Production Engineer II
About the Opportunity
Join a growing specialty chemicals manufacturer focused on sustainability, operational excellence, and process innovation. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys troubleshooting complex manufacturing challenges, driving continuous improvement, and collaborating across operations, maintenance, quality, and engineering teams to improve plant performance.
What You'll Do
- Own the technical performance of assigned manufacturing processes.
- Monitor process and equipment performance and implement improvements.
- Troubleshoot process and equipment issues using root cause analysis.
- Lead Management of Change (MOC) activities and Process Safety Management (PSM) initiatives.
- Support PHAs, PSSRs, incident investigations, and corrective action programs.
- Drive projects that improve safety, quality, reliability, throughput, and cost.
- Develop operating procedures, technical documentation, and operator training.
- Partner with operations and maintenance to enhance equipment reliability and TPM programs.
- Support process optimization, plant start-ups, shutdowns, and production trials.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
What You'll Bring
- BS in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
- 3-5+ years of manufacturing experience, preferably within chemical processing.
- Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and process improvement skills.
- Experience with PSM programs, including MOC, PHA, PSSR, and incident investigations.
- Ability to analyze operating data and implement sustainable solutions.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and project leadership skills.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or structured problem-solving methods preferred.
- Familiarity with DCS systems, SAP, or manufacturing software is a plus.
- Experience in OSHA PSM-regulated environments preferred.
Why This Role
- Direct impact on plant performance and operational excellence.
- Opportunity to lead meaningful process improvement initiatives.
- High visibility across operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
- Strong growth potential within a growing manufacturing organization.
- Work on projects that improve sustainability, efficiency, and safety.
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