Senior Chemical Engineer

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As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world. CREATING ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY THAT THE WORLD NEEDS At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive.

That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry. Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure---sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry.

About the Role

Chemours is seeking a Senior Chemical Engineer to join our growing Manufacturing Technology team. This position will be available at the Corpus Christi Plant located in San Patricio County in Ingleside, Texas and report directly to the Manufacturing Technology Manager. The Chemours Corpus Christi site is part of the Thermal & Specialized Solutions Business and focuses on the production of a variety of refrigerant gases.

The site is a multi‑unit manufacturing site with several existing well‑established product lines as well as a recently built Low GWP production line aligning with growing market demand. The manufacturing technology group at this facility encompasses over 20 professionals of various specialties (ChEs, MEs and EEs).

Responsibilities:

• To provide engineering and troubleshooting assistance to the site’s unit processes, including all synthesis, refining, storage, and shipping operations to maintain and improve the safety, operability, quality, and cost.
• Monitor the process on an on‑going basis to look for positive and negative shifts in the process, to identify improvement opportunities. Uptime Software, Aspen Process Explorer software and statistical process control would routinely be used to do this.
• Lead and participate in Safety, Reliability and Quality Investigations to identify and implement actions to drive continuous improvement.
• Provide support for both cost and capital projects to improve the safety, quality, environment, and/or cost of the production unit. This includes generating Basic Data, providing economic justification, participation in FEL activities and coordinating installation and commissioning of new/modified facilities.
• Participate in and lead Process Hazards Analyses per the schedule set out for the assigned process.
• Perform tests on the process to improve the safety, quality, environment, and/or cost of the production unit.
• Maintain level of technical expertise in key technologies via training, seminars, and professional organizations.
• Provide shift/weekend coverage as needed for start‑ups, tests, maintenance Turnarounds, operator training, or other non‑routine needs.

Required Qualifications and Characteristics:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
• Minimum of 5 years of related industrial / manufacturing work experience.
• Knowledge of basic chemical engineering principles.
• Diagnose and solve technical problems – making data‑based decisions.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for handling customer needs and interworking amongst all channels of the organization.
• High degree of initiative and flexibility to move projects forward safely and in a timely manner.
• Proven ability to prioritize and…