Engineer III SAT Process - PMD

Position Summary

The Parker Lord PMD Division is looking for a Process Engineer III, within our Structural Adhesives product line. This role is onsite at our Cary, NC campus in a chemical lab and pilot plant environment. The team member will be responsible for process development, scale-up of new intermediates and products, and supporting existing Structural Adhesive products. The position will ensure the safety, quality, manufacturability, and technical performance for new and existing manufacturing processes to support our global manufacturing plants.

The role will lead projects of moderate to high complexity and serve as a Process Engineering resource for our global teams. This role will often work in project teams interfacing with different functions and would need excellent teamwork and interfacing skills.

The Parker Lord PMD Division is looking for a Process Engineer III, within our Structural Adhesives product line. This role is onsite at our Cary, NC campus in a chemical lab and pilot plant environment. The team member will be responsible for process development, scale-up of new intermediates and products, and supporting existing Structural Adhesive products. The position will ensure the safety, quality, manufacturability, and technical performance for new and existing manufacturing processes to support our global manufacturing plants.

The role will lead projects of moderate to high complexity and serve as a Process Engineering resource for our global teams. This role will often work in project teams interfacing with different functions and would need excellent teamwork and interfacing skills.

• Project leader for new innovative process development projects and scale-up projects of medium to high complexity.
• Serve as an internal subject matter expert for polymer synthesis chemistry, raw material interactions, reaction/process controls, and manufacturability requirements for structural adhesive intermediates and products.
• Collaborate with Product Development/Application Engineering/Manufacturing/Regional teams/Business teams and Process Development staff to achieve project results.
• Communicate verbally and in writing regarding various topics to management, manufacturing facilities, peers, and decision makers.
• Actively invents, develops and implements new process technologies/solutions.
• Able to evaluate current chemical manufacturing processes and identify areas of improvements regarding safety, quality, throughput, cost of manufacture, simplify process, and/or eliminate waste
• Strategic technical leadership by identifying new solutions, new equipment, new suppliers for existing challenges
• Responsible for ensuring achievement of appropriate safety, quality, quantity, cost-effectiveness, reproducibility, and timeliness of results.
• Leads external trials with suppliers.
• Design of experiments, utilize advanced statistics, chemical analysis sensors to troubleshoot process problems.
• Promotes safety and may lead in the development of new lab safety procedures.
• Conducts training for staff.
• Requires up to 20% travel within the US, with likely international travel.

• Technical Knowledge:
  Applies advanced technical principles, theories and concepts. Contributes to development of new principles and concepts within Parker Lord. Advanced knowledge of products/chemistry and or industry-detailed customer application, troubleshooting, failure analysis, detailed value proposition elements. A knowledge resource for their team. SME in one or more subjects.
• Impact:
  Track record of completing medium complexity projects. Leads high complexity projects or multiple projects of various complexity. May also lead portions or a major project as a team member. Failure to obtain…