Albemarle Corporation · 4 months ago
Ketjen Summer 2026 Engineering Internship Program
Albemarle Corporation is committed to transforming essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity, and health. They are seeking rising sophomores and juniors for their Summer 2026 Engineering Internship Program, where interns will engage in various engineering tasks across chemical, mechanical, and electrical disciplines.
ChemicalConstructionCustomer ServiceManufacturingPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Process development and scale up from bench scale to commercial scale
Plan and execute sample productions of new chemical products for application/customer testing and market development
Guide and support process hazard analyses prior to scale up
Develop speculative economics for new products and processes
Develop and implement safety, quality, environmental and profit improvement projects
Communicate with, travel to, and provide technical support to operating plants worldwide to implement improvements, troubleshoot problems, or help increase production, reduce costs, improve quality or reduce environmental impact
Provide "hands-on" mechanical engineering technical support in a chemical manufacturing plant
Develop innovative designs and implement safety, environmental and profit improvement projects
Provide technical service to include troubleshooting, failure analysis and technical coverage of mechanical systems
Develop preventative maintenance and reliability programs for a wide array of rotating equipment
Provide technical support on process hazard analyses
Support efforts to increase production, reduce costs and improve quality while reducing environmental impact
Provide technical support to electrical and control equipment in a chemical manufacturing plant
Conceive, develop, design and/or implement improvements to plant electrical infrastructure, control systems and instrumentation
Develop preventative maintenance programs for critical electrical and control equipment
Provide technical service to include troubleshooting, pilot plant, lab work and/or technical coverage
Provide technical support on Process Hazard Analyses
Economic analysis, estimation and/or project execution
Communicate with various plant groups to implement change
Support efforts to increase production, reduce costs and improve quality while reducing environmental impact
Qualification
Required
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Must be able to commit to a full-time schedule (40 hrs/week)
Prior industrial or manufacturing experience a plus
Ability to participate in multiple Ketjen Internship or Co-Op sessions is a plus!
Seeking sophomore or junior level candidates (any graduation date between Dec 2026 to Dec 2028)
Pursuing a Bachelor's degree from an ABET Accredited University majoring in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline
Cumulative GPA 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale
Benefits
Competitive pay
Three vacation days and company holidays
Social engagement programs
Senior executive leadership networking opportunities
Corporate housing (for those who meet relocation criteria)
Full-time conversion opportunities
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
Albemarle Corporation
Albemarle leads the world in transforming essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health.
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.24BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseUS Department of Energy
2024-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $2B
2023-09-12Grant· $90M
2022-10-19Grant· $150M
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