Global Process Engineer

Make a +Difference at Kraton!

At Kraton, we make a +Difference, and we are looking for individuals who are also looking to make a difference in their jobs, for our customers and to the world. We are looking to hire a key member of our Operations team at either our Savannah, Georgia or our Panama City, Florida manufacturing site.

We believe in making a +Difference, as a global manufacturer of sustainable specialty polymers and biobased pine chemicals, delivering innovative, high-performance solutions.

We're proud to offer benefits that meaningfully support you-at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

Some of the benefits offered are:

• Medical Insurance, including TeleDoc - multiple plans available with Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account options
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Advocate - free support to help you understand your coverage and answer questions
• Life Insurance - base coverage paid for by Kraton with option for additional coverage
• 401k - Kraton provides matching contributions based on enrollment level
• Employee Assistance Program - provided at no cost to employees
• Accident, Disability, and Critical Illness Insurance

Key Responsibilities

• Applies advanced technical principles, theories and concepts.
• Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Identifies analyses and develops new business opportunities.
• Develops technical solutions to complex problems.
• Constantly seeking continuous improvement on all projects
• Regularly called upon to lead multiple and intermediate level projects.
• Able to solve complex operating issues, resource issues and constraints with limited guidance.
• Manages intermediate engineering project teams.
• Frequent contacts with internal personnel and at various management levels concerning operations or scheduling or specific phases of engineering projects or contracts.
• Conducts briefings and participates in technical meetings for internal management and external representatives concerning specific operations.
• Determine scope, budget, and timeline of intermediate sized projects
• Delivers results and improvements to internal and external customers.
• Travel 25% based on business needs

Required Skills

• 10+ years of experience in Engineering or related field.
• Supervisory training and experience.
• Project Management experience.
• Connecting engineering solutions to value added results (safety, environmental, sustainability, quality, operations)

Education, Certifications & Licenses

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
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The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Kraton's internal talent acquisition team manages our recruiting efforts and from time to time works with pre-selected/pre-approved external staffing agencies. We do NOT accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from recruiters and/or agencies who are not pre-selected/pre-approved.

Kraton is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.