Nutrien

Kennewick Engineer, Process Wa

Kennewick, WA, USA, 99337
  • On-site
  • Full-time

Listing details

  • Last verified Oct 31

About the job

What You'll Do:

  • Promote a strong safety culture through active participation in site safety, environmental, and process safety programs.
  • Provide technical leadership in process safety activities, including PHAs, MOCs, PSSRs, SIL reviews, RCAs, and TapRoot investigations.
  • Deliver engineering analyses, process modeling, troubleshooting, and risk-based recommendations to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
  • Maintain process design documentation and engineering standards, including P&IDs, relief systems, equipment records, and operational limits.
  • Monitor and analyze process performance data to identify opportunities for optimization, risk reduction, and continuous improvement.
  • Support operations by resolving plant upsets, investigating production issues, and developing long-term debottleneck and improvement strategies.
  • Lead and support projects, outages, maintenance activities, and capital investments, including catalyst change-outs, exchanger cleaning, and equipment upgrades.
  • Develop and evaluate process design alternatives for Utilities, Ammonia, and Urea systems.
  • Contribute to budget planning, cost performance analysis, and equipment lifecycle management.
  • Support the development and review of operating procedures while providing technical guidance to operations and maintenance teams.
  • Build technical capability through mentoring, training, and collaboration across engineering disciplines.
  • Communicate complex technical information clearly and effectively to stakeholders, balancing confidence with sound risk awareness.

What You'll Bring:

  • Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering is required
  • 5+ years of experience in chemical processing is preferred
  • Comprehensive knowledge and practical experience in product/process development, laboratory techniques, pilot plant equipment operations and identification of opportunities for improvements
  • Firm foundation in chemistry and mathematics
  • Experience/knowledge in the agricultural chemical manufacturing business is preferred, but not required