Process Engineering Manager

Job Details

Division: Universal Industrial Gases LLC
Location: Bethlehem, PA, United States
Other Available Locations: N/A

About Nucor

Welcome to Nucor where our unique culture sets us apart. Joining Nucor means becoming part of North America’s largest steel and steel products manufacturer offering unmatched career opportunities and stability. We are known for our innovative sustainability practices and are the continent’s largest recycler. Our vibrant culture built on personal connections and teamwork empowers every team member with the freedom to innovate and contribute to our collective success. Experience a workplace where safety, efficiency, and meaningful personal connections define every day, enriching both our teammates and the communities we serve.

Nucor supports its teammates with top‑tier benefits like Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability Insurance; 401K and Roth accounts; Profit sharing; Pay‑for‑performance bonuses; Paid parental leave; Tuition reimbursement; Stock program; Scholarships; and more.

Best Benefits in the Business

• Yearly UIG specific KPI bonus in addition to Nucor profit sharing
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays – 10 per year and 1 personal day
• Profit Sharing – 1× year payout that averages around 17% of your annual earnings
• Tuition Reimbursement – $5,250/year for teammates, $2,625 for spouses
• Scholarship Program – Every child of a Nucor teammate is eligible for $5,000 per year
• Parental Leave
• Low‑cost medical, dental, vision after 30 days
• Company‑paid life and disability insurance
• Company matching 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase plan – we match 10% of your purchase

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Safety

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

What You’ll Do

The Process Engineering Manager is responsible for providing overall technical direction for the Process department. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, the Process Engineering Manager will lead a team of disciplined engineers to execute Air Separation Industrial Gases projects safely and efficiently throughout the proposal, engineering, construction, commissioning, and startup phases. This position will be based in Bethlehem, PA but will require travel to plant locations throughout the region.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the design optimization and performance of world‑scale cryogenic air separation plants supporting critical industries.
• Organize and manage the daily activities of the process engineering and process system discipline group and steward continuous improvement in quality and technical excellence.
• Review customer inquiries and analyze costs and benefits of various process solutions and select optimum design cases for the system and the equipment.
• Perform process simulations, develop Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Heat and Material Balances (H&MBs), calculate pressure drops, power and utility consumptions, and product estimates.
• Size Air Separation Process Equipment (e.g., distillation columns, heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, PPU tanks, cooling towers, etc.) and develop process data sheets and specifications.
• Develop equipment list, line sizes, and material selection list.
• Participate in P&IDs development, HAZOP, plant commissioning and start‑up, technical risk analysis, safety and environmental assessments.
• Review vendor documentation and drawings to ensure compliance with design criteria and standards.
• Accountable for the development, implementation, and analyzation of the plant process performance tests.
• Provide technical guidance for plant operations and assist with plant troubleshooting and investigations.
• Stay current with state‑of‑the‑art industrial gas tools, design practices, process safety, and process technologies.
• Development of department best practices, processes, procedures, and tools as well as continuous improvement initiatives.
• Responsible for the department operations covering hiring, training, developing, setting goals, appraising teammates, identifying skill gaps, and ensuring UIG achieves industry‑leading technical excellence.
• Occasionally represent UIG as senior technical leader in appropriate industry groups such as CGA, AIChE, and others as necessary.

What You’ll Need

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the Cryogenic Air Separation in an industrial gas company.
• Extensive work experience leading state‑of‑the‑art process cycle development and selection and creating process simulations using mainstream process simulators such as UniSim and gPROMS.
• Extensive work experience developing Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Heat and Material Balances (H&MBs), process specifications and data sheets of major process equipment, line sizing, power and utility consumption calculations.
• Able to work with minimal supervision, prioritize workload, and meet deadlines.

Nice to Have

• 15 years of experience in the Cryogenic Air Separation industry.
• Non‑Cryogenic Adsorption Air Separation experience.
• Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Advanced Process Control experience.
• Foreign language capability: Spanish, Chinese

Why UIG

Universal Industrial Gases Inc. (UIG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nucor and a well‑established global engineer‑constructor, supplier, and operator of air separation plants and related equipment and services based in Bethlehem, PA. UIG owns and operates production plants across the USA which supply both Nucor steel sites and third‑party clients 24/7 with tonnage quantities of oxygen, nitrogen, and argon, as well as exporting liquid cryogenic products by road tanker.

Nucor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug‑free workplace.

Required Experience

• Manager

Key Skills

• Hospitality Experience
• Go
• Management Experience
• React
• Redux
• Node.js
• AWS
• Mechanical Engineering
• Team Management
• Leadership Experience
• Mentoring
• Distributed Systems

Employment Type: Full‑Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1