Valdes Architecture & Engineering is hiring a
Associate Process Engineer

Summary

The job is for an Entry Level Chemical Engineer at Valdes Architecture & Engineering Company. The role involves learning various engineering tasks such as reading P&ID's, performing hydraulic calculations, developing process simulations, interacting with vendors, and more. The candidate should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and 0-3 years of experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Chemical Engineering
• 0-3 years of experience working as a Chemical or Process Engineer
• Eligibility to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future

Responsibilities

• Perform entry level knowledge within the Chemical Engineering discipline with supervisory/mentor assistance
• Become familiar with basic PFD and P&ID symbiology, layout, and standards
• Learn to read and understand basic P&ID’s along with the different stages of development
• Learn to check basic P&ID’s modifications against CAD drafting standards and client standards
• Develop demolition P&ID's based on project P&ID's and assist in P&ID walk-down efforts or field verification
• Learn general process department workflow and hierarchy of process documents in process designs
• Develop/use heat and material balances, maintain a drawing list, develop an equipment list, develop a simple Line list with process data and recognize specialty items, and develop a specialty items list
• Become familiar with piping isometric drawings and a plot plan
• Learn the basics of performing hydraulic calculations for compressible and incompressible fluids
• Learn the basics of pressure relief devices, types, sizing calculations, scenario development, and specifications
• Develop a process simulation and become familiar with thermodynamic property estimation packages
• Develop simple equipment data sheets
• Become familiar with industry codes and standards
• Interact with vendors regarding process equipment
• Learn how to develop physical property data for the selection of instrumentation including understanding typical instrumentation types and their principles of operation
• Perform and document simple process calculations so they can be easily checked
• Become familiar with project budgets, schedules, typical project deliverables, and work scopes
• Learn to recognize out of scope work on projects, develop engineering judgment, and keep management properly informed on project issues
• Learn the requirements of collecting and maintaining process effort supporting documentation for calculations and project decisions made by the process engineer

Benefits

Medical, Dental, 401K plan, Company paid Long Term and Short Term Disability Insurance, Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance, Pet Insurance, a discounted gym membership and tuition reimbursement