Production, Process Engineer, Quality Engineering

Provide technical expertise and day-to-day engineering support to the manufacturing facility. This will include; interaction with the operations and maintenance employees, input in to design and modification of existing and new facilities, gather and analyze data, troubleshoot problems, identify root cause(s), present conceptual solutions, recommend and implement process improvements. This individual must be committed to the site's vision of continuous improvement and strive to accurately measure and track key performance metrics such as yield, cost, quality, and efficiency.

They will be focused on benchmarking and improving performance against these metrics and implementing robust systems to sustain improvements. An overall goal will be to reduce variation in production processes and lead the plant operating culture to a focus on optimization. They support the effort to achieve superior Health, Safety and Environmental performance, especially in the areas of process safety (PSM), procedure writing and training of plant employees.

• Promotes and instills operating discipline and accountability with the goal of excellence in execution from the production department.
• Assists with transfers and new product introduction (NPDI). Key role is ‘seamless’ introduction into the plant. May include assessment of current equipment capabilities, HSE issues, capital requirements, and quality assurance capabilities.
• With support from Plant Quality, lead efforts to implement formal systems and processes to analyze quality, cycle time improvements, variation reduction for multiple product lines, and methods to establish operational accountability. Works toward establishing ‘in-control’ processes. Analyzes process data and quality critical parameters for control of manufacturing processes. Troubleshoots problem areas and identifies measures for improvement.
  
  Identifies areas of variation (raw materials, process, or quality analysis), implements measures to reduce variation, and tracks effectiveness of reduction measures. Analyzes batch cycle times. Identifies and implements process optimization improvements to establish consistent cycle times and reduce overall cycle times.
• Assists the investigation of off-grade or abnormal batches. Identifies root cause, reports findings, and implements corrective actions.
• Supports small capital projects associated with unit. Responsible for aiding in determining justification, scope definition, safety reviews, ‘punch-list’ items, coordination of implementation with production schedule, startup, chemical commissioning and performance report on agreed deliverables.
• Maintains accurate flow diagrams, P&’s, and equipment and control specifications
• Utilize management of change for applicable situations.
• Trains production operators and production supervisors on unit operations, chemistries, and batch recipe or DCS changes/enhancements in regards to product line.
• Assists in day to day troubleshooting and ‘firefighting’ associated with product line.
• Support the plant’s quality management systems and its compliance with pertinent quality standards including ISO 9001, EFfCI, RSPO, Kosher, and HALAL.

• Responsible for personal safety and overall support of plant achievement of zero lost time injuries, zero recordable injuries, and zero environmental incidents.
• Responsib…