Early Career Development Program - Mechanical Engineering
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EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (ECDP)-ENGINEER-Process/Mechanical
Overview the ECDP ENGINEER-PROCESS/MECHANICAL
The Early Career Development Program (ECDP) is part of Covanta’s University Recruiting strategy to hire and develop a high performing, diverse talent pool.
The ECDP ENGINEER-PROCESS/MECHANICAL is a two-year program in which participants will have the opportunity to gain valuable design and field engineering experience. As part of the Program, you will be required to review our plant sites, as needed. Expected travel is about 25%.
Candidates for the ECDP ENGINEER-PROCESS/MECHANICAL are required to have a Bachelor’s degree. Ideal candidates will be new or recent grads, with up to 2 years of relevant experience. For a list of additional qualifications, please refer to the Position Requirements section below.
You should apply to the requisition and include a cover letter describing how the ECDP ENGINEER-PROCESS/MECHANICAL program fits with your career goals.
ECDP ENGINEER-PROCESS/MECHANICAL:
The ECDP ENGINEER-PROCESS/MECHANICAL will participate in one or more of the following areas:
- Plant upgrade projects, capital projects
- Plant process and/or process controls engineering
- Support Operations and field assignments
The ECDP ENGINEER-PROCESS/MECHANICAL assignments are a structured career development program to develop today’s new hires into tomorrow’s subject matter experts and leaders. Assignments will be structured to fill the following needs:
- The developmental needs of the ECDP ENGINEER-Process/Mechanical employee
- The needs of the business and shareholders
- The resource needs of the Engineering and Projects Departments
- The needs of the facilities
Expectations of the Engineering ECDP ENGINEER-PROCESS/MECHANICAL
There will typically be 4 assignments of varying lengths structured to gain exposure the main functions and systems making up the Energy from Waste facilities as well as the engineering fundamentals and processes supporting it. In unusual cases, assignments durations may be changed for business or personnel reasons.
Assignments will be planned collaboratively with Engineering, Projects and Operations leadership and the ECDP, coordinated by respective hiring managers within the Engineering team.
Covanta's Environment:
Covanta’s Waste to Energy Facilities include boilers, steam turbine generators, Steam condensers, metals recovery equipment, air pollution control equipment, conveying systems, waste and ash handling/distribution systems, plant utilities and cranes.
What You'll Do:
Reporting directly to the Director of Process Engineering or the Director of Mechanical Engineering, the ECDP Process/Mechanical Engineer will be providing support for Process and Mechanical aspects of capital projects, operations support and infrastructure assessment projects at various EFW (Energy from Waste) operating facilities.
Responsibilities include but not limited to any of the following:
- Upgrades and Troubleshooting: Support development of plant upgrades and technical troubleshooting, using RCA/Problem Solving Methodologies.
- Capital Projects: Support the Project Management Office (PMO) through capital project leadership or support, may also be required to perform project execution duties at larger facilities.
- Design Engineering: Support design engineering activities for upgrade and new projects. This includes the collection and review of plant technical information, review and development of piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&ID’s), plant modification option evaluation, concept development including process and mechanical design calculations, concept layout sketch and/or drawing development, request for vendor proposal specification development, bid evaluation support, design review, construction inspections and commissioning support.
Position Requirements:
Location:
The role is based at our Corporate Office in Morristown, NJ. Some relocation assistance is available
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
Experience/Background:
- Internship, Co-Op or prior work experience in mechanical engineering
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Proficient with MS Office suite
- Strong educational and technical background
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to gather input and lead a task to completion
- Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks
- Attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Exemplary initiative
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable
- Quick learner
- Ability to extract and analyze data
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Team player with a can-do attitude
- Motivated and committed
Covanta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability EEO is the Law Poster (The poster can be found at https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf). Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.
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