Junior Process Engineer

About the role

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 70 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you. If it isn't grown, it's mined. Our mining and metals teams help our clients to safely and sustainably mine the minerals and metals used in our everyday lives. Want to play a part of innovating and optimizing the mining life cycle on greenfield and brownfield facilities? Apply today! Looking to take the next step in your career? Hatch is seeking a dynamic Junior Engineer. Reporting to the Metals group, you will support offices globally working from our Salt Lake City, UT office location. We’re entrepreneurs with a technical soul. Our flat organizational structure creates an atmosphere of openness and participation. We build practical solutions that are safe, innovative, and sustainable. Our ultimate goal is to achieve no harm for our people, our clients, and our communities. At Hatch, we greatly value in-person interaction and collaboration and are therefore an in-office environment. While flexibility is always provided to work remotely when needed, we encourage our teams to be in the office for most of the time. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals. Hatch will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Responsibilities

• Apply problem solving skills to complete project work
• Work in a multi-disciplinary engineering team environment, with focus on assisting the process team
• Assist in studies for various commodities including lithium-ion battery chemical related projects and rare earth element projects
• Assist with developing process control, simulation, automation, prediction and operation models
• Assist with interpretation of simulation and field data as well as developing test work programs
• Assist with preparation of engineering documents and calculations, such as mass and energy balances, design criteria, engineering reports, process facility layout, hazard studies, cost estimation, etc.
• Assist with project management within the scope, schedule, and budget provided by the process engineers and project managers
• Assist with analysis of on-site data and reporting

Qualifications

• Roles at this level are filled by recent or soon to be university/college graduates with little or no professional experience but possessing relevant skills
• Preferred bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemical engineering, metallurgical engineering, extractive metallurgy, or a relevant field
• Minimum of a cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale

Skills

• Strong academic record
• Previous co-op or summer work terms within metallurgical or chemical process plants or engineering is an asset
• Academic or work experience with process modelling, process equipment and developing process engineering deliverables is an asset
• Willingness and ability to travel to project sites including remote sites
• Ability to effectively utilize written and oral communication skills to describe, depict and explain their work to team members and clients
• Must have proven skills with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Good understanding of engineering and business fundamentals as they apply to engineering problems and projects
• Ability to learn quickly and to take on new challenges
• Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Shows critical and creative thinking and problem solving and brings forward solutions for our clients' toughest challenges
• Adapts and embraces change

Benefits

• Work with great people to make a difference
• Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions
• Join a top employer in the industry
• Ability to apply your skills to challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects, while working alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people
• An exciting work environment in a constantly evolving industry
• The opportunity to receive excellent mentorship from industry experts