Process Engineer - Chemicals
Responsible for improving plant operating processes - debottlenecking, process optimization, process improvement and product enhancements through process improvements.
Responsibilities include:
- Process modifications to improve quality, reduce costs, improve reliability, and improve safety;
- Hands-on, continuous improvement;
- Equipment and process changes, commissioning and validation of equipment;
- Provide engineering leadership and assistance to operations including: establishing operating parameters, troubleshooting, evaluation of equipment and technical recommendations;
- Provide technical assistance in order to develop and implement Quality Assurance;
- Proactively provide leadership for the design and commercialization of new and existing products;
- Direct a high performance team that is at the frontline of interactions with marketing & sales to drive business results;
- Utilize creative problem solving and the design of experiment approach to deliver technical solutions and communicates them to a wide range of business functions so that they can take action on the recommendations;
- Direct development of best practices with other Engineers and Scientists to drive continuous improvement.
- BS Chemical Engineering and MBA;
- 5+ years chemical plant, pilot plant and R&D process engineering;
- Knowledge of statistical methods - SPC;
- Excel, Microsoft Office applications, with PLC knowledge a plus.
