Production Engineer
Production engineering role to support the day-to-day operations of a continuous process chemical plant with reaction and distillation unit operations. The site has a great culture of teamwork and cooperation. The site is very stable in the markets it serves, and they are starting up a new process to expand the capabilities and product flexibility of the site. One of their major competitors has left the business and they are trying to keep up with a 3-fold increase in demand. This role reports to the Operations Manager and will work closely with him on managing the units.
- Track plant performance to troubleshoot and optimize the daily production of the units
- Identify capacity improvements and debottlenecking options to keep up with demand
- Provide process improvement and to improve operations, quality, reliability, and safety
- Participate in plant trials and process designs and capital project implementation
- Cover MOC’s on the unit and make equipment changes
- Author and manage SOP’s and adjust operating parameters.
- Work closely with operators and techs in the plant and gather ideas and input for process improvements.
- 401k and long-term incentive plan in addition to bonus. LTI = automatic 4% after 6 years and 7% after 11 years and 12% after 16 years and 17% after 20 years.
