Sr Eng, AN/NA Special Projects

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc

$157K — $189K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required
  • 15+ years of experience in nitric acid or related chemical process industries
  • Demonstrated technical expertise in nitric acid process technology and emissions control
  • Experience leading major capital projects from concept to startup
  • Strong understanding of Process Safety Management and incident investigation
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills to influence across all organizational levels

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute corporate technology strategy for nitric acid and ammonium nitrate
  • Serve as subject matter expert and provide technical leadership
  • Support safe and reliable operations through optimization and technical coaching
  • Provide oversight and governance for major capital projects
  • Lead efforts to reduce emissions and improve production economics
  • Develop and maintain engineering standards and best practices
  • Facilitate root cause investigations and support Process Safety Management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage
  • Retirement program with generous employer matching
  • Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
  • Parental leave and Employee Assistance Program
  • Participation in annual and long-term incentive plans
Full Job Description
Sr Eng, AN/NA Special Projects

Requisition ID: 33674

Location: S Deerfield, MA, USA, 01373

Workplace Type: On-Site

Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level

Job Type: Full Time

What You'll Do:

    • Develop and execute the corporate nitric acid and ammonium nitrate technology strategy to improve safety, reliability, environmental performance, energy efficiency, and production across all nitric acid facilities
    • Serve as the corporate subject matter expert for nitric acid and nitrate technologies, providing technical leadership and support to operating facilities
    • Support the safe and reliable operation of Nutrien's nitric acid and downstream nitrate production assets through process optimization, troubleshooting, and technical coaching
    • Provide technical oversight and governance for major capital projects, including technology selection, FEED reviews, process design reviews, HAZOP participation, commissioning, and startup activities
    • Lead process optimization efforts focused on reducing energy consumption, improving catalyst performance, increasing production rates, reducing emissions, and lowering operating costs
    • Develop and maintain corporate engineering standards, process design criteria, operating envelopes, and best-practice documentation for nitric acid operations
    • Support site personnel in identifying and implementing process improvements, debottlenecking opportunities, and reliability improvement initiatives
    • Facilitate root cause investigations for significant process upsets, reliability events, environmental excursions, and process safety incidents
    • Support Process Safety Management programs and participate in PHAs, HAZOPs, Layers of Protection Analysis, and Management of Change activities
    • Drive reduction of NOx and N2O emissions while supporting corporate sustainability and decarbonization objectives
    • Evaluate emerging technologies and new process configurations that improve economics, reduce emissions, and enhance long-term competitiveness
    • Develop systems to share technical knowledge, lessons learned, operational best practices, and incident learnings across all nitric acid facilities
    • Work closely with reliability, process control, inspection, maintenance, environmental, and operations teams to identify opportunities for performance improvement
    • Provide technical leadership during major turnarounds, plant assessments, and operational excellence reviews
    • Serve as Nutrien's primary technical interface with technology licensors, engineering contractors, catalyst suppliers, and equipment manufacturers
    • Monitor industry trends, benchmark performance against competing facilities, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
    • Support acquisition evaluations, due diligence activities, and strategic growth opportunities involving nitric acid, nitrates, and related technologies


What You'll Bring:

    • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required
    • 15+ years of experience in nitric acid, nitrate, fertilizer, ammonia, or related chemical process industries
    • Demonstrated technical expertise in nitric acid process technology, catalyst systems, emissions control, and process optimization
    • Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities or operating within a corporate engineering, technology, or operations support organization
    • Experience leading major capital projects from concept development through startup
    • Strong understanding of Process Safety Management, risk management, HAZOP facilitation, and incident investigation
    • Experience working with engineering contractors, technology licensors, and equipment suppliers
    • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause failure analysis skills
    • Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization
    • Demonstrated ability to drive change and implement best practices across multiple sites
    • Experience utilizing advanced process monitoring, digital tools, and data analytics platforms is preferred
    • Prior leadership experience within fertilizer, industrial gas, explosives, mining, or petrochemical industries is preferred


Compensation & Benefits:

The salary range for this role, in Deerfield location, is between $157,700 - $189,240. While we provide this range as general guidance, several factors are taken into consideration when making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, candidate skill set, experience and training, licensure and certifications, work location, and other business and organizational needs. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.

We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions. Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program. Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process.

In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan and long-term incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee. Details will be discussed through the application process.

This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons. Nutrien also makes internal equity a consideration in all pay decisions.

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