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    Randstad Sourceright NA for Honeywell

    Automation and Control Solutions

    Principal Chemical Engineer

    Des Plaines, United StatesHybridFull-time10+ yrs experience$162k – $190k / yearPosted 3w ago
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    Job description

    The Principal Process Specialist position for Gas Processing and Hydrogen Technologies provides technical support for a range of UOP technologies such as Separex, LNG treating, Gas Processing, Russell, MolSiv, Benfield, Carbon Capture and PSA. The primary accountability of the position is to complete the transfer of our technology in order to deliver to our customers' UOP-licensed or UOP-designed units that operate optimally, profitably and safely. To do so, the Specialist will have regular interaction with external customers, and with other UOP personnel involved in technology delivery projects. In addition to customer contact, the position provides interaction with all the UOP departments involved with technology delivery. The interaction with other UOP departments provides excellent exposure as well as providing knowledge of accountabilities in other areas.

    You will report directly to our Senior Manager, and you’ll work out of our Des Plaines, IL location on a Hybrid work schedule.

    In this role, you will have an impact by driving technical excellence, innovation, leadership, collaboration, and safety. Your expertise and leadership will contribute to the company's growth, competitiveness, and success in the market.

    Responsibilities

    KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Participate in R&D technology improvement projects.
    • Serve as the focal point for office-based support of new unit and revamped unit startups from pre-commissioning through guaranteed acceptance
    • Champion changes & improvements in technologies supported via innovation (MOIs)
    • Participating in customer meetings
    • Participate in Engineering review meetings for new units and revamps including Design Basis, PFD, P&ID, MFD, Plot Plans, HAZOP, -Model Reviews, and others
    • Review, analyze and provide feedback on commercial unit operating data and other commercial information/experience
    • Provide both office-based and field troubleshooting assistance to commercial units
    • Conduct commercial unit audits
    • Prepare and update general operating manuals, process technology manuals, and training materials and present UOP technology training courses both in the US and abroad
    • Follow required field safety procedures
    • Provide field feedback including suggestions on improving UOP process designs
    • Troubleshoot issues and recommend solutions
    • Be familiar with controls communications networks
    • Review emergency and normal operating procedures with customer shift operating personnel
    • Advise customer operating personnel on the establishment and maintenance of the various process variables necessary to achieve safe and efficient operations
    • Collect and analyze unit operating data and laboratory results
    • Build effective and productive relationships with customer counterparts
    • Conduct unit audits to support expansion projects as well as new multi-unit complex startups
    • Advise customer personnel during the performance of various activities routine to the long-term operations of a UOP process unit

    Qualifications

    MUST HAVE

    • Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or related fields.
    • 10+ years’ industry experience in gas processing, gas treating or hydrogen technologies.
    • 5+ years of customer-facing experience

    WE VALUE

    • Experience with UOP Gas Processing and Hydrogen technologies - Separex, LNG treating, Gas Processing, Russell, MolSiv, Benfield, Carbon Capture, Ortloff and PSA
    • Prior field experience
    • Certification or training in BOSIET or HUET
    • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
    • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills with customers (internal and external)
    • Ability to educate and train junior Field Service Advisors and Technical Services Specialists
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and Word

    Travel: 25% travel throughout US, some international travel

    The annual base salary range for this position is $162,000-$190,000. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

    Relocation support may be provided

    US Person requirement:

    Candidate must be a U.S. Person, defined as, U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have U.S. protected status (asylum or refugee) or have ability to obtain an export authorization

    BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL

    In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. Learn more (https://benefits.honeywell.com/)

    The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. The job posting date: August 4, 2026

    ABOUT HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGIES

    Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial, and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions, and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy. Learn more (https://www.honeywell.com/us/en)

    THE BUSINESS UNIT

    Process Technology (PT) is a Strategic Business Group at Honeywell focused on delivering technology‑driven solutions that enable customers to improve energy efficiency, sustainability, and operational performance in process‑intensive industries. The business provides advanced process technologies, digital solutions, and domain expertise to help customers optimize energy usage, reduce emissions, and support sustainable operations across industrial and energy markets.

    About Us

    Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.

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    Randstad Sourceright NA for Honeywell

    Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) team members are part of a global, 65,000-employee network of smart and entrepreneurial, hard-working and inquisitive professionals who solve problems every single day. Put simply, our employees create safer, more energy efficient, more secure and more productive environments for our customers around the world.  ACS turnout gear protects firefighters from extreme temperatures; our thermostats keep homeowners comfortable; our security systems ensure the safety and security of facilities from backyard sheds to Las Vegas casinos; our rugged mobile computers track packages and goods as they are shipped across the globe; our sensors measure temperature and pressure in hemodialysis machines and other medical devices.   ACS energy management services have helped big-box retailers achieve double-digit reductions in their peak energy demand, and our process control systems are used in the world's top 50 oil refineries. As much as we are a product and solutions company, we are a technology company. In fact, our technology is in 150 million homes and 10 million buildings. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations in more than 100 countries , ACS is organized into seven strategic business units -- five focused on products and two on services and solutions. ACS is an approximately $15 billion division of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 industrial technology company based in Morristown, New Jersey. We'd love to have you consider coming to work with us. We are Honeywell!

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