About our Client

Our client plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications that touch people’s lives, such as building and construction, fertilizers, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, and electronics. This reliable and sustainable supply of quality products emerges from the vertically integrated value chain of their three U.S. based manufacturing facilities. Guided by their core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect, the company strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, chemical intermediates, and plant nutrients.

Why work here?

• We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being.
• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program.
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development.
• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Job Summary

The CSA Engineer supports the Civil Structural Architectural (CSA) design team during all phases of industrial capital projects from conceptual design to start-up across the company’s plants. This position offers a wide variety of different projects to lead, from simple to complex industrial components, such as concrete pads, foundations, steel pipe supports, structural steel support frames and platforms, stair & ladders, sewers & drainage, paving, architectural building modifications, and much more. Most projects are retrofit (brown field) construction. This position is full time, direct hire, based out of Hopewell, VA.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Learn, understand, and comply all plant safety programs, rules and regulations to with HS&E (Health, Safety, & Environmental) procedures and regulations.
• Learn, and use all required PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) while working in all areas of the plant properly.
• Ensure design drawings are compliant with federal, state, local, and plant codes/policies as required.
• Work with other CSA engineers, designers, and other disciplines to collaborate and create 3D CAD models and design drawings.
• Utilize or lead CSA designers in AutoCAD and CADWorx Structure software to create 2D & 3D models and drawings for the various project designs.
• Create and navigate Navisworks models.
• Learn and utilize plant engineering standards and procedures.
• Conduct site visits for field verification of existing conditions in an operating chemical manufacturing facility.
• Read and search for existing plant drawings as well as OEM equipment drawings.
• Review shop drawings from fabricators.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Utilize Microsoft Office products to communicate with project and plant teams and to create project deliverables.
• Support plant operations with location and marking of underground utilities.
• Review process packages and use engineering design and analysis concepts to write scopes of work, material take offs, and engineering budget hours the meet project requirements.
• Use applicable codes to properly design and calculate materials for adequate structural capacity.
• Track and maintain project schedules and engineering hours through Project Web App.
• Compile data for project reports, collect, calculate, and compile field data, assist proposal efforts as directed, document technical data for management review, and provide other project duties as needed.
• Perform systems walkdown to identify deficiencies and ensure scope compliance to design and plant requirements, such as structural inspections, drainage, infrastructure, etc.
• Develop and review design packages to ensure that project requirements, engineering standards, and applicable design and building codes are met.
• Collect, review, calculate and interpret data, to provide engineering recommendations on repairs or designs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from a four (4) year accredited college or university.
• Minimum 3 years experience required in a similar role.
• Successful passing of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam.
• Understanding of ACI, AISC, ASCE, IBC, OSHA, and PIP codes and regulations.

Preferred Characteristics and Traits

• Generally current on latest engineering methods.
• Experience with MS Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.).
• Understanding of industrial facilities.
• Personal safety awareness and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) requirements.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate with others, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to receive direction from senior engineers.
• Ability to work independently and in a multi-functional team environment.
• Lead designers working on CAD designs.

Additional Qualifications, Skills, and Experiences

Note: It is not intended that candidates have all experiences listed below, but rather is a broad list that would be of added value. Candidates should be encouraged to apply if they have any of these qualifications, skills, or experiences.
• Professional Engineering (PE) licensure in any US state (Virginia preferably).
• Experience in an industrial manufacturing facility (chemical, pulp/paper, refinery, etc.).
• Experience with Structural design practices and materials (i.e., steel, concrete).
• Experience with Civil design practices and materials (i.e., Subsurface pipes, paving, drainage, etc.).
• Experience with building code requirements (i.e., Fire ratings, Egress, etc.).
• Use of Subsurface utility locators (i.e., Ground Penetration Radar, Pipe & Cable locator).
• Experience in 3D modeling utilizing AutoCAD and/or CADWorx Structure software to create 3D models and drawings.
• Experience with Finite Element Software, such as Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis.