Engineering Aide - Temp

ARA • Panama City, FL

7h

About The Position

The ARA Better Fuels Group (BFG) is seeking a temporary engineering aide to
provide technical and operational support to engineers on a variety of routine
technical tasks.

Under general supervision, the engineering aide gathers, maintains, formats,
compiles and manipulates technical data, such as laboratory or material test
results and engineering design changes. Records data to assist with engineering
evaluation or analysis.

ARA is an employee-owned international research and engineering company
recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and
challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in
Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,000 professionals and
continues to grow.

ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of
technical expertise in environmental technologies, civil technologies, computer
software and simulation, defense technologies, systems analysis, and testing and
measurement. The Better Fuels Group develops and deploys innovative fuels
technologies, converting waste products to renewable fuels, creating high value
products for a sustainable future. ARA employs traditional refinery equipment
and novel water technologies to make fuels and chemicals, including sustainable
jet fuel that meets petroleum specifications without blending and diesel fuel
that is virtually indistinguishable from petroleum.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. We realize that employee ownership
spawn’s greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and
customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives employees the tools, training, and
opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging;
innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for
contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own
through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and
Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 1-2 years of related experience
• Mechanically inclined and have experience setting up, operating, and maintaining several types of equipment
• Good organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Computer literate, including MS Word, Excel, and other related computer skills
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and move drums

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a lab or pilot plant environment
• Experience working with high temperature and high pressure systems
• Experience with LabView
• Experience working with compression fittings

Responsibilities

• Maintains necessary pilot plant documentation and logbooks.
• Maintains and operates pilot plant equipment in a safe, precise, and accurate fashion.
• Accurately compiles data to summarize experimental results.
• Carries out all assigned tasks in an exemplary professional manner.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees