Randstad - Tamaqua, PA

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Intern
Tamaqua, PA
Administrative and Support Services

About the position

This is a 6-month Co-op opportunity starting January 6th, 2025, through June 27th, 2025. We are seeking students currently enrolled in an undergraduate academic program. A relocation stipend is available! Our client partner is dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services, and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive, and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious, and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers. In this role, the Chemical Engineer Co-op will sit within the Process Development group located in Hometown, PA. You will be working closely with the Laboratory, Engineering, Operations, and Commercial groups and will be performing all duties consistent with new product development activities that drive new profitable products toward commercialization. This position is ideal for those who are ready to envision tomorrow and contribute to materials innovation. The role requires a proactive approach to detailing results and giving oral project status presentations, as well as identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities. You will also be involved in commissioning, starting up, and operating pilot production plants alongside engineers and operators, ensuring a hands-on experience in a real-world setting.

Responsibilities

  • Commissioning, starting up, and operating pilot production plants with engineers and operators
  • Working with scale-up engineers to complete engineering project deliverables such as preparing project proposals, developing detailed scope descriptions, PFDs, P&IDs, cost estimates, concept drawings, and project schedules
  • Collaborating with chemists in the lab to screen synthesis routes and evaluate various unit operations for scale-up
  • Participating in Design Hazard Reviews
  • Working closely with vendors and contractors on design and fabrication during project execution
  • Developing process models using Aspen Plus to simulate process hydraulics, kinetics, and evaluate opportunities to increase plant operational efficiency
  • Proactively detailing results and giving oral project status presentations
  • Identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities

Requirements

  • Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or an equivalent degree from an accredited university
  • Experience with Aspen Plus or Aspen HYSYS
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Hardworking, innovative, resourceful, organized, multi-tasker, and a self-starter
  • Experience using AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or Microsoft Visio software
  • Experience working in a chemistry lab, chemical plant, or production environment
  • Completion of courses in reaction design, separations, and fluid mechanics by the start date of the position

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience using AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or Microsoft Visio software
  • Experience working in a chemistry lab, chemical plant, or production environment

Benefits

  • Relocation stipend
  • Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
  • Incentive and recognition program
  • 401K contribution
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