Process Improvement Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collects data, identifies key measures using plant performance data analysis for improvement projects working collaboratively with the Area Superintendent and peers.
• Partners with Operations and Maintenance Department to address day to day issues and achieve production goals.
• Communicates concise summaries of process performance and recommends improvements.
• Supports and assists in the implementation of day to day troubleshooting and improvement projects for Control Systems in the Bristol Plant.
• Makes recommendations for process improvements based on data analysis.
• Monitors production data and performs asset utilization calculations.
• Led and or participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for events related to safety, quality, and reliability.
• Updates product recipe files as needed.
• Primary initiator of Maintenance of Change (MOC) for the unit assigned.
• Improvement Projects and Product Scale Up Support
• Identifies, evaluates, and implements capital and non-capital improvement projects working with manufacturing teams, engineering personnel, and R&D representatives.
• Executes plant trials for new product development and supports scale up activities.
• Prepares operating manuals and process documents; develops operator training documents/plans.
• Follows safe, environmentally sound engineering practices and exercises sound judgment in decision-making.
• Regulatory/Process Safety/HES Support
• Participate and/or lead Process Hazard Analysis, Management of Changes (MOCs) and Pre-Start-up Safety Reviews (PSSRs) for small to moderate projects.
• Supports BBS process by performing observations.
• Supports Loss Control policy, ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 management systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
• 1-4+ years of Chemical Engineering experience
• Polymer technology and extrusion experience preferred
• Process Hazard Analysis using LOPA Technique preferred
• Project management skills - Stage Gate Project Development process preferred
• Accident and incident investigation and root cause analysis preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Operational Excellence Certification preferred