Senior Production Engineer

Our Client, SI Group is a leading global developer and manufacturer of chemical intermediates, specialty resins, providing solutions that are critical to the quality and performance of countless industrial and consumer goods, operating on five continents with facilities in 10 countries—and working closely with customers in more than 90 countries. Their focus is on (9) key market segments: rubber resins, antioxidants, fuels and lubricants, plastic additives, industrial resins, adhesive resins, surfactants, engineering plastics, and pharma & specialty. With more than 100 years of innovation as a foundation, we are paving the way forward for the next generation of chemistry and partnering with our customers to build a better tomorrow.

This positon reports to the Production manager. The Senior Production Engineer’s main function is to provide daily support to the assigned production plants to ensure output objectives are met.

Critical Corporate Competencies:

 Get Things Done- Maintains a high level of productivity while handling multiple tasks and challenges throughout the day

 Teamwork– Build support and establish direction while using collaboration

 Communication- Strong communication skills with management, technical colleagues and technicians

 Business Savvy- Able to determine financial impact of daily decisions that impact production

 Creative Thinking- Strong problem solving skills

 Sense of Urgency- Ability to meet deadlines, understand what is important and to determine when an issue needs to be elevated in priority

 Positive Attitude- Maintains a positive approach in all areas of public communication

Specific Functional Competencies:

 Works w/ the Production Manager to provide soft skill managerial and technical support for the production units.

 Develops positive effective relationships with all departments that interact with production

 Contains strong technical skills to implement improvements, maintain solid material/energy balances/yield calculations and optimize plant performance

 Serves as manufacturing representative to identify, scope, justify, and implement project needs

 Fully supports and leads efforts to maintain a robust Environmental and Safety program

Roles and Responsibilities

Department Leadership:

 Preparation of daily operating instructions as needed.

 Provide off hours technical support in areas of responsibility. This will require carrying a cellular telephone and maintaining contact with the plant.

 Participate in daily department meetings.

Production Support and Improvement:

 Develop active continuous material balances for each of the Plant processes.

 Provide monthly yield performance information to Plant teams. 

 Provide production technical support in areas of responsibility

 Develop and implement process improvements to optimize yield performance.

 Track production utilization time. Provide monthly report summarizing productive time performance.

 Develop and implement process/equipment improvements to optimize the effective capacity of each process.

 Develop and implement cost saving ideas

 Assist Production Manager and Production Teams to control and reduce operating and labor costs.

 Assist the Production Trainer with the development of necessary operating, start-up, shutdown, and emergency shutdown procedures.

 Serve as originator of the MOC process for modifications to existing systems

Project Support:

 Serve as Production Department Representative for projects affecting the Plant areas.

 Identify project needs. Assist with development of the capital budget.

 Assist with development and review of scopes of work to ensure all Production concerns are adequately addressed.

 Assist Engineering with development of cost justification and Project Authorization Form (PAF).

 Participate or Lead PHR, PHA, and PSSR hazard reviews

 Ensure MOC process is properly followed as requester on projects

 Coordinate construction activities with plant operations

 Provide technical support for new equipment/process start-ups and operation.

Quality:

 Lead/participate in root cause investigation and corrective action of process quality excursions, customer complaints, and quality audit findings. 

 Lead/participate in implementation of preventive actions to prevent quality excursions.

 Initiate action to prevent non-conformances. 

 Assist the Production Manager to develop, review, and update production procedures.

Safety:

 Fully support and promote the initiatives of the Responsible Care Management System.

 Lead/participate in Preliminary Hazard Reviews, Process Hazard Analysis, and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.

 Lead/participate in root cause investigation of safety incidents. (Tier II investigations)

 Participate/lead required Safety Meetings.

 Complete Safety Contacts, Job Analysis, and Procedure Analysis as required. Participate in daily shift starter safety meetings.

DCS Support:

 In cooperation with the Controls Engineer, support DCS operation and PI administration.

 Support implementation of control strategy enhancements for improved process control and efficiency.

Education and Experience: 

 B.S. Chemical Engineering from accredited school

 Excellent written and verbal communication skills

 Strong technical skills

 Minimum 5 years’ experience in a technical production role. (preference given to candidates with 10+ yrs. in specialty chemical manufacturing) 

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