Process Engineer

About Lubrizol
The Lubrizol Corporation is a specialty chemical company that delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing, and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, we operate more than 100 manufacturing facilities and technical offices worldwide and employ around 8,000 people.

Job Details

Location:

Gastonia, NC, 28056
Job Type: Full‑Time

Job Location:

Gastonia, NC
Role:
Process Engineer

As a Process Engineer you will directly impact product quality, cost, delivery, and safety. You will identify improvement opportunities for capital projects, maintain management systems such as PSM, RCA, JSA, Halal, RSPO, and cGMP, and report to the Improvement Process Leader.

• Lead efforts to reduce variability and standardize production systems with a focus on Safety, Environmental, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
• Track batch failures, implement corrective and preventive actions, and monitor product performance and process capability.
• Recommend procedural changes, equipment modifications, or product recipe adjustments.
• Maintain product manufacturing and cleaning instructions and provide training to operators.
• Provide process troubleshooting and technical guidance, including after‑hours support when required.
• Deliver development and manufacturing support for capital projects and coordinate with R&D during new product development and scale‑up.
• Use and maintain ISO 9001, RC‑14001, Halal, RSPO, and Process Safety Management systems.
• Ensure compliance with HS&E procedures and update process instructions as needed.
• Participate in MOC, PHA, PSSR, JSA, and incident reporting activities.
• Interact daily with site personnel to execute the operating plan.
• Enter production records into SAP and review associated cost variances.
• Act as the technical representative for customer and certification audits.
• Focus on Continuous Improvement with principles such as Learning Organization, Process Centered, Respect for People, and Long‑Term Vision.
• Work with maintenance to improve equipment reliability, with operators to understand processes, and with project engineers to support capital projects.
• Continuously drive improvements in process capability and product quality.

• BS in Chemical Engineering
• 4+ years of Process Engineering experience
• Experience with cross‑functional teams in new product development, technology transfer, process improvement, and general operations.
• Experience with statistical process control techniques.
• Experience with DeltaV (plus).
• Familiarity with OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) (plus).
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and cGMP (plus).
• Familiarity with SAP S4
  
  HANA (plus).

Lubrizol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.