Water Treatment Process Engineer – Remote Monitoring

🕒 July 9

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $100k - $135k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Hawkins, Inc.

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1938

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Logistics

Hawkins, Inc. is a Minnesota-based chemical and ingredients company founded in 1938 that formulates, manufactures, blends, and distributes specialty chemicals and ingredients for water treatment, food & health sciences, and various industrial applications. The company provides customized toll blending, multiple packaging options, and a broad delivery network to serve municipal, industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and food customers with an emphasis on safety, sustainability, and customer service.

📋 Description

• Monitor water treatment plant parameters (e.g., pH, turbidity, flux, flow rates, and chemical dosing) using SCADA, IoT, or cloud-based monitoring platforms. • Analyze operational data to identify opportunities for process improvement, cost reduction, energy savings, and enhanced treatment performance. • Perform real-time adjustments to process controls, alarm settings, and automation systems to maintain optimal treatment performance. • Develop process control strategies and operational best practices for reverse osmosis treatment systems. • Conduct root cause analyses of operational issues and recommend corrective actions to customer plant personnel. • Support the startup, commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance testing of treatment systems. • Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs), dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs), technical reports, and reporting tools to track facility performance and operational trends. • Establish alarm management protocols and escalation procedures. • Ensure continuous monitoring coverage and timely response to critical system events. • Drive continuous improvement of remote monitoring capabilities and supporting technologies. • Analyze operational, process, and asset performance data to identify trends and optimization opportunities. • Develop predictive monitoring and performance management tools. • Use monitoring data to anticipate equipment failures and proactively schedule maintenance. • Utilize statistical analysis and process modeling tools to support operational decision-making. • Provide technical guidance and support to engineering, rental, and site services teams. • Serve as the subject matter expert for treatment processes and process control systems. • Conduct operator training on process optimization and monitoring systems. • Establish performance metrics and operational objectives for the remote monitoring program. • Collaborate with the Chief Technology Officer to develop program enhancements and machine learning capabilities for the remote monitoring program. • Other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline • Five (5+) years of experience in water or wastewater treatment, process engineering, industrial automation, process optimization, or remote operations monitoring • Strong knowledge of water and wastewater treatment technologies, regulatory requirements, and treatment processes, including membrane systems, biological treatment, nutrient removal, and industrial water applications • Proficiency in data analytics, process modeling, statistical analysis, and performance monitoring using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, and Excel; experience with advanced process control, predictive analytics, or machine learning is a plus • Demonstrated ability to analyze operational data, troubleshoot complex process issues, and implement process improvements that enhance performance, reliability, compliance, and efficiency • Experience supporting multiple facilities, remote operations centers, or centralized monitoring programs while effectively managing competing priorities • Strong analytical, decision-making, communication, and collaboration skills, with a customer-focused and continuous improvement mindset • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • life insurance • LTD/STD • 401(k) match • Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) • paid time off • paid holidays