Supports chemical plant operations by monitoring performance, troubleshooting process issues, analyzing production data, improving operability and process control, leading root cause investigations, and executing process improvement and capital projects. Collaborates with operators, maintenance teams, contractors, and equipment suppliers while contributing to environmental, health, safety, and reliability initiatives.
Why Is This a Great Opportunity | One of the world's leading providers of specialty chemicals is seeking a Process Engineer for their state-of-the-art plant near Olympia WA. Olympia is the State Capital and largest city of Thurston County. It is 60 miles southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region.
Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in facility EH&S excellence initiatives
- Support facility drive to a Reliability Centered Culture.
- Monitor plant performance and proactively respond to deviations
- Actively engage with operators and maintenance team to assist with troubleshooting and identify opportunities for process improvement.
- Gather and analyze data to ensure that production meets the business plan
- Support improvements in operability, process control, operating discipline, and equipment optimization. Identify and execute improvement projects.
- Lead Root Cause Investigations of process upsets.
- Manage capital projects, engage with contractors and equipment suppliers
Qualifications
- B.S. Chemical Engineering or another engineering field with appropriate experience
- 2+ years of engineering experience in a chemical or related manufacturing environment
- Experience in a Continuous processing environment (refining, reaction, distillation)
- Ability to effectively manage both daily process support and long-term projects
- Experience identifying, troubleshooting, and solving processing problems
- Experience executing process improvement and capital projects
- Basic knowledge of DCS is a plus
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. Relocation assistance is available.
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