Process Engineer

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with Oxy Chem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? Oxy Chem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people.

Occidental Chemical Corporation (Oxy Chem) is a leading North American manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, chlorine and caustic soda – key building blocks for a variety of indispensable products such as plastics, pharmaceuticals and water treatment chemicals. Other Oxy Chem products include caustic potash, chlorinated organics, sodium silicates, chlorinated isocyanurates and calcium chloride. Oxy Chem's market position is among the top three producers in the United States for the principal products it manufactures and markets.

Based in Dallas, Texas, the company has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well‑being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

We are looking for an experienced and self‑motivated individual to fill the position of Process Engineer at our corporate office located in Ludington, MI.

The primary function of this position is providing technical support to study and implement systems, tools, and procedures to optimize the production process. This position will drive continuous improvement by leading plant process analysis, projects, studies, and problem‑solving activities.

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and/or transport our products as our highest priority.
• Identify, evaluate, develop, specify, justify, install, and start‑up process improvements to increase production capacity, improve operating reliability, reduce manufacturing costs, reduce energy usage, conserve raw materials, improve product yields and improve product quality.
• Participate in any opportunity to enhance safety, upgrade environmental safeguards, and provide for the overall optimization of process operation.
• Provide ongoing engineering assistance to operations including troubleshooting of process operating problems, conducting special tests, developing reports, providing technical assistance as required and reporting of production status.
• Provide coordination between the Production, Project, Maintenance and Corporate Engineering Departments regarding capital project implementation including preparation of AFE’s.
• Represent and/or assist production and engineering in matters of evaluation, selection and coordination and control of vendors supplying necessary operating services, consulting services, materials, equipment and other needs of operation.
• Provide assistance to operations including troubleshooting of operating problems, special tests, studies, and assistance with production reporting as required.
• Analyze key process parameters. Generate key process parameters reports periodically on unit operation.
• Assist with the installation and start up of process improvements. Engineering assignments may include energy and material balance studies, process studies, and process equipment specifications and modifications.
• Updates or creates new Operating Discipline Procedures to fill gaps in the Operation's work process.
• Coach operation's personnel on process, equipment, engineering topics.
• Understands and applies skills and knowledge in Statistical Process Control (SPC) to maximize plant asset utilization and produce low cost, quality products.
• Provide technical expertise to reduce manufacturing costs and improve product quality.
• Provide assistance in the troubleshooting of Delta
  
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• Understand Process Control Narratives.
• Using plant chemistry and operations knowledge, identifies process control improvements…