Production Engineer

About the Role

Engineering and line support for the daily production of the 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 and champion improvements that enhance or upgrade unit performance.
• Maintain process safety information including procedures, technical information, drawings, etc.
• Coordinate and schedule maintenance, including preventive maintenance compliance.
• Participate in and support project engineering, new installations, and new product introductions.
• Troubleshoot and solve problems for unit operations.
• Participate in the proper training and direction of the workforce.
• Emergency crew participation including fire brigade, hazmat response, and confined space entry rescue.

Requirements & Qualifications

• A technical bachelor’s degree is required; Chemical Engineering is preferred.
• A minimum of 8 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, and kinetics 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.
• Strong interpersonal leadership skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Demonstrated history of critical thinking, problem solving, and action.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite applications.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning and computerized maintenance management system platforms (SAP, Oracle, Chempax, Maximo, etc.).
• Experience with reading prints, schematics, drawings, and process information.