Senior Production Chemical Engineer

Solstice Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Production Chemical Engineer for our chemical manufacturing client. This is an in-office position located in the Port Arthur area with up to 10% domestic travel as necessary. Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate.

· Base salary of $135k - $165k DOE plus bonus opportunity and excellent benefits

· Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and 10+ years of experience in a chemical manufacturing environment

·  5+ years experience in distillation and batch processing required

· Strong Process and project design experience required

The Senior Production Engineer role oversees operation of distillation projects and hydrogenation reactors, acts as a technical resource for operations personnel, applies technical skills to optimize plant operations.

Role Responsibilities:

• Leading the operation of distillation projects and/or hydrogenation reactors.
• Understanding and working with plant utilities.
• Working with Plant Management to provide data and chemical engineering support for specific product campaigns.
• Working closely with Technical Advising and plant personnel to optimize operations and meet plant goals.
• Work closely with QA personnel to ensure that all product specifications are met.
• Assist the Engineering Department in developing cost effective projects to optimize production.
• Develop procedures for items already in production or to be produced in the future.
• Troubleshooting plant operations when actual operations do not meet the expected results.
• Generating reports that detail including mass balances, process data analysis and de-bottlenecking proposals.
• Developing and maintaining specific schedules to meet production demand.
• Ensuring projects are running efficiently by working with plant personnel, technical advisors and data analysis.
• Actively participating with operators in the field to help identify process and HSEQ improvements.
• Communicating technical information and issues to plant personnel at all levels within the organization, when needed
• Lead process improvement meetings with plant personnel for the main projects.
• Lead project planning meetings to discuss all items related to the project execution.

Requirements:

· Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and 10+ years of experience in a chemical manufacturing environment

· 5+ years experience in distillation and batch processing required

· Strong process and project design experience required

· Honeywell Experion and MS Project experience preferred

· Have or ability to obtain TWIC Card