Chemical Engineer

Chemical Engineer

Job Requisition

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,

This position is for an experienced Chemical Engineer to support manufacturing, pilot plant, and lab scale process improvement and scale-up within Technology. The candidate would be based near one of Eastman's large manufacturing sites (Kingsport, TN or Longview, TX), and would travel as needed to provide global process improvement and described support at Eastman's manufacturing sites around the world.

• * Provide remote or onsite support to any of Eastman's approximately 50 global manufacturing sites. Travel is expected to be >50% and may require temporary relocations of 3-9 months vel and relocation support will be provided.
• * Partner with colleagues as part of cross-functional teams including technology, manufacturing, businesses, HSES, quality assurance and other functions to drive process improvement projects, growth programs, and business initiatives.
• * Propose and execute production trials and tests on lab, pilot, and manufacturing scales, utilizing design of experiment methodology where applicable. Analyze subsequent data and make sound recommendations to the sponsoring organization.
• * Use a data driven approach to troubleshoot daily operational issues - interface with operations and maintenance personnel as problems are addressed.

* Bachelor of Scienice in Chemical Engineering is required

* 5+ years of experience related to manufacturing support, process development, or process improvement

* Commitment to safety and environmental awareness

* Demonstrated project management skills

* High adaptability to adjust priorities as appropriate to respond to changes in business demands

* Exhibits good leadership attitudes and behaviors

* Ability to engage with external parties, suppliers, customers, etc.

* Proven ability to engage well with technicians, operators, peers, and management

* Must be a self-starter with a focus on results. Ability to lead and drive challenging projects forward despite uncertainties

* Confident in working within a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders

* Comfortable challenging peers and supervision to develop creative solutions

* Excellent written, listening, and verbal communication skills

• Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt or higher certification
• Experience in pilot plant support and scaling from small-scale to commercial-scale equipment
• Experience with multiple sites/locations

• >50% travel - domestic and international.

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.

* Base pay plus performance-based incentive opportunities that let you share in our success.

* Comprehensive medical,…