Process Commissioning Engineer
Process Commissioning Engineer | Industrial Water & Wastewater Treatment
Seeking experienced Commissioning Engineers to support the startup, commissioning, and optimization of industrial water and wastewater treatment systems across large-scale projects. This role is ideal for professionals with a strong process engineering foundation and hands-on experience bringing treatment facilities from mechanical completion through startup, performance testing, and operational handover.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute dry and wet commissioning activities for water and wastewater treatment systems.
- Verify mechanical completion and commissioning readiness, including utilities, controls, instrumentation, and safety systems.
- Develop startup procedures and process testing plans for treatment equipment and subsystems.
- Coordinate commissioning and startup activities with clients, contractors, vendors, and operations teams.
- Lead startup and optimization of membrane systems including UF, MF, and RO technologies.
- Troubleshoot process, instrumentation, and operational issues during commissioning.
- Validate system performance against design criteria, treatment objectives, and water quality requirements.
- Optimize operating parameters including recovery rates, chemical dosing, backwash sequences, flux rates, and cleaning protocols.
- Analyze process and performance data to identify operational improvements.
- Prepare commissioning reports, turnover documentation, and performance test summaries.
- Train operations personnel on process operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Maintain compliance with site safety requirements including LOTO, confined space, and permit-to-work procedures.
Requirements
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience
- 7+ years of commissioning, startup, process operations, or process engineering experience within industrial water or wastewater treatment.
- Hands-on experience with membrane treatment technologies such as UF, MF, RO, or high-purity water systems strongly preferred.
- Experience commissioning complex treatment facilities from startup through performance testing and turnover to operations.
Certifications
- OSHA 30 preferred (OSHA 10 minimum).
- Experience with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, and industrial safety procedures.
Ideal Background Candidates with experience in advanced water treatment, semiconductor water systems, industrial wastewater treatment, water reuse, desalination, or high-purity process water projects will be particularly relevant.
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