Build Your Career - Chemical Process Engineering Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

This job is posted on behalf of Solstice Consulting Group by Top Echelon.

Solstice Consulting Group is seeking a Production Engineer for a chemical manufacturing client in Brandenburg, Kentucky. Relocation assistance may be available if not local.

• Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering and 5+ years’ experience in product engineering in a chemicals or related sector required

• Experience in continuous and/or batch processes and control systems preferred; manufacturing experience preferred.

• Base salary of $100k - $120k DOE plus 10% bonus opportunity and excellent benefits

Role Overview:

The Production Engineer role leads projects and acts as a technical resource for plant operations to implement process improvements and cost savings.

Responsibilities:

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• Initiate Management of Change for all Process Hazard Analysis (PHA’s) action items and coordinate their execution.
• Conduct incident investigations including root cause analysis, coordinating execution of action items and continuous improvement activities
• Review and analyze daily operations and trends.
• Review operating procedures, ensuring documentation complies with established ISO standards, create and maintain spreadsheets and charts, review daily logs, collect data, maintain files and update forms as necessary.
• Investigate quality and deferment customer complaints, provide root cause and correction actions.
• Identify and assist in the development/execution of expense and capital projects to facilitate improvements, improve reliability, reduce fixed costs and enhance safety.
• Ensure full compliance with all regulatory requirements, including but not limited to OSHA, EPA, DOT, etc., and all HSE rules, policies, practices and procedures all the time.
• Drive continuous improvements through close measurement tracking of key plant metrics (including OEE, UPE, DPR, FPQ, etc.).
• Become technical resource liaison between Microelectronics unit and tolling customer.

Education Qualifications

• Required Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering and 5+ years of related experience
• Experience in continuous and/or batch processes and control systems preferred; manufacturing experience preferred.

• Experience with PSM a plus.
• Demonstrated analytical and project management skills.
• Must have ability to interact effectively with technical contacts, as well as hourly workforce.
• Must have demonstrated ability to master specific products, processes and equipment.
• Good organizational, time management, verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills. Must have good problem-solving skills using Statistical Process Control (SPC) as a tool.
• MS Office experience required.
• SAP experience a plus.
• Proficiency in configuring Provox and DeltaV distributed control systems preferred.
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis strongly preferred.