Employment Opportunities

Full-Time Positions

• Engineer, Fouling Research

Send résumé and letter of application detailing relevancy of work experience to Ms. S. Breaux Daniel at the address/e-mail address provided above.

• Research Technician

Submit our application (Word 2003 or later) and a résumé (optional) to Ms. S. Breaux Daniel at the address/e-mail address provided above.

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Engineer, Fouling Research

HTRI has an immediate opening for an engineer with a specialization in fouling phenomena common to petroleum, chemical, and petrochemical industries. Fouling research relevant to food, beverage, and other industries is also of interest.

Principal Responsibilities

• Execute assigned multi-year HTRI research projects involving design and setup of experimental procedures and test equipment, instrument calibration, testing, and acquisition of data on HTRI’s pilot-plant scale High Temperature Fouling Unit (HTFU)
• Analyze experimental data, evaluate and improve the existing correlations and design methods, develop new analytical models
• Prepare technical reports and presentations; present findings
• Implement improved methods into HTRI software

Initial Assignments

• Participate in the technical review and upgrade of the existing HTFU
• Collect crude oil fouling data to identify effective fouling avoidance techniques and develop fouling models applicable to heat exchanger design and operation
• Evaluate margins used in current heat exchanger designs and recommend new guidelines for optimal performance

Qualifications

• PhD in chemical engineering or related disciplines
• Three years’ experimental research relevant to the petroleum, chemical, or petrochemical industries
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (oral and written)

Individual must have or be able to obtain authorization to work in the United States.

Research Technician

HTRI has an immediate opening on our team of research technicians who support the experimental testing at our state-of-the-art Research & Technology Center in Navasota, Texas.

Principal Responsibilities

• Construct, operate, and maintain pilot-scale research units
• Diagnose and troubleshoot unit malfunctions
• Install, calibrate, maintain, and test instrumentation and control systems
• Set up and operate gas chromatograph and other laboratory test equipment
• Perform industrial safety, environmental, and hygiene activities to ensure regulatory compliance 

Qualifications

• High school education
• Five years’ experience in at least two of the following trade skills: instrument installation/calibration/troubleshooting, industrial electrical installation/troubleshooting, use of machining tools, and process equipment operation/maintenance
• Five years’ professional experience working with process flow diagrams and detailed drawings of mechanical equipment
• Five years’ experience in a plant (preferably chemical, petroleum, petrochemical, power) environment

This physically demanding job also requires strength, stamina, and the ability to work on multistory platforms, as well as in “close spaces.”

Individual must have authorization to work in the United States.