Process Engineer
Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology
Lexington, KY · $48k–$71k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
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Where Lexington, KY ranks
Where Lexington, KY placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #3Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Southeast17% · of 84
- #17Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Southeast20% · of 87
- #17Cities hosting the most business conferences in the Southeast4 conferences · of 21
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $59,500 a year. Across 279 open process engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $87,000 to $112,500 and the median is $98,000. That is 39% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial engineers: 4% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...We're after a Process Engineer whose idea of a good day is an ambitious pull request that closed three tickets and opened zero. A $48,000 - $71,000 part-time role for a junior professional ready to own deliverables and grow within a high-trust team. Key Responsibilities...