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Chemical Engineer II #1052487 If you're looking for a career that will provide a challenging work environment and many opportunities to learn, our company is the place for you. Join our team and ...

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Booz Allen Hamilton

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Lockheed Martin

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You will be a Chemical Engineer for our team in Camden, AR. Our team is responsible for implementing and optimizing chemical processes, including painting, coating, bonding, sealing, and corrosion ...

EUGENUS INC

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San Jose, CA ยท On-site

$25 - $40/hr

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Chemical Engineer

Chemical Engineer

FastTek

On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 7 days ago

Job description

Chemical Engineer II #1052487
Job Description:
If you're looking for a career that will provide a challenging work environment and many opportunities to learn, our company is the place for you. Join our team and become part of a company full of exciting opportunities. We help employees achieve their personal best by offering many opportunities that develop and enhance their skills for career advancement.
Duties:
  • The Senior Chemical Engineer functions primarily as the owner of air quality control systems (AQCS) at a power generating facility, ensuring the equipment is optimized to operate in a safe and reliable manner. Fuel is primarily coal with some supplemental oil.
  • Primary equipment systems include Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) units, Pulse-Jet Fabric Filters (PJFF's), Spray-Dry Absorbers (SDA's), Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI), Activated Carbon Injection (ACI), Urea Based Ammonia System (UBAS), as well as ash and waste handling equipment.
  • The Senior Chemical Engineer works with plant staff to provide emissions control process optimization, technical direction to Operations and Maintenance crews, equipment inspection and condition assessment, reliability improvement, run/repair/replace decisions, and economic evaluations.
  • Due to the nature of the assignment, this is an on-site work assignment (no remote work).

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:
  • Preparing specifications for purchases of chemical equipment and materials and estimating material, labor, or construction costs for budget preparation
  • Prepare consumables forecast (urea, carbon, lime) and update consumables budgets.
  • Monitoring and optimizing of online equipment as well as inspections during scheduled or forced equipment outages.
  • Monitoring and optimizing waste product stream (ash and water effluent) equipment
  • Writing reports and compiling data regarding existing and potential chemical engineering projects and studies and provide technical support to other departments and personnel as needed
  • Ensuring compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements by directing or coordinating installation, manufacturing, construction, maintenance, documentation, support, or testing activities
  • Establishing construction, manufacturing, or installation standards or specifications by performing a wide range of detailed calculations
  • Ensuring that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements by preparing chemical systems specifications and technical drawings and investigate and resolve project issues in a timely manner
  • Collaborate with customers, coworkers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering products or projects and monitor project progress and budget, and prepare reports for upper management
  • Designing, maintaining, implementing, or improving chemical instruments, facilities, components, equipment products, or systems for industrial, commercial, or domestic purposes
  • Design, control, and implement chemical systems and products and serve as the primary point of contact with clients for all chemical engineering project matters.
  • Manage the development and implementation of chemical systems

Skills:
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Thorough understanding of engineering principles, practices, and tools.
  • Understanding of PLC/DCS logic
  • Proficient in computer-assisted design (CAD) and other design, data recording, and analyzation software
  • Strong understanding of chemistry, mathematics, biology, and engineering principles
  • Thorough understanding of safety regulations related to assigned projects
  • Exceptional problem solving, verbal and written communication, presentation, and project management skills
  • Ability to cooperate and communicate with others, especially those without a technical background.

Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering degree from an ABET accredited program OR Engineering degree from a non-ABET accredited program plus a Professional Engineering license

Experience:
  • 4 - 7 years Relevant experience (Required)

Additional Info:
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
  • Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
  • Vision
  • Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
  • Long Term Disability (100% paid)
  • Life Insurance (100% paid)
  • 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
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