Run Engineer

Job Summary

The Run Engineer serves as a vital resource for Operations by applying technical skills to safely execute the supply plan. The Run Engineer enables the safe and reliable production at a low cost that meets or exceeds the customer requirements. This role requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines to solve complex problems. The Run Engineer will also work closely with other individuals and teams to establish the production commitments, maintenance coordination, and conversion cost goals, within safe operating parameters and procedures.

Job Description

• Works closely with the operations team leveraging their problem-solving skills and technical expertise.
• Owes day-to-day production troubleshooting, leads cross-functional team to address production issues.
• Collects and categorizes lost production preventing the achievement of supply plan.
• Makes sure to monitor and collect yield, energy usage, and sustainability data to achieve cost conversion and sustainability metric goals.
• Measures the performance of machinery uptime and maintenance bad actors to ensure reliable, low-cost, high-quality production.
• Responds urgently to plant issues and emergencies.
• Acts as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and executes the effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Provides expertise in the diagnosis and optimization in plant raw material and utility usage, which may include yield or waste generation.
• Responsible for validating and improving the technical skills of operations team members.
• Supports maintaining up to date and accurate standard operating procedures.
• Understands site integration and provides input to optimize the manufacturing process.
• Learns and applies continuous improvement, value creation, and financial acumen skills to accelerate profitability and low-cost service of the facility.
• Drives high levels of safety, quality, responsiveness and reliability for the customer.
• Develops operator and supervisor training programs.
• Develops and maintains SOPs.
• Leads or assists in RCA/CA to improve site HSE performance.
• Maintains/monitors of key operating metrics.

Job Competencies

• Communicates effectively: Enables articulation of strategic goals, provision of technical guidance, alignment with company objectives, facilitation of collaboration, enhancement of innovation efforts.
• Cultivates innovation: Fosters an innovative mindset, encourages creative thinking, drives continuous improvement in products, processes, and technologies.
• Plan and align: Essential for managing multiple projects, allocating resources, synchronizing research activities with project timelines, executing projects with precision, maximizing productivity, achieving desired outcomes.
• Collaboration: Facilitates exchange of ideas, aligns diverse perspectives, promotes synergy, accelerates product development process.
• Decision making: Analyzes existing manufacturing processes, identifies areas for improvement, designs new production systems, ensures product quality, optimizes efficiency, makes data-driven decisions to improve production output while minimizing costs.

Position Requirements

• Education: BS degree in Engineering required, Chemical or Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Experience: 2 years of experience in Manufacturing and Engineering, preferably in the chemical industry.
• Language Skills: Fluent verbal and written skills required to communicate within the operations team and with other Elementis departments.