Production Engineer (32099)

Position Title: Production Engineer

Reports to: Operations Manager

Job Summary: Engineering / line support for the daily production of LaPorte site unit operations

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for assigned production units in compliance with established health, safety, environmental, and quality policies, procedures, permits and regulatory requirements
• Technical review and evaluation of unit operations including data monitoring, analysis, and record keeping
• Develop / champion improvements that enhance/upgrade unit performance
• Process safety information maintenance including procedures, technical information, drawings, etc.
• Maintenance coordination and scheduling, including preventive maintenance compliance
• Participation in and support of project engineering, new installations, new product introductions
• Troubleshooting / problem solving for unit operations
• Participation in the proper training and direction of the workforce
• Emergency crew participation including fire brigade, hazmat response, and confined space entry rescue

Education and/or Experience

• A Technical bachelor's degree is required. Chemical Engineering is preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years' chemical plant manufacturing experience is required with an emphasis on unit operation and leadership.
• Demonstrated project leadership experience, including start up and commissioning efforts for new processes/equipment and new product introduction is required
• In-depth understanding of chemical plant unit operations including reaction mechanisms, distillation operations, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, mass transfer, kinetics, etc. is required.
• Direct experience with PSM/RMP covered processes is required, including participation in Process Hazard Analyses, Management of Change and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.
• Demonstrated record of achieving cost efficiency is required
• Strong safety background in a hazardous chemical process environment is required.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal leadership skills
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities
• Strong data analysis skills
• Demonstrated history of critical thinking, problem solving, and action
• MS Office Suite applications
• Enterprise resource planning / computerized maintenance management system platforms (SAP, Oracle, Chempax, Maximo, etc.)
• Experience with reading prints, schematics, drawings and process information

Performance Measurements

• Safety Performance
• Quality Objectives
• Production Rates
• On-stream Time
• Raw Material Efficiencies
• Period Cost Control
• Inventory Control
• Operator Performance