Position Summary: The Technical Engineering Leader is responsible for driving continuous improvements in processes and production.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Driving sustained improvements in safety, attainment, yield, quality, and cost through daily production support, non-capital process optimizations and improvements and process engineering for capital upgrades
- Manage OSHA-PSM elements including management of change, pre-startup safety review, standard operating procedures, incident investigation, and process hazards analysis
- Manage production optimization and process troubleshooting
- Process design of capital improvements
- Responsible for administrative management of 2 direct reports.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering; mechanical engineering preferred.
- Six Sigma and/or Lean certification preferred
- 5+ years of experience in production, process and/or manufacturing engineering within the chemical, petroleum, or polymer industrial manufacturing environments
- Experience in engineering or manufacturing leadership preferred
Additional Qualifications:
- Proven history of delivering productivity through non-capital improvements and capital projects of all sizes
- Deep experience in the fundamentals of production optimization and process design for a broad range of unit operations including reaction, distillation, refrigeration, and fired heaters, heat integration
- Strong process and mechanical troubleshooting experience
- Strong verbal and written communication skills enterprise
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with hourly and salaried coworkers at all levels of an organization
- Demonstrated leadership in behavioral safety and environmental Title V compliance
- Strong computer skills, including process monitoring and process simulation and design.
The base salary range for this role is $100,000 to $140,000 annually.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering
- Mechanical engineering degree preferred
- Five or more years of experience in production, process, or manufacturing engineering
- Experience in chemical, petroleum, or polymer industrial manufacturing environments
- Experience in engineering or manufacturing leadership
- Six Sigma and/or Lean certification
- Experience delivering productivity improvements through non-capital improvements and capital projects
- Experience with production optimization and process design for reaction, distillation, refrigeration, fired heaters, and heat integration
- Process and mechanical troubleshooting experience
- Behavioral safety and environmental Title V compliance leadership experience
- Strong computer skills, including process monitoring and process simulation and design
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with hourly and salaried employees at all organizational levels
What We Do
AdvanSix is a fully integrated chemical manufacturer that develops chemistries and material properties to address demanding customer needs. The company produces nylon 6 and related chemicals, including caprolactam and ammonium sulfate fertilizers, serving markets that rely on advanced chemical materials and intermediates. Its business combines large-scale manufacturing with application-focused solutions designed to improve product performance and solve complex industrial challenges across diverse end markets.
