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 U. S. -based chemical and specialty ingredients company founded in 1938 that formulates, manufactures, blends, and distributes products for water treatment, food and health sciences, and various industrial customers. The company provides toll blending, custom concentrations and packaging, delivery and logistics support, and a wide product catalog for municipal and industrial water treatment, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, agriculture, and other industrial applications, with an emphasis on customer service, safety, and sustainability.

📋 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