Process Engineer

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DuPont’s Spruance, VA plant is looking to fill a position for Process Engineer to join our Tyvek® line of business.  Tyvek® is a 100% synthetic material made from high-density spunbond polyethylene fibers. Lightweight, durable and breathable, yet resistant to water, abrasion, bacterial penetration and aging, Tyvek® is an amazing material used to improve a variety of applications across multiple industries.  Tyvek® is available in both a hard structure, used for HomeWrap envelopes and medical packaging applications, and a soft structure, fabric-like finish used for protective apparel and consumer applications. Discover how the science behind Tyvek® allows for superior performance across a range of applications. 

Job Description:

This role is responsible for

• Defining and delivering yield and productivity improvements that impact daily production of Tyvek® in their assigned area.
• Implementing Grow & Improve projects, new product tests, and raw material qualifications that align with business objectives and coordinate with stakeholders in Research and Development (R&D), Process Safety Management (PSM), Manufacturing Technology (MT), Maintenance, Operations, Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S).
• Providing advanced operations troubleshooting of daily process issues.
• Leading Root Cause Investigations (RCIs) for uptime and yield incidents and driving actions to closure.
• Leading and active participation in PSM in areas of Management of Change (MOC), Process Technology, and Process Hazards Analysis (PHA). 
• Preparing front end loading and basic data for capital projects and supports the area by participating in project design reviews.

Qualifications:

• BS Engineering discipline required (mechanical, chemical, industrial, electrical engineering).
• 3-10 years of manufacturing or related experience required.
• Process Safety Management (High Hazard Process/Low Hazard Operation) experience preferred
• Tyvek® Line of business experience preferred

Capabilities Required for this Role (Knowledge Skills & Abilities)

• Experience and ability to work in a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week manufacturing environment.
• An understanding of and desire to understand web handling, thin films, paper or nonwovens materials, their formation, winding, and conversion.
• An understanding of safety instrumented systems (SIS) and automated process control in chemical processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build effective relationships with hourly and salaried co-workers and contractors.
• A record demonstrating data based decisions and navigation through ambiguity in conflicting indicators to choose safe and effective directions for production operations and engineering.
• Organization skills – has an ability to prioritize work and handle daily tasks and long term project needs.
• Learning agility - A personal drive to learn, pivot when necessary, and adapt to the ever-changing needs of our company in the face of a changing world and customer base
• Intellectual curiosity - Proactively investing time and energy into learning more and personally developing, in the interest of improving yourself and delivering better result

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