Chemical Engineer, P.E.

Jobtailor; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Chemical Engineer to provide support for DOE facility modification projects in Paducah, KY. You will develop and review specifications, calculations, and process-flow documentation for chemical and treatment systems, coordinating with vendors.

The role requires a Kentucky-licensed PE, DOE experience, and ability to work across multidisciplinary teams on project tasks from planning to field visits.

Qualifications

• PE license required in Kentucky.
• DOE experience required for project work.
• Experience developing chemical engineering design products and process flow documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide chemical engineering support for DOE facility modification projects, chemical systems, treatment systems, and related process design scope.
• Develop and review chemical engineering specifications, calculations, evaluations, statements of work, design drawings, process flow documentation, and technical design deliverables.
• Support process-flow development for treatment systems and coordinate with vendors on treatment-media selection where applicable.
• Apply chemical engineering judgment to industrial chemical, treatment media, process system, and regulated facility design considerations.
• Apply applicable design codes, standards, site procedures, engineering design controls, and assigned quality levels.
• Coordinate with project managers, design engineering management, discipline leads, client representatives, and technical staff on task execution, reviews, schedules, and field visits.
• Support work planning, technical input, milestone deliverables, engineering documentation, and design activities on an intermittent or task-specific basis.
• Comply with DOE site access, safety, quality assurance, security, radiological control, and worker safety and health requirements.

Skills

PE License

DOE Experience

Vendor Coordination

Process Flow Documentation

Treatment System Design

Ion Exchange Media

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

• Provide chemical engineering support for DOE facility modification projects, chemical systems, treatment systems, and related process design scope.
• Develop and review chemical engineering specifications, calculations, engineering evaluations, statements of work, design drawings, process flow documentation, and technical design deliverables.
• Support process-flow development for treatment systems and coordinate with vendors on treatment-media selection where applicable.
• Apply chemical engineering judgment to industrial chemical, treatment media, process system, and regulated facility design considerations.
• Apply applicable design codes, standards, site procedures, engineering design controls, and assigned quality levels.
• Coordinate with project managers, design engineering management, discipline leads, client representatives, and technical staff on task execution, reviews, schedules, and field visits.
• Support work planning, technical input, milestone deliverables, engineering documentation, and design activities on an intermittent or task-specific basis.
• Comply with DOE site access, safety, quality assurance, security, radiological control, and worker safety and health requirements.

Requirements

• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Experience developing chemical engineering design products, including specifications, calculations, evaluations, statements of work, design drawings, and process flow documentation for chemical systems.
• Department of Energy (DOE) experience is required.
• Experience supporting engineering work in industrial, chemical processing, nuclear processing, environmental, or other complex regulated facility environments.
• Ability to support task-based engineering assignments lasting from a few weeks to several months.
• Ability to provide individual Kentucky PE license information for proposal submittal purposes.
• Associated subcontractor firm must hold a current permit in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to perform engineering services.
• Ability to support field visits and/or project meetings at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky, as needed.
• Ability to meet DOE site access, badging, security, training, safety, quality assurance, and radiological control requirements.
• US citizenship is required.
• Preferred: experience with ion exchange, carbon, or related treatment media.
• Preferred: knowledge of industrial chemicals and vendor coordination for treatment-media selection.
• Preferred: experience with HF, fluorine, or uranium.
• Preferred: experience supporting chemical or nuclear processing facilities, environmental remediation, waste management, or treatment system design.
• Preferred: experience coordinating chemical engineering design scope with multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in chemical engineering design, including the development of specifications, calculations, and process flow documentation, while ensuring compliance with DOE regulations and safety standards. Proven ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and manage engineering tasks in complex regulated environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Active Professional Engineer (PE) License
• Chemical Engineering Design Products Development
• Department of Energy (DOE) Experience
• Industrial Chemical Processing Experience
• Field Visit Coordination

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Chemical Engineering Specifications
• Process Flow Documentation
• Design Drawings
• Engineering Evaluations
• Treatment System Design
• Design Codes and Standards
• Quality Assurance Compliance
• Task-Based Engineering Assignments
• Vendor Coordination
• Ion Exchange Treatment Media

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Project Management

Certifications & Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) License in Kentucky

Industry Keywords

• DOE Facility Modification Projects
• Nuclear Processing
• Environmental Remediation
• Waste Management
• Regulated Facility Environments
• Safety and Health Requirements
• Radiological Control
• Treatment Media Selection
• Fluorine
• Uranium