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CF Industries

Process Engineer Co-op/Intern

CF Industries, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, United States, 51054


At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.

Function:Intern/Co-op

Job Summary:

Provides process engineering support in a collaborative environment to enhance the safe, efficient, reliable, and environmentally friendly operations of the nitrogen fertilizer plants under the guidance of Process Engineers.

The process engineering co-op/intern works with other engineering disciplines as well as operations, maintenance, and EHS to ensure solutions meet overall business objectives.

Job Description:

1. As holistic system thinkers, monitor and report on performance of process units and key variables impacting plant efficiency, capacity, catalyst performance, emissions, and process safety.

2. Proactively evaluate process and equipment performance to reduce plant upsets and generate solutions to resolve problems with process chemistry and equipment including pumps, compressors, turbines, heat exchangers, absorbers, strippers, boilers, combustion equipment, reactors, and high pressure steam systems.

3. Optimize process performance through troubleshooting, process modeling, data analysis, process tests, and technical support to the operations organization.

4. Complete process engineering studies and provide comprehensive process engineering support during collaborative design of new installations and processes.

5. Prepare and review documents including PFDs, P&IDs, scopes of work, and equipment specifications to support the capital process.

6. Participate in MOCs, PHAs, LOPA studies, and incident investigations to identify and implement process safety and other EHS solutions.

7. Support Maintenance and Operations during turnarounds by providing pre-turnaround process engineering recommendations, performing equipment inspections related to process issues, assist with catalyst replacements.

8. Maintain excellent communication and a professional working relationship with all departments and plant personnel.

Successful incumbents will have:

1. Enrolled in Chemical Engineering program from an ABET accredited university is required.

2. Strong communication skills (written and verbal) required. Must be able to effectively communicate and interact with personnel throughout the organization.

3. Ability and willingness to collect field data, enter process equipment for inspections, and otherwise perform routine field engineering work in an operating chemical facility environment.

4. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

5. Commitment to fulfill a summer internship or 7-8 month co-op assignment.CF Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.Employees in the US can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster (PDF) and others as detailed below:Pay Transparency

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf

FMLA:

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf

Employee Polygraph Protection Act

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf

Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the "Canadian Human Rights Act".

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at cfhire@cfindustries.com.

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