Production Engineer

Department & Location

Department: Production

Location: La Porte, TX

Travel Involved: 0-10%

Job Type: Full-time

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize operating unit key process variables to drive process and product improvements while maintaining a strong safety and environmental compliance focus. Apply technical knowledge to detect causes of deviations in quality, capacity, yield, and energy consumption or provide training to less experienced engineers.

• Develop and implement systems to improve and sustain value across health, safety, environment, production rates, equipment reliability, cost, and quality.
• Follow and direct day to day plant operations.
• Participate and/or lead Continuous Improvement teams and subteams.
• Develop initial scope and business case for improvement projects. Support Capital projects through the FEL process. Assist in developing commissioning and start-up procedures for new equipment.
• Lead root cause analysis studies to resolve plant process and equipment related issues.
• Provide technical data for Environmental events such as process leaks and ECAT tasks.
• Participate, lead, and approve MOCs and PSSRs.
• Participate in PHAs.
• Responsible for review and resolution of action items as a result of HES, ISO, Insurance audits, and PHA studies.
• Monitor intermediate and product analyses and statistical data.
• Assists in the investigation and resolution of customer complaints and nonconforming products.
• Develop, modify, and/or review operational procedures.
• Help coordinate and plan special product trials.

• Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering with internship or other experience working as a chemical engineer with relevant experience in the petrochemical or chemical process industries.
• Experience with Process Safety Management (PSM)
• Knowledge of process simulation software such as Aspen Plus/HYSYS.
• Must be self-motivated, results oriented, and able to contribute in a team environment and establish work relationships with onsite and offsite functional groups to achieve results.
• Excellent written and verbal communications and computer skills. Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

• Experience in a polymer production plant
• 2 years of experience

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Retirement Benefits
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Teladoc
• Wide range of voluntary benefits such as Pet Insurance, Legal, and  Insurance
• Flexible work schedules like 9/80 schedules for eligible team members

Candidates must be currently eligible to work in the United States without the need for any type of sponsorship now or in the future. Braskem is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees according to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team.