Mechanical Design Supervisor

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.

Are you inspired by “what’s next”? So are we.

When you join the Ketjen team, you contribute to a better tomorrow. You will play a role in powering many of the world’s largest and most critical industries, from energy and communications to transportation and electronics. We are putting innovation to work to improve people’s lives and we want YOU to be a part of it.

Ketjen Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Albemarle Corporation, is currently seeking a Mechanical Design Supervisor at our Bayport, TX site.

The Mechanical Design Supervisor is responsible for providing day to day technical leadership and administrative support needed to safely execute capital projects per the Bayport site's priority, approved scope, schedule, and budget. In this role, the supervisor will also be responsible for completing mechanical engineering design efforts for capital projects as required.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead Bayport Capital Projects mechanical design team.
• Execute mechanical design activities on capital projects, which includes P&ID development, equipment specifications and design, plant layout, piping design, and
  generation of complete mechanical construction packages.
• Supervise the mechanical design activities conducted by engineering contractors.
• Follow Corporate mechanical design standards and specifications.
• Provide mechanical design, stress analysis, vessel design, and code compliance technical support on capital project and to maintenance and other groups as needed.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and develop solutions that improve the efficiency, quality, and speed of the mechanical design process.
• Full alignment and demonstration of company core values.
• Full commitment to personal, team and project safety performance.
• Full technical responsibility for the results of the mechanical design team’s efforts and for the effectiveness of its overall integration with other engineering and production site teams.
• Plan and supervise work of staff to align with project specific targets and department metrics.

Accountabilities:

• Zero injuries and incidents on assigned capital projects.
• Design packages comply with applicable codes (ASME, API, etc.), standards, and best practices for process plant design.
• Design activities are completed in accordance with the project schedule and budget.
• Design packages must be complete (contain all required sections) and have the required quality in order to minimize field change orders.
• Continuous improvement in procedures, tools, standards, and team performance.

Education and Experience Required:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering.
• 15+ years of industry experience or an advanced engineering degree with lesser experience.

• Strong knowledge of equipment required - pumps, pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, mixers used in the chemical processing industry.
• Direct experience with all the required aspects of mechanical design required. Aspects include: P&ID development, equipment specifications and design, plant layout, piping design, and generation of complete mechanical construction packages.
• Must have experience with mechanical design during all phases of a capital project - scope development, detailed design, construction, and commissioning.
• Knowledge and experience with applicable codes (ASME, API), standards, and best practices for process plant design.
• Experience with software tools such as Autodesk, AutoCAD, STAAD, CAESAR, and COMPRESS.
• Experience with coordinating the activities of other design disciplines (civil, electrical, and instrumentation) is preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with varied scope, schedule, and priorities.

Benefits of Joining Ketjen

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive benefits package

• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

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