Ketjen Summer 2025 Chemical Engineering (Data) Intern

Are you ready to move your career forward and help shape our company’s and customers’ futures?

If you aspire to challenge yourself, work with the best in the industry and join a successful team where you can make a meaningful contribution, then we invite you to join us at Ketjen Corporation, a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries. Together, we can create a legacy marked by innovation, excitement, and energy.

Ketjen is seeking rising graduate students to join our Summer 2025 Chemical Engineering Data internship program. The ideal candidate would be available to work full-time for 12 weeks during the Summer Semester at Pasadena Plant in the Houston, TX area. This program is a paid opportunity that requires working 40 hours per week.

Why choose to intern at Ketjen? We offer:

• Competitive pay
• Three vacation days and company holidays
• Social engagement programs
• Senior executive leadership networking opportunities
• Corporate housing (for those who meet relocation criteria)
• Full-time conversion opportunities

EDUCATION

• Seeking graduate students current pursuing a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering or a similar discipline.
• Desired Cumulative GPA 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale

REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrates high initiative and drive
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Prior internship experience a plus
• Experience with PowerBI and Microsoft Excel

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Data science/analysis experience is advantageous in the field of energy management and digital automation
• Data science/analysis as part of their education is beneficial

SCOPE OF ROLE

We are looking for a student, preferably Master, who can support our setup of Sustainability data monitoring at the Pasadena plant.

The scope of the work includes:

• At a site level, understanding the manufacturing process to identify Unit-Ops that are the largest energy consumers.
• At a Unit-Op level, identifying key operational data for the Unit-Op and assess the digitalization-readiness of the unit.
• Setup of data monitoring using PI tools, and proposal for an energy dashboard to monitor the performance data of the Unit-Op.

Apply today and help Ketjen unleash the POTENTIAL of advanced chemistry for industries that power the world.