HD Coating Manufacturing Engineer - Huntsville, AL

About BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions: Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors, and hydrogen economy. ECMS provides full-loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering, focusing on circular solutions and sustainability to help create a cleaner, more sustainable world. ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees.

Responsibilities

• Lead the quality, safety, strategy, and production efficiency of the Coating Production Cells within the Huntsville site.
• Support the operation of a Coating Cell through an operational excellence journey and tactical plans to deliver high-quality products and profitability.
• Provide strong Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) leadership for your team and the Huntsville site.
• Coordinate peer leadership to keep production lines running safely and efficiently.
• Develop and execute initiatives to improve long-term department performance and address immediate production issues.
• Organize, participate in, and lead projects and improvement discussions.
• Develop training materials to communicate changes to production equipment and facilitate team growth.
• Improve cycle time, uptime, scrap reduction, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Act as the primary technical lead for capital investment projects, from feasibility through implementation.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for quality and safety incidents; implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyze production data to identify opportunities and support quality investigations.
• Apply Lean Six Sigma and process control methodologies to drive continuous improvement.
• Troubleshoot plant problems and optimize plant performance, focusing on coater uptime and cycle time improvements.
• Work closely with production supervisors, operators, maintenance, and quality teams to improve productivity and ensure smooth operations.
• Support departmental needs in addition to cell support.
• Responsible for a 24/7 production operation, including after-hours phone support and site travel as needed.
• Ensure assigned Cell’s overall performance aligns with site KPIs.

Requirements

• Engineering degree in an industry-related discipline.
• Minimum of 1+ years of experience in Process Engineering, Production Engineering, or automotive catalysts engineering.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and process controls.
• Experience organizing and executing optimization projects.
• High proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and SQL data mining.
• Experience with data analysis, technical writing, and presentation building.
• Strong knowledge of statistical process control, statistical analysis, and quality systems/improvement tools.
• Experience working with large, diverse teams of engineers, supervisors, and shop floor operators.
• Strong commitment to safety culture and experience investigating safety incidents.
• Ability to act quickly and decisively in high-pressure situations.
• Strong communication and motivation skills, with a desire to engage on the shop floor.

Benefits

• Competitive medical and dental plan options.
• Retirement benefits with company contributions.
• Disability and life insurance programs.
• Wellness programs.
• Maternity/paternity leave, infertility & adoption reimbursement.
• Mentoring and development programs.
• Employee discounts.
• Pet insurance.
• Matching donations to your favorite cause.
• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible.

Pay

The competitive pay range for this role is $75,000–$95,000 annually. Actual pay will be determined based on education, certifications, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.