Chemical Process Engineer

Synthomer is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection – growing markets that serve billions of end users worldwide.

Headquartered in London, UK and publicly listed there since 1971, we employ c.3,900 employees across our 5 innovation centres of excellence and more than 29 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America and Asia. Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products.

At our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, Germany, China, Malaysia and Ohio, USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Since 2021, we have been proud holders of the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognises green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low‑carbon economy.

This position will provide technical guidance for daily plant production processes and serve as a technical expert on the production team. This individual will report to the Technical and Quality Manager and will support the production team in achieving key metrics for safety, housekeeping, quality, and productivity. They will be responsible for driving continuous improvement in these areas. They will need to be able to readily identify opportunities, prioritize, and take action to improve asset utilisation and production efficiency.

They will provide technical support for production capital and improvement projects as well as lead other applicable projects in other areas as needed. They will work closely with both hourly and salary team members in all functions at the plant to implement critical improvements. They will also act as a point of contact for product scale up efforts on an as needed basis.

• Provides technical guidance of daily plant production processes
• Serves as a technical expert on the production team
• Actively engages with operators and supervisors to ensure safe, efficient, production activities
• Identifies production related safety, quality, and process improvement opportunities, prioritising, as needed and implementing effective long term corrective actions.
• Drives continuous improvement and change to deliver production results
• Supports and participates in plant safety activities and training, specifically driving production related safety improvements.
• Provides troubleshooting support for production related issues and alarms working directly with the production team to identify the causes and implement effective solutions.
• Participates in the administration of the Management of Change or (MOC) program which includes, but is not limited to, change approvals, start‑up approvals, development of operating procedures, hazard evaluation, training of personnel on changes, and updating of Process Safety Information
• Develops and maintains production related procedures, training materials, and documentation to facilitate consistent and safe manufacturing practices meeting all requirements of Process Safety Management.
• Acts as the technical expert for all production related activities.
• Owns and manages production related improvement and capital projects, delivering projects on time and on budget
• Owns and manages other improvement and capital projects as needed
• Supports Responsible Care and ISO activities
• Acts as point of contact and process expert for product scale ups and changes on an as needed basis

• Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering or related field
• 3-5 years of experience in chemical process manufacturing
• Adv…