Senior Engineer – Energetics Processing

Senior Engineer – Energetics Processing

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
• At least 20 years of relevant experience
• Strong technical background in process engineering, process safety, and hazard analysis
• Expertise in energetic manufacturing processes is strongly desired
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal/external stakeholders
• Excellent verbal/written communication, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills
• Experience leading and facilitating teams to perform engineering and safety reviews with various stakeholders, including engineers, operators, and safety and quality representatives
• Must currently hold or be able to obtain a Department of Defense Secret-level security clearance; Must be a U.S. citizen as this position is not eligible for Limited Access Authorizations

Responsibilities

• Providing technical evaluations on a variety of process engineering, process safety, and hazard analysis projects associated with energetics research, development, and manufacturing operations
• Planning and executing preliminary hazard analyses (PHAs), process hazard analyses (PrHAs), Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), layer of protection analyses (LOPAs), failure mode and effect analyses (FMEAs), system hazard analyses (SHAs), Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRAs), and Operating and Support Hazards Analyses (O&SHAs) and other hazard analysis and risk assessment techniques
• Applying root cause analysis (RCA) and fault tree analysis (FTA) techniques in the execution of malfunction and failure analyses and incident investigations
• Development of safety, environmental, engineering, and quality documentation for process startup and re-start efforts
• Preparing and reviewing SOPs for energetics processing operations
• Performing process design tasks, such as reviewing new or as-built drawings, equipment, and/or process specifications and reviewing engineering calculations that support equipment configuration and process condition determinations
• Providing other on-site support as needed, including participating in various technical meetings, drafting meeting minutes, performing reviews of technical information, calculations, and previously completed analyses, and performing plant inspections/audits
• Providing mentorship and technical guidance to mid- and junior-level engineers supporting task execution

Preferred Qualifications

• 20 years of experience or expertise in the following areas of energetics processing: vertical and horizontal mixing of energetic compounds, pour and pressure casting of energetic compounds, energetics reaction chemistry (including batch and continuous reactor configurations), propellant and explosive formulations bench-scale research, pilot-scale manufacturing, and production-scale development, pressing and extrusion of propellants and explosives using mechanical, screw and ram presses and machining of propellants and explosives using conventional lathes/mills/saws and CNC machining centers