Chemical Engineer (3219)

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a Chemical Engineer for Idaho Falls, ID.  

Navarro Research & Engineering is an award-winning federal contractor dedicated to partnering with clients to advance clean energy and deliver effective solutions for complex challenges in the nuclear and environmental fields. Joining Navarro means being a part of an exceptional team committed to quality and safety while also looking for innovative strategies to create value for the across the nation for DOE/NNSA, NASA, and the Department of Defense.

Provide system and process engineering support to the Idaho Cleanup Project's Calcine Disposition Project. Apply system engineering concepts and principles to assigned system(s) through design, construction, testing, start-up, and operations to assure operability, safety basis compliance and configuration management in accordance with Company procedures and policies. Provide process engineering expertise, relative to the support of Capital Asset acquisition of a treatment facility. Understand the mechanical and chemical interactions of calcine in a vitrification treatment process, so that effective engineering solutions can be implemented to progress the success of the CDP process.

• Provide process engineering expertise, relative to the support of Capital Asset acquisition of a treatment facility, with an understanding of the mechanical and chemical interactions of calcine in a vitrification treatment process, so that effective engineering solutions can be implemented to progress the CDP.
• Write technical documents with a high level of efficiency and accuracy.
• Investigate and compare equipment to be used in an industrial processing facility.
• Evaluate technical data, analysis, equipment, proposals, and designs.
• Interact with management, suppliers, vendors, through effective communication.
• Plan for and prepare work scope and schedules.
• Gather and develop technical and functional requirements.
• Provide systems engineering to assist ICP Projects and Facility managers in refining and managing requirements; identifying, developing, and evaluating alternative solutions and system architectures; identifying uncertainties and assessing tradeoffs between various performance measures /criteria; testing the near- and long-term consequences of various strategies and scenarios; and verifying system conformance and traceability to requirements. Application of systems engineering provides the structure and discipline for controlling risks, improving efficiency, supporting informed decision-making, and verifying interfaces such that products and services meet the customer’s needs. 
• Apply system engineering to integrate configuration management, design control, change control, document control, implementation and verification, systems integration and controls, and assessments during the life cycle of systems, structures, and components (SSCs).
• Complete special short- and long-term work tasks when assigned by management
• Maintain training current with employee's individual training plan. 

Requirements

• BS degree in Engineering and 5 years relevant experience for aspects of the job associated with System Engineering. 
• BS degree in Chemical Engineering, or Chemistry in combination with another Engineering degree, for Process Engineering expertise

Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearances requirements, US citizenship is required. 

Navarro is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. 

EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled 

Benefits

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