[Hiring] Chemical Engineer (P.E.) @Navarro Inc.

Role Description

Navarro is seeking a Kentucky-licensed Professional Engineer (PE) - Chemical to support bid and task-based design engineering services for Department of Energy (DOE) facility modification work in Paducah, Kentucky. This role supports chemical engineering design scope for existing DOE-owned facilities, including chemical systems, treatment systems, process flow development, and related engineering deliverables.

• 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 development of process flow for treatment systems and coordinate with vendors on selection of treatment media 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 control requirements, and assigned quality levels to task-based engineering work.
• Coordinate with project managers, design engineering management, discipline leads, client representatives, and other technical staff to support task execution, reviews, schedules, and field visit needs.
• Support work planning, technical input, milestone deliverables, engineering documentation, and design activities on an intermittent or task-specific basis as project requirements are defined.
• Comply with site access, safety, quality assurance, security, radiological control, and worker safety and health requirements applicable to DOE facility work.

Qualifications

• 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 that may range from a few weeks to several months, depending on design scope and project needs.
• 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, as applicable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with treatment system media, including ion exchange, carbon, or related treatment media.
• Knowledge of industrial chemicals and experience coordinating with vendors on selection of treatment media.
• Experience with HF, fluorine, or uranium.
• Experience supporting chemical or nuclear processing facilities, environmental remediation, waste management, or treatment system design.
• Experience coordinating chemical engineering design scope with civil/structural, mechanical, electrical, I&C, project management, safety, quality, and field execution stakeholders.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a closely related engineering discipline and current Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in the Commonwealth of Kentucky are required.
• DOE experience and chemical engineering experience supporting industrial, nuclear, environmental, chemical system, treatment system, process flow, or other complex regulated facility design work are required.
• Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearances requirements, US citizenship is required.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability