Staff Engineer, South Coal Gas

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables.

As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 13,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2025 revenue of approximately $8.8 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit .Note Eastman will not accept applicants for this offered position who require visa sponsorship, including those whose status is F-1 visa OPT who subsequently would require ongoing visa sponsorship.

Description This is a South Coal Gas Mechanical Technical Staff role in Acetyl Manufacturing Department. In this role, you’ll work with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and other support staff closely to maintain Coal Gas’ production safety, reliability, production, cost and quality. Your primary responsibility will be serving as a mechanical technical expert for the area by gaining knowledge of past issues and thorough understand of equipment within the area.

Other responsibilities will be to identify and implement improvements to the manufacturing process in areas of safety, environmental, productivity, quality, cost and reliability. The role requires experience in a broad spectrum of mechanical equipment, with a focus on day-to-day troubleshooting of piping systems, critical valves/equipment and rotating equipment, such as high-pressure pumps and compressors. The other critical job expectation is to develop and maintain long-term improvements for critical equipment of South Coal Gas, maximizing the area’s safety, reliability and capability.

This position is considered a long-term area assignment of at least 3-5 years in the area, during which time expertise in area equipment will be developed. South Coal gas is a very technically challenging area but directly impacts company-level value and contribution for the Acetyl Stream now and in the future. With this high visibility role, we want the right candidate to develop deep technical knowledge of the area, making a real difference for the Acetyl Stream and Eastman.

This position reports to the Coal Gas Operations Technical Manager.

This position will be posted until at least August 19, 2026.Responsibilities Primary responsibilites:

Champion Zero Incident Mindset by engaging with team members

Be a focal point on asset integrity program within the department

Provide daily technical support for production processes, utilizing technical expertise to resolve plant mechanical issues and repairs

Maintain an awareness of Manufacturing concerns through daily interactions with Staff, Operators and Supervision Develop and implement capital projects (cSCPs & SERs) within the department

Work closely with Maintenance, Development and Operations personnel to assist the manufacturing unit in achieving their production, reliability and maintenance objectives

Drive reliability and other general improvements within the department

Develop and lead efforts in Manufacturing to meet key business and site initiatives while maintaining a focus on safety

Serve as the Manufacturing interface with Plant Engineering on specific projects paritcularly with rotating…