# Chemical Engineer

**Company**: Standard Nuclear
**Location**: Oak Ridge, TN
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power,enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.

The Chemical Engineer supports Standard Nuclear’s fuel manufacturing operations by improving, scaling, and troubleshooting chemical production processes, with an initial focus on sol-gel operations. This role supports process performance, yield improvement, production reliability, and technical execution for manufacturing activities involving chemical processing, material formation, and downstream production steps.

**Responsibilities**

- Chemical Process Engineering: Support day-to-day chemical manufacturing operations through process monitoring, troubleshooting, and technical problem-solving. Develop and improve process parameters, operating windows, and production methods to support repeatable output. Identify sources of yield loss, variability, rework, or process inefficiency and implement corrective actions.

- Yield Improvement & Process Optimization: Analyze production data to identify trends, bottlenecks, defects, and opportunities for yield improvement. Lead or support structured improvement efforts focused on reducing scrap, rework, process downtime, and material loss.

- Manufacturing Support & Technical Execution: Provide technical support to operators, technicians, and supervisors during production activities. Support development and revision of work instructions, operating procedures, batch records, and process documentation.

- Quality, Characterization & Data Integration: Work with quality and characterization teams to connect process conditions with product attributes and acceptance criteria. Support collection, organization, and interpretation of process and characterization data.

- Safety, Radiological Controls & Compliance: Ensure chemical processing work is performed in accordance with site safety, radiological control, environmental, and quality requirements.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with operations, fuel development, quality, characterization, EH&S, radiological controls, maintenance, supply chain, and engineering teams.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline

- 3–7 years of experience in chemical processing, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, materials processing, or related industrial operations

- Experience with sol-gel processing, precipitation, gelation, slurry processing, particle formation, ceramics, powders, or advanced materials manufacturing preferred

**Benefits**

- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

- Health Savings Account

- Disability and Life Insurance

- 401(k) Plan

- Paid Time Off and Holidays

## Skills

### Required
- chemical engineering
- process control
- troubleshooting
- data analysis

### Nice to have
- sol-gel processing
- precipitation
- gelation
- slurry processing
- particle formation
- ceramics
- powders
- advanced materials manufacturing

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