Process Engineer

About the role

The Pittsburgh Paints Company is looking for a Process Engineer for the production facility based in Louisville, Kentucky. You will support the plant engineering, production, and maintenance functions of the facility. You will work onsite and report to the Plant Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to support the safe operation of plant processes through training and development of operators and mechanics.
• Support equipment reliability through implementation and management of the site's maintenance spare parts inventory system.
• Improve the plant's semi-automated and automated filling lines through systematic process improvement projects.
• Support plant PLCs, SCADA systems, HMI screens, and related computers and applications, including system upgrades and make recommendations to the process control engineer.
• Oversee maintenance activities and coordinate with other departments in the absence of the Plant Engineer. This role will be provided with opportunities to develop professional leadership skills necessary to grow in manufacturing management.
• Serve as a member of the plant's leadership committee.
• Execute small capital projects with support from the Plant Engineer, including contractor coordination, new equipment installations, plant and equipment upgrades, programming support, system integration, and project closeout.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering or equivalent related industrial experience.
• Experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical writing skills
• Experience with formal Root Cause Analysis
• Familiarity with Lean Six-Sigma, Green-belt certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of safety and environmental regulations and consensus standards (OSHA, EPA, DOT, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA), inspection procedures, audits, hazard reviews, incident prevention, incident investigation techniques, and safety and environmental education and training.