r/ChemicalEngineering • u/throwaway45674466445 • Jul 21 '24

Salary EPC Offer Any Good?

I currently work in semiconductor in operations and feel stuck. I have been working in operations type work between my current and previous company for 11+ years out of college. Recently got an offer with an EPC for a project engineering position: $115k, 10% annual bonus (need to determine avg. Amount people get), remote, unlimited vacation time (typically 5 weeks). I countered and they are adding an $8k sign on bonus but I rather they increase the salary $8k but they said they cannot in their counter. The offer feels low to me. I've done a little bit of research through the report. It's a tough decision because I would be taking a bit of a paycut from my current position for this.

Edit: Updated vacation time

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u/broFenix EPC/6 years Jul 21 '24

Hmmmm~~ Tough. With 11 years then working at an EPC company, I would think $130k would be the minimum I'd expect, but with fully remote (and hopefully no to little travel if that's what you want), the offer becomes much better. If you value fully remote a lot, I'd take the job then in 1-2 years look for another fully remote Process Engineer job at another EPC company. I'm looking for fully remote jobs at EPC firms and I have 5 years of experience, getting only a few interviews here and there. So many of those jobs as for 10 years of experience and I bet you'll get a lot of interviews after working for this company for a little while.

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u/Twi1ightZone Jul 21 '24

I think this salary is reasonable because the EPC role is in wastewater. It’s more of a civil role and seems in line with other civil salaries. If this was the O&G role at an EPC I would agree with the 130k

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u/broFenix EPC/6 years Jul 22 '24

Ahh maybe that's a good point~ Well I hope if you take it, that the $110k works out and is enough for you & your family. Good luck :)