Chemical Engineer

Job Summary

This high‑profile position interacts with all departments in the plant, Coating Solutions group, and Arkema. The role is responsible for the development and implementation of improvements to the plant manufacturing processes that positively affect productivity, quality, environment, reliability, and profitability. The position provides day‑to‑day engineering management and troubleshooting. It will be involved with the ideation, development, and execution of projects to positively impact plant operations and competitiveness.

This position is based at the plant site with all inherent risks of working in a chemical manufacturing plant and requires on‑call availability to solve production problems as needed.

Project / Problem Solving (50%)

• Achieve a Green Belt certification and apply Six Sigma tools to identify plant opportunities
• Contribute new ideas and approaches to process improvement and build consensus on project implementation
• Use a data‑driven process to lead the site’s Continuous Improvement Lead to prioritize improvement opportunities of the key plant performance metrics, including sustainability efforts (Arkenergy, GHG reduction)
• Manage projects through the site’s Management of Change (MOC) process and support tracking of projects in Quime
  
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• Lead root cause analysis and other troubleshooting methodologies to resolve safety, production and quality problems; implement Six Sigma methodologies for more complex problems or projects
• Review and adapt ideas from other areas of technology to solve problems and/or improve processes through to project implementation
• Lead improvement projects, collaborating with manufacturing teams, engineering personnel, and R&D representatives; projects may be capital or non‑capital and include various reviews such as process hazards analysis, management of change and pre‑startup safety reviews
• Ensure workplace safety by conducting safety observations and reviews while adhering to safety regulations and procedures

Plant Process/Production Engineering (40%)

• Provide day‑to‑day plant process/production troubleshooting, guidance and support; work with plant supervisors, operators and engineers in resolving plant production issues and preparing for product campaigns as needed
• Provide input to the supply chain organization and the plant scheduler to ensure the plant is scheduled efficiently and avoids production or quality impacts
• Own management of plant solvent and work with logistics and the Chatham facility to ensure solvent is available when needed and solvent use is optimized
• Provide DCS support as needed to resolve or triage minor batch control issues
• Require on‑call support
• Lead implementation and improvement of an OEE system that can identify opportunities for production improvements and assess plant capacity
• Maintain knowledge and drive accuracy in the accounting systems used to measure and track consumption and generation of materials and energy through the production process, including updating BOMs as appropriate
• Ensure processes comply with OSHA, EPA and Arkema requirements, maintain assigned process safety information and participate in process hazard assessments for assigned areas
• Work with other departments to test critical systems of assigned areas

Other (10%)

• Maintain effective management systems that monitor production activities, including sustainability, efficiency, cost, regulatory compliance, and energy
• Provide reporting of deviations (OEE, safety, environmental, production, quality)
• Assist in investigations, audits, annual reviews and other management system events to promote collaboration and continuous improvement
• Help support and mentor less experienced engineers
• Other duties as assigned

• More than 3 years of experience manufacturing, preferably in a batch processing chemical environment
• Chemical Engineering degree or similar

• Six Sigma certification preferred (Green Belt or above)
• Familiarity with PSM, OSHA and other safety or regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to all varieties of audience…