Operations Engineer, Salt Production Facility

Kairos Power • Albuquerque, NM

9d • Onsite

About The Position

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. Working with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Commissioning, and Process Safety, the engineer will solve technical problems, improve system performance, and translate engineering requirements into practical operating limits, procedures, training, and field practices.

Requirements

• 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.
• Experience applying engineering fundamentals to process systems, equipment performance, troubleshooting, or plant improvements.
• Experience 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting the design, construction, commissioning, startup, or operation of chemical process systems is preferred.
• Experience working with Process Safety Management requirements, process hazard analyses, pre-startup safety reviews, or Management of Change is preferred.
• Experience performing hydraulic or pneumatic system analysis using AFT Fathom, AFT Arrow, or similar engineering software is preferred.
• Experience troubleshooting process equipment, instrumentation, controls, alarms, or interlocks is preferred.
• Experience developing engineering inputs for operating procedures, training, system testing, or equipment acceptance is preferred.
• Experience with chemical specifications, vendor evaluations, material acceptance, or first-fill planning is preferred.
• Experience leading technical improvements, root-cause investigations, or corrective actions is preferred.

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.
• Develop or review alarm rationalization, control narratives, interlock requirements, operating limits, monitoring requirements, and operator responses.
• Translate engineering requirements into procedures, training, logs, rounds, checklists, and other tools needed for safe and reliable operation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level