Process Engineer

Process Engineer

Who We Are

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide.

Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment.  As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.

About the Role

Essity is currently seeking a Process Engineer for our manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, KY.

The Process Engineer is responsible to provide technical support for Mechanical Maintenance in root cause failure analysis, troubleshooting complex mechanical issues, development of permanent solutions to repeat problems, implementing systems to prevent future failures of equipment, development and implementation of proactive and predictive maintenance practices and mechanical maintenance employee skills development. Acts as a subject matter expert for the machine processes.

What You Will Do

• Provides safety and housekeeping leadership through example and direct participation in safety and housekeeping improvement efforts;
• Lead engineering efforts supporting the mechanical maintenance activities at the mill;
• Lead and manage mechanical maintenance capital funds planning and requests for the facility. Execute maintenance capital spending to meet CFR objectives (cost, schedule, results);
• Manage maintenance capital and expensed spending in a way that:Promotes adherence to corporate policies;Provides regular and timely updates to managers in order to communicate progress on various projects;Ensures spending within approved budgets;Promotes best value procurement practices.
• Provide engineering technical support to mechanical maintenance to:Improve machine availability and reliability;Improve efficiency on use of internal labor;Improve maintenance cost to unit output.;Improve planning and scheduling of work.
• Recommends and implements progressive maintenance practices for both preventive and predictive maintenance;
• Leads efforts to reduce unscheduled maintenance downtime by finding solutions through root cause analysis, preventative, and predictive maintenance;
• Review repetitive mechanical issues and provide solutions;
• Maintain required mechanical maintenance documentation;
• Responsible for daily results (DOM items, changeovers, process settings, uptime, waste, safety, quality)
• Develop/train/drive a structured approach to troubleshooting and standardized work practices within the operations teams
• Identify/lead/support Continuous Improvement Projects that will improve the long-term productivity of the lines, improve quality, and/or improve safety.  Ensure proper prioritization of projects.
• Support TPM implementation and assigned TMP responsibilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, or related field.
• Demonstrated skills in developing and implementing mechanical preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Demonstrated experience with process mechanical equipment.
• TPM knowledge/experience preferred.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Compensation and Benefits:

Expected Compensation:

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
• Wellness program provided through Rally
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• PTO offering with Paid Holidays
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees. 

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact [email protected]

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.