Job Purpose and Impact
The Process Engineering Lead will apply process control, continuous improvement and data analytics expertise to improving the efficiency of industrial scale processes. In this role, you will apply a fundamental knowledge of process control and plant instrumentation, coupled with knowledge of process engineering and plant operations, to optimize our production processes to best-in-class performance.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead the development and deployment of process control technologies and automation strategies.
- Identify new opportunities for process improvements by analyzing production data and developing process control strategies aligned with business objectives that can be scaled quickly to facilities.
- Drive continuous improvement efforts for internal processes to standardize, simplify and automate tasks needed to enhance the facilities operational performance.
- Develop a portfolio of process control and automation projects that will bring our manufacturing facilities to best-in-class performance.
- Provide process control and other engineering expertise within productivity projects related to yield improvement, metrics enhancement, throughput, down-time reduction, product quality and variable cost reduction.
- Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Confirmed proficiency in developing and implementing strategies for process control
- Experience in implementing process control solutions in an industrial manufacturing environment
- Minimum of four years of related work experience
- Other minimum qualifications may apply
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Kaizen, Six Sigma or Lean process facilitation
- Experience in chemical process modeling and simulation
- Proven accomplishments in an industrial setting and an ability to work in a collaborative environment to optimize plant assets
- Broad knowledge of process engineering unit operations and experience in developing and deploying process control techniques
PRIOR BENEFICIAL EXPERIENCES- Knowledge about process engineering unit operations, and experience in developing and deploying process control strategies
- Optimizing plant assets
- Process control, continuous improvement and data analytics experience
