Process Engineer Intern, Summer 2027
Lexington, KYInternship$22.93–40.14/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Parsons seeks a Chemical Process Engineer Intern to support senior process engineers with process documents, drawings, and chemical process engineering assignments. The internship provides mentorship and participation in the Early Talent Program, with work intended to build understanding of the engineering design lifecycle and practical knowledge of process systems and equipment. Assignments may include process calculations, diagrams, equipment selection, and preliminary process hazard analysis.
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Full job description
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!
At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.
Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Chemical Process Engineer Intern to join our team! In this role you will get to work with a degreed and/or professionally licensed highly talented senior process engineer to help develop process documents and drawings.
What You'll Be Doing:
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Each intern is paired with a mentor of the same discipline. Interns will also participate in Parsons Early Talent Program where they will interact with interns of varying disciplines and senior management within the organization.
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Under direction of a degreed and licensed chemical engineer, each intern will become familiar with a variety of chemical process engineering support assignments.
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All activities will be designed to give the intern a full understanding of the engineering design lifecycle and insight into the role that chemical engineers play at Parsons.
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The intern may be expected to take and use chemical engineering principles to take assist to develop or troubleshoot process systems/equipment, take engineering notes and sketches. Possible work will be developing Basis of Design (BOD) document, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Mass and Energy Balance Calculations, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), Datasheets, Equipment Selection and Sizing, Equipment Datasheets and Specifications. The intern may also participate to develop Preliminary/Process Hazard Analysis (PHA). Work assignments are intended to develop a practical knowledge of chemical process systems and equipment and their interrelationships within process and other engineering disciplines, such as mechanical, instrumentation and controls, piping, civil, structural, architecture, fire protection, and environmental.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Must be enrolled in an Engineering curriculum at an accredited college or university and have completed at least 2 years of studies in chemical engineering.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Motivation and desire to work hand in hand with a Parson's senior process engineer, have the desire to possibly join the Parson's talented Process Engineering Team, and grow within Parsons after graduation.
Security Clearance Requirement:
None
This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.
The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.
Salary Range: $22.93 - $40.14
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as 401K!
Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.
We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/ .
About Us
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. With nearly 75 years of experience, Parsons is uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide.
Parsons is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LGBTQ+.
For more about Parsons, visit parsons.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
How this job compares
Set against the 735 open Process Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$22.93–40.14/hr
- US median$23–30/hr112 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $31.54/hr, is 15% above the US median midpoint ($28/hr) — in the middle half of Process Engineering hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 12 open Process Engineering jobs in Kentucky and 735 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Intel15 open
- J&J Family of Companies15 open
- Corning Incorporated14 open
- Experience
- Process Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (433 postings).
- Education
- 350 of the 735 open Process Engineering jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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