Required qualifications
- B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. 3+ years of relevant engineering experience in a chemical processing, power generation, manufacturing, nuclear, or similar industrial environment. applying engineering fundamentals to process systems, equipment performance, troubleshooting, or plant improvements. reading and working from P&IDs, equipment data sheets, engineering calculations, control narratives, and vendor technical information.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to both engineering and operations personnel.
- Ability to work safely and effectively in an industrial plant environment. supporting the design, construction, commissioning, startup, or operation of chemical process systems is preferred. working with Process Safety Management requirements, process hazard analyses, pre-startup safety reviews, or Management of Change is preferred. performing hydraulic or pneumatic system analysis using AFT Fathom, AFT Arrow, or similar engineering software is preferred. troubleshooting process equipment, instrumentation, controls, alarms, or interlocks is preferred. developing engineering inputs for operating procedures, training, system testing, or equipment acceptance is preferred. with chemical specifications, vendor evaluations, material acceptance, or first-fill planning is preferred. leading technical improvements, root-cause investigations, or corrective actions is preferred.
- Knowledge, Skills &.
- Abilities Working knowledge of process systems, fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, equipment performance, instrumentation, and process controls.
- Ability to analyze plant data, identify performance problems, determine causes, and develop practical engineering solutions.
- Ability to understand system interactions, operating limits, safeguards, and potential failure modes.
- Skill in preparing clear calculations, technical evaluations, test plans, procedures, and other engineering documents.
About this role
Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Operations Engineer to support plant design, construction, commissioning, startup, and routine operation. The Operations Engineer will own the technical basis and performance of assigned process systems as they move from design into operation. This includes understanding system design, equipment, chemistry, controls, safeguards, operating limits, and failure modes.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical owner for assigned process systems from design completion through commissioning, startup, and routine operation.
- Maintain the engineering basis for system design, operating limits, equipment performance, chemistry, controls, safeguards, and response to failures.
- Review designs and field changes for safety, performance, operability, maintainability, human factors, and alignment with design intent.
- Perform process, hydraulic, and pneumatic calculations to predict system performance and define equipment limits using tools such as AFT Fathom and AFT Arrow.
- Analyze plant data, monitor system performance and reliability, and troubleshoot process, equipment, instrumentation, and control issues.
- Develop and implement engineered improvements to safety, reliability, throughput, quality, operability, and cost.
- Support chemical and raw-material specifications, vendor selection, first-fill planning, and material acceptance requirements.
- Develop or review commissioning, startup, performance testing, and equipment acceptance plans, including factory and site acceptance testing.
- Support field walk-downs, equipment acceptance, punch-list resolution, system turnover, pre-startup safety reviews, and startup issue resolution.
- Support process safety activities, including hazard analyses, Management of Change, incident investigations, root-cause analyses, and corrective actions.
Location, schedule, and travel
Some travel may be required (up to 20%) Additional Requirements Requires occasionally working weekends Requires occasionally schedule flexibility Requires occasionally extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines About our Benefits We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employee
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