About The Role

 The Manufacturing Engineer provides day-to-day technical support to the manufacturing operations to enable the department to meet planned objectives related to safety, environmental, quality, production and cost. Manufacturing Engineers are primarily responsible for assisting the manufacturing team in solving operational problems, participating in HAZOPs, weekend duty/trial support, and optimizing unit processes/operations. This is a salaried exempt, day shift position. It is classified as a Safety Critical role.

Key activities include:

 Adhere to INEOS Pigments’ 20 principles of process and Behavioral Safety and Life Saving Rules

• Primary responsibility is to work with Operators and other functional groups to optimize plant operations and drive continuous improvement consistent with Unit goals and Company strategy
• Tracks performance vs target, investigates deviations and implements solutions in a timely manner
• Utilize other resources to troubleshoot production issues and work toward resolution in a collaborative and effective manner
• Ensures compliance with main work processes, evaluates and improves existing processes and develops new processes as necessary
• Investigates reasons for downtime/failures, assists in the identification of root causes and development/implementation of technical solutions
• Coordinates all trial activity with T&I and the operating unit
• On call availability to assist operations in troubleshooting, calculating releases, etc.
• Offer technical assistance for documentation governing the facility operations. Edit procedures for new processes or changes as needed
• Represent operating unit on trial teams, reliability teams, and attend HAZOP’s
• Provide statistical analysis for process improvements
• Assist with unit SAP recipes
• Other duties as assigned

About You

You should possess: 

• A Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering required; preferably in Chemical Engineering
• Possess a minimum of (1) one to (3) three years of related chemical engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of the various unit operations including: chemical reactors, distillation, heat transfer, evaporation, drying, milling, filtration, pumping, fluid flow, material handling and support services. A background in TiCl4 and TiO2 manufacturing a plus
• Understand what Flow Diagrams and Process and Instrument Diagrams are and how they relate to process changes, upgrades and new installations
• Be able to use analytical processes (appraise a situation, develop supporting plans, make decisions, generate innovative ideas, analyze and troubleshoot operational problems); Six Sigma training a plus
• Working knowledge of chemical/industrial equipment function, design, and regulatory requirements and Process Safety Management and ISO systems and procedures
• Understand test methods and pilot plant philosophy
• Functionality with various computer programs, specifically Microsoft Office Suite and SAP
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with all levels of employees

Schedule/Hours

This is a salaried, exempt position with typical work hours of 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., M – F.