Production Engineer

Production Engineer – Synthomer Jefferson Site, Jefferson Hills, PA (approximately 15 miles south of Pittsburgh)

• Provide day-to-day support to manufacturing units to ensure safe, stable and reliable operations.
• Monitor operating data for assigned areas and provide analyses and troubleshooting to achieve the operating plan.
• Identify and implement improvements to support business objectives, such as debottlenecking, plant trials and improved reliability, using the Management of Change process.
• Develop and review procedures and provide operator training as needed.
• Lead incident investigations into process and equipment failures as appropriate.
• Serve as the Division Representative on capital projects to improve productivity and increase capacity in the manufacturing department.
• Conduct Process Hazard Analyses and coordinate timely resolution plans to meet project deadlines.
• Interface with HSES, Product Development, Maintenance, Process Improvement, and other supporting organizations to prioritize and initiate projects.

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
• 2–5 years of chemical engineering or relevant experience.
• Comfortable in a manufacturing environment with large, continuous chemical processing equipment.
• Ability to easily interface with operations and maintenance personnel and lead cross‑functional teams.
• Strong troubleshooting skills to analyze process data, understand equipment operations and determine root causes of failures.
• Experience with one or more of the following systems is advantageous:
  Distributed Control Systems, PI Vision, statistical analysis tools, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma.