Chemical and Environmental Engineering Student, OH (Spring AND Summer 2026)

Worker Type: Student

Job Post End Date: 10/31/2025

Start Date: Jan 2026 | May 2026

Location: Lima OR Toledo, OH

Length of Term: 4 Months

About This Opportunity

Are you looking for an exciting Co-Op/Internship opportunity full of meaningful, diverse, and challenging assignments working alongside industry leading professionals? You will be part of a driven, and collaborative team completing important projects while receiving the mentorship, knowledge, and experience to develop the skills you need to build an exciting career.

This posting is for all Chemical/Environmental Engineering student positions in both Lima, OH and Toledo, OH After submitting your application, you may receive a screening questionnaire where you can indicate your preferences.

Possible placement includes:

• Process/Project Development Engineering
• Process Controls Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Operations
• Lab
• Deployed Process Safety Engineering

Note: The application deadline for this position is October 31st, 2025.

What You’ll Do

Responsibilities may vary depending on the specific position assigned to but they may include:

Process/Project Development Engineering

• Perform unit tests and analyze operating data to improve profitability
• Assist process engineers with designs of less complex equipment such as piping, pumps, heat exchangers, tanks, etc.
• Provide operating data for planning, operations improvement, economic evaluations, etc.
• Assist process engineers with troubleshooting to determine causes and solutions to operating problems
• Maintain and develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for the process units

Process Controls Engineering

• Assist with the upgrade of Controls computers onsite
• Assist Functional and Area Business Team Controls Engineers with Maintenance and Project day-to-day support
• Provide DCS control scheme designs, control configurations, alarm configurations and operator graphics that meet LRC guidelines and provide improved reliability/safety for future plant operations
• Participate in project development including cost estimation, P&ID development and control scheme development
• Participate in MOC, Hazop, LOPA, and Alarm Rationalization processes
• Identify and participate in design of any DCS infrastructure modifications or additions required to support projects
• Participate in project FAT, SAT, commissioning, and start-up activities
• Assist with Operator training documentation
• Assist in data collection using DCS System historian
• Assist in Alarm Rationalization and use alarm reduction techniques to drive alarm KPI’s
• Assist with installation and upkeep of DCS Controls Network Hardware and Software

Environmental Engineering

• Perform air and water emissions modeling and calculations
• Develop emissions projections to support potential changes in refinery production levels
• Recommend process changes to reduce/minimize emissions
• Assist with data collection, tracking, and analysis for various regulatory programs to determine environmental compliance
• Lead periodic sample collection in the field to measure process compliance
• Aid program owners in regulatory report preparation for state and federal agencies (including air, water, and waste)
• Participate in Environmental testing and audits, including air pollutant RATAs, furnace tuning, third party audits, and pond sampling
• Communicate effectively with process and operation groups to gather and relay compliance statuses
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, and safety teams on environmental best practices
• Contribute to internal training, awareness campaigns, and compliance initiatives

Operations

• Assist with daily process monitoring
• Support troubleshooting efforts relating to unit upsets, product quality incidents, not meeting production plans, etc.
• Work with various departments within the refinery to help support operations
• Assist with area compliance with EH&S
• Assist with compilation of production data

Lab

• Update equipment spreadsheets
• Setup SQC for various instruments following EPA protocols
• Aid in developing methods on GC or GC/MS
• Assist Coordination & Economics Team as appropriate

Deployed Process Safety Engineering

• Perfo