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Valdes Architecture & Engineering
Valdes Architecture & Engineering
201 – 500 Employees
ConstructionConsultingLogistics
Valdes Architecture & Engineering is a multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, and project management firm founded in 1992. The company delivers civil, structural, and mechanical engineering alongside construction and project management services for clients in government, education, manufacturing, technology, and other sectors. With a team of 201–500 employees, Valdes operates from Lombard, Illinois, with additional offices in Indiana and Wisconsin, combining technical expertise with a focus on integrity, safety, and high-quality project delivery.
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Entry-Level Chemical Process Engineer

Support chemical process engineering for industrial and oil and gas projects. Prepare P&IDs, process calculations, equipment data, and engineering documents.

USUnited StatesILIllinois
$65,000 – $90,000 / year
HybridFull-timeEntry levelEnglish RequiredEngineer

Description

  • Complete assigned work with guidance from a supervisor or mentor
  • Learn PFD and P&ID symbols, layouts, and standards
  • Read basic P&IDs and understand their stages of development
  • Review basic P&ID changes against CAD drafting and client standards
  • Prepare demolition P&IDs and support P&ID walk-downs or field verification
  • Learn process department workflows and the hierarchy of process documents
  • Prepare and use heat and material balances
  • Maintain drawing and equipment registers
  • Prepare basic line lists with process data and identify specialty items
  • Read piping isometric drawings and plot plans
  • Carry out basic hydraulic calculations for compressible and incompressible fluids
  • Learn pressure relief device types, sizing calculations, scenarios, and specifications
  • Build process simulations and use thermodynamic property estimation software
  • Prepare basic equipment data sheets
  • Apply relevant industry codes and standards
  • Coordinate with vendors on process equipment
  • Develop physical property data for instrumentation selection and learn instrumentation types and operation
  • Carry out and document basic process calculations
  • Learn project budgets, schedules, deliverables, and scopes of work
  • Identify work outside the agreed scope, exercise engineering judgment, and alert management to project issues
  • Gather and maintain process documents that support calculations and project decisions
  • Coordinate with client engineering representatives and engineers from other disciplines
  • Handle other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in chemical engineering
  • 0–3 years of experience as a chemical or process engineer
  • Recent graduate with limited experience in heavy industry or oil and gas
  • Entry-level knowledge of chemical engineering
  • Ability to apply fundamentals of fluid dynamics, chemistry, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, process unit operations and separations, basic reaction kinetics and reaction design theory, and material and energy balances
  • Critical and logical problem-solving skills, with the ability to work promptly
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Eligibility to work in the United States without sponsorship, now or in the future
  • Ability and willingness to visit job sites as needed

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Company-paid long-term disability insurance
  • Company-paid short-term disability insurance
  • Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
  • Pet insurance
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Team-oriented environment
  • Excellent working conditions

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