Manufacturing Regional Process Technologist

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Date: Oct 23, 2026

Shape the Future with Us.

At Lubrizol, we’re bringing to life the chemistry behind clean water, efficient transportation, reliable infrastructure, critical medicines, and the products people rely on every day through science, sustainability, and a culture of inclusion.

As part of our global team, you’ll be empowered to make a real impact - on your career, your community, and the world around you.

Job Type: Full-time / On-site

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As a Manufacturing Regional Process Technologist, you'll play a critical role in shaping the future of manufacturing technology across Lubrizol's operations. As a recognized technical authority, you'll lead the development, scale-up, governance, and deployment of safe, sustainable, and advantaged manufacturing technologies that improve operational performance and drive business growth. You'll translate complex manufacturing and business needs into high-value technology strategies, influence key investment and deployment decisions, and drive enterprise-wide adoption of best practices through Lubrizol's Most Effective Technology (MET) framework.

Working across operations, engineering, commercial, supply chain, and site leadership teams, you'll deliver innovative solutions that advance mobility, improve wellbeing, and enhance modern life.

• Lead a portfolio of process development, scale-up, debottlenecking, and manufacturing technology initiatives that deliver significant business value.
• Develop technical strategies, business cases, implementation plans, and success metrics to move opportunities from concept to sustained plant performance.
• Lead cross-functional teams and influence decisions related to project scope, resources, risk, and investment.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, tools, standards, and ways of working.

• Own technology strategies, standards, and roadmaps for selected manufacturing technology areas.
• Lead deployment of Lubrizol's Most Effective Technology (MET) framework to improve capability, performance, and consistency across sites.
• Monitor technology performance, identify improvement opportunities, and guide corrective actions where needed.
• Advise business, functional, and site leaders on complex manufacturing technology decisions and priorities.

• Lead technology transfer, localization, and external manufacturing initiatives to support business growth and supply continuity.
• Define technical requirements for supplier capability, process performance, product quality, process safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate and mitigate technical, quality, supply, and operational risks during implementation.
• Develop standards and best practices that enable efficient and scalable deployment across regions and partners.

• Serve as a senior technical resource for complex manufacturing, quality, process capability, and raw material challenges.
• Apply expertise in chemical manufacturing, process engineering, scale-up, and process safety to solve high-impact technical issues.
• Strengthen organizational capability by developing standards, sharing best practices, and mentoring engineers.
• Communicate technical recommendations and business trade-offs effectively to stakeholders at all levels.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited university.
• 12+ years of experience in chemical process development, process engineering, manufacturing technology, scale-up, or technical manufacturing leadership.
• Demonstrated expertise in chemical manufacturing, reaction engineering, separations, mixing, heat and mass transfer, process safety, and statistical problem solving.
• Proven success leading large, complex, cross-functional technology programs from opportunity identification through implementation and sustained business results.
• Experience developing multi-site technology strategies, standards, roadmaps, or governance frameworks and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong ability to evaluate technical, operational, economic, supply-chain, intellectual-property, and regulatory considerations when making decisions.
• Experience mentoring engineers, reviewing technical work, and…