity with international codes for steel types used in the petrochemical sector required, familiarity with high strength steels preferred.
• Knowledge of thermal rating for heat exchangers