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Title Chemical Engineer- Repost

Position Number 39073

Company WA River Protection Solutions

City/State Richland, WA

Location 2435 Stevens

Posted 06/20/2024

Closes 07/04/2024

Regular/Temporary Regular

Full/Part-Time Full-Time

Job Responsibilities/Duties

Be a part of history when you join Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS)! WRPS, the tank farm operating contractor at the Hanford Site, is the largest environmental cleanup organization in the world with numerous dynamic engineering teams coordinated between nuclear operations and other critical projects in hopes to serve the WRPS mission. The mission is to safely store, retrieve, and treat 54 million gallons of legacy radioactive and hazardous waste dating back to the Manhattan Project and Cold War.

The Chemical Engineer will support the Mission Analysis Engineering organization and perform technical and programmatic activities in the evaluation and support of tank farm elements that impact the effectiveness of the waste feed delivery program and overall mission execution. Includes engineering support and evaluation of baseline scope work as well as evaluation of new technical and programmatic options that potentially improve the effectiveness of and decrease risk to the overall mission.

Primarily, this position will support Operations Research (OR) modeling activities, which includes:

• Preparation of technical documents

• Development and coding of Operations Research models

• Data analysis and data management

• Presentation of OR modeling results

• Perform technical evaluations and studies to improve the effectiveness of the Tank Farm processes.

• Perform work individually or in multi-discipline cross-functional teams; coordinating with multiple internal and external organizations including Production Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Tank Farm Projects, Mission Integration, ORP, DNFSB, Washington State Department of Ecology, and other external regulators and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Grade 14:

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineer, Chemistry or related technical discipline

Grade 15:

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineer, Chemistry or related technical discipline

One (1) year related experience

Note the essential duties for this grade level are like that of the previous grade level, however the scope of responsibility is larger, and the expected level of performance is increased.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in developing and analyzing Operations Research Models

Experience coding in Witness (Operations Research modeling)

Experience with chemical process operations and familiarity with fluid transfer systems

Experience with business intelligence

Experience with Tableau

Experience coding in C#, C++, VBA, SQL and/or Python

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience working in multi-disciplinary task teams

Experience in developing plans and schedules

Experience in performing engineering evaluations and analyses of equipment, processes and/or systems

Experience with software Q/A

Compensation & Benefits

Grade 14:

Hiring Range Minimum: $71,200

Hiring Range Maximum: $89,800

Grade 15:

Hiring Range Minimum: $78,338

Hiring Range Maximum: $98,813

WRPS offers a comprehensive benefits package to include medical/dental/vision, short-and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) with employer match, and paid time off. For a full list of benefits please visithttps://hmis.hanford.gov/hr/page.cfm/HEWTBenefits

In accordance with the company's philosophy on compensation for exempt and salaried non-exempt employees, WRPS takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining initial salary to include assigned job scope and responsibility, a candidate's qualifications as compared to internal comparators performing in a similar role, and the external labor market. A salary offer will be made within the targeted hiring range posted. Note a candidate's prior salary history will not be taken into consideration.

Relocation Funding Provided Yes

U.S. Citizenship Required Yes

Clearance Required No

Job Classification Exempt

Shift Work Required No

This contractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

Applicants and employees have rights under Federal Employment Laws and are protected under federal law against discrimination. To view information regarding these rights, please click on these links:

• Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights.pdf)

• Pay Transparency Policy Statement

• Family Medical Leave Act (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/fmlaen.pdf)

• Employee Polygraph Protection Act

• WA State Paid Family Medical Leave (https://paidleave.wa.gov/app/uploads/2021/12/2021.12.Six-things-to-know-about-Paid-Leave.pdf)