
Advanced Mechanical Engineer - Heat Exchangers
Houston, TX · HybridJob$114–142K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Advanced Mechanical Engineer will work on Honeywell UOP projects involving heat exchanger design, specification, operation, and troubleshooting. The role collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and customers to develop designs, evaluate revamps, and support process technologies across refining, petrochemical, gas, and renewables applications. The position is based in Rosemont, Illinois, or Houston, Texas, on a hybrid schedule, with the first 90 days onsite Monday through Friday.
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When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future.
UOP, a Honeywell company headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois, is a leading international licensor of processing technology and supplier of engineering services, catalysts and adsorbents, equipment, specialty materials and digital solutions for the global refining, gas processing and petrochemical industries. With more than a century of leadership in hydrocarbon processing technologies, UOP has led six revolutions in technology that transformed our industry. For more information visit www.uop.com.
You will report directly to our Sr. Chemical Engineering Manager, and you’ll work out of our Rosemont, IL or Houston, TX location on a Hybrid work schedule.
Hybrid Work Schedule Note: For the first 90 days, New Hires must be prepared to work 100% onsite M-F
Be part of a team that applies its expertise and knowledge across Honeywell UOP's broad portfolio of process technologies in refining, petrochemicals, gas, and renewables areas. You will work as part of a multidiscipline team with process, equipment, service, project management, customers, contractors, and vendors to execute projects. You will generate designs, produce specifications, evaluate revamps, troubleshoot operations, and communicate results. You will utilize your Heat Transfer expertise to provide UOP and its customers with knowledge of the design, specification, operation, and capabilities of heat exchangers. You will develop the product designs necessary to drive product improvement and will be integral in securing present and future business by consistently meeting or exceeding Voice of Customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
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Provide equipment selection, design, and modeling expertise
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Create specifications, perform design optimizations, troubleshoot field operations, and present technical solutions.
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Contribute to internal design standards, calculation tools, and documentation to improve project execution efficiency
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Learn from industry leading experts and contribute to process and equipment advancements to enhance UOP’s world-leading process technology.
You Must Have:
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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, or related discipline)
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5+ years’ experience in heat exchanger design, operation or engineering within the process industries.
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3+ years of experience in the design of equipment for refinery and petrochemical plants
We Value:
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Significant experience in the design and selection of heat exchangers including experience with HTRI or similar exchanger design software
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Strong desire to learn new technologies and further develop technical skills and expertise
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Working knowledge of relevant codes and standards (e.g. API, ASME, TEMA)
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Demonstrated ability to effectively apply technical expertise to a range of engineering and field support activities
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Demonstrated ability to multi-task effectively to manage priorities and deliver on multiple projects
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The ability to work both independently and as part of a team
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Experience working with diverse, global teams
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Strong verbal and written communication skills
Travel required: Ability to travel up to 10% world-wide, typically of short duration (generally between a few days and two weeks).
The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Connecticut, and Hawaii is $114K - $142K. For Washington and most major metropolitan areas in New York & California, the annual base salary range is $131K - $163K. 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”
U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS
Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the 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. Job posting date: November 5, 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
Honeywell Technologies Process Technology helps customers improve energy efficiency, sustainability, and operational performance through advanced process technologies and industry expertise. From process licensing and catalysts to digital solutions and engineering services, we support innovation across energy, refining, petrochemicals, and emerging low-carbon industries.
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.
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.
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,755 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$114–142K/yr
- Texas median$117–160K/yr270 salary ranges
- US median$106–160K/yr4,676 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $128K, is 8% below the Texas median midpoint ($138K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 807 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Texas and 7,755 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,451 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,294 of the 7,755 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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