What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ketjen 2024 Summer Engineering Internship Program position at Albemarle Corporation?
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Job Description
Are you ready to move your career forward and help shape our company's and customers' futures?
If you aspire to challenge yourself, work with the best in the industry and join a successful team where you can make a meaningful contribution, then we invite you to join us at Ketjen Corporation, a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries. Together, we can create a legacy marked by innovation, excitement, and energy.
Ketjen, wholly owned subsidiary of Albemarle Corporation, is seeking rising sophomores and juniors to join our Summer 2024 Engineering Internship Program. The ideal candidate would be available to work full-time for 12 weeks from May 20th - August 9th at one our sites in Pasadena, Texas.
Please designate on your resume in your personal mission statement which department/functional group you would like to be considered for within our program (ex: R&D, Operations, Maintenance) as well as location preference.
Why choose to intern at Ketjen? We offer:
- Competitive pay
- Three vacation days and company holidays
- Social engagement programs
- Senior executive leadership networking opportunities
- Corporate housing (for those who meet relocation criteria)
- Full-time conversion opportunities
QUALIFICATIONS
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Must be able to commit to a full-time schedule (40 hrs/week)
Prior industrial or manufacturing experience a plus
EDUCATION
Seeking sophomore or junior level candidates (any graduation date between Dec 2024 to Dec 2026)
Pursuing a Bachelor's degree from an ABET Accredited University majoring in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering or a similar discipline
Desired Cumulative GPA 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Job Responsibilities for a Chemical Engineering Intern includes one or more of the following:
Process development and scale up from bench scale to commercial scale
Plan and execute sample productions of new chemical products for application/customer testing and market development
Guide and support process hazard analyses prior to scale up
Develop speculative economics for new products and processes
Develop and implement safety, quality, environmental and profit improvement projects
Communicate with, travel to, and provide technical support to operating plants worldwide to implement improvements, troubleshoot problems, or help increase production, reduce costs, improve quality or reduce environmental impact
Job Responsibilities for a Mechanical Engineering Intern includes one or more of the following:
Provide "hands-on" mechanical engineering technical support in a chemical manufacturing plant.
Develop innovative designs and implement safety, environmental and profit improvement projects.
Provide technical service to include troubleshooting, failure analysis and technical coverage of mechanical systems.
Develop preventative maintenance and reliability programs for a wide array of rotating equipment.
Provide technical support on process hazard analyses.
Support efforts to increase production, reduce costs and improve quality while reducing environmental impact.
Job Responsibilities for an Electrical Engineering Intern includes one or more of the following:
Provide technical support to electrical and control equipment in a chemical manufacturing plant
Conceive, develop, design and/or implement improvements to plant electrical infrastructure, control systems and instrumentation
Develop preventative maintenance programs for critical electrical and control equipment
Provide technical service to include troubleshooting, pilot plant, lab work and/or technical coverage
Provide technical support on Process Hazard Analyses
Economic analysis, estimation and/or project execution
Communicate with various plant groups to implement change
Support efforts to increase production, reduce costs and improve quality while reducing environmental impact
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