OxyChem Process Engineer

About the role

OxyChem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is seeking a Process Engineer to join our team at our manufacturing plant in Wichita, KS. Our commitment to safety, innovation, and environmental responsibility makes us a great place to grow your career.

Responsibilities

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and/or transport our products as our highest priority.
• Identify, evaluate, develop, specify, justify, install, and start-up process improvements to increase production capacity, improve operating reliability, reduce manufacturing costs, reduce energy usage, conserve raw materials, improve product yields and improve product quality.
• Participate in any opportunity to enhance safety, upgrade environmental safeguards, and provide for the overall optimization of process operation.
• Provide ongoing engineering assistance to operations including troubleshooting of process operating problems, conducting special tests, developing reports, providing technical assistance as required and reporting of production status.
• Provide coordination between the Production, Project, Maintenance and Corporate Engineering Departments regarding capital project implementation including preparation of capital project documentation.
• Represent and/or assist production and engineering in matters of evaluation, selection, coordination and control of vendors supplying necessary operating services, consulting services, materials, equipment and other needs of operation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering required, with 5 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• High proficiency in Microsoft applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to lift 40 lbs, climb ladders and stairs, walk, bend, stoop, wear personal protective equipment including a respirator, respond to visual and audible alarms.

Skills

• Good working knowledge of SAP Fraud Statement

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive pay
• Tremendous career development opportunities

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule is flexible but includes weekends and holidays.