Sr. Chemical Process Engineer (Applications)

Title: Senior Applications Engineer (Chemical)

Location: Milwaukee, WI (On-site)

Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Compensation: $115k-$125k

Schedule: Monday–Friday, Day Shift

Overview

Our client is a global provider of advanced industrial water and process technology solutions, supporting some of the world’s most complex manufacturing, energy, and resource-intensive operations. The organization specializes in thermal separation for high-purity process systems, delivering engineered solutions that integrate into large-scale industrial facilities worldwide.

This team operates at the intersection of process engineering, sustainability, and industrial execution, solving problems that conventional water treatment technologies cannot.

Position Summary

The Senior Applications Engineer (Chemical) plays a critical front-end technical role, leading the development of evaporation- and crystallization-based process solutions for complex industrial streams. This position works closely with sales, customers, and internal engineering teams to translate process requirements into technically sound, commercially viable proposals.

This is a pre-award / applications-focused engineering role, emphasizing conceptual process design, technical proposal development, and client interaction, with downstream handoff to detailed engineering and execution teams after project award.

Key Responsibilities

Engage directly with customers to understand process requirements, operating constraints, and performance objectives

Develop conceptual process designs incorporating evaporation and crystallization technologies

Prepare heat and material balances, process flow diagrams (PFDs), and high-level system configurations

Author clear, technically accurate proposal documentation defining process performance, scope, and assumptions

Support development of equipment scope and cost estimates for proposed solutions

Participate in customer meetings alongside sales as the technical subject-matter expert

Provide technical input for pilot testing and process validation programs

Collaborate with internal engineering teams during project handoff, execution, procurement, and startup support

Review and provide technical guidance on process designs and estimates produced by other engineers

Serve as a technical mentor and leader within the applications engineering team

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

5+ years of experience working with evaporation and/or crystallization technologies

Strong understanding of:

Thermal separation processes

High-TDS brines and industrial wastewater

Scaling, solubility, and phase-change behavior

Experience developing process-level designs and technical proposals

Comfortable in customer-facing technical discussions

Ability to work in a fast-paced, pre-award engineering environment

Background in:

Industrial water treatment

Chemical or process EPCs

OEM process equipment suppliers

Experience with ZLD systems, brine concentration, or thermal wastewater treatment

Familiarity reviewing or influencing P&IDs (not necessarily drafting IFC drawings)

Exposure to pilot testing or process validation programs