Project / Process Engineer

ChampionX is seeking a Project / Process Engineer I located in Freeport, TX. This position will work in the office and out in the plant, reporting to the Technical Superintendent. This is your opportunity to join a growing company offering a competitive base salary and benefits.

What’s in it For You:

• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best
• Thrive in a company that values sustainability, and drives a safety-focused culture
• Comprehensive benefits package starting day 1 of employment- medical, dental, vision, matching 401k, and more!

What You Will Do:

• Provide daily tactical support for the production unit.
• Troubleshoot problems and recommend appropriate actions.
• Strive to constantly improve process capability and production volume while maintaining and improving quality standards.
• Ownership of cycle time data accuracy and improvement/reduction.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve issues which arise during production operation. Performs investigation studies, trial production runs and provide recommendations.
• Optimize processes systems to assure that housekeeping and safety standards are maintained in accordance with company standards.
• Perform and maintain Management of Change (MOC) Process
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives (CI) to unlock throughput and employee engagement.
• Participate on the plant environmental/compliance team and support safety initiatives as appropriate.
• Assist with design reviews and PHAs where critical thinking is required.
• Manage Product Set-Ups and Scale Ups from R&D and Marketing.
• Develops goals, action plans and timelines for the engineer project completion.
• Ensure that all design and project work comply with applicable legislation, accepted engineering codes and standards and Company policies and standards.
• Understands the safety, environmental and PSM procedures to ensure that the site is in compliance and that all new projects meet the needed requirements.
• Lead various cost savings projects/initiatives to deliver conversion cost targets.
• Coordinates projects to effect timely, cost-effective, and safe completion within set quality standards.
• Facilitates the implementation of new policies or procedures.
• Multi-task both day-to-day batch operations support and long-term support of the plant with assigned projects.
• Must be comfortable working on individual projects, as well as leading or participating in cross-functional teams.
• Oversees capital budget and ensures projects are spending to forecast. Interfaces with corporate engineering to align capital spending metrics.
• Provides assistance or management, including start-up, as dictated by project demands.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 year experience in a technical role in a chemical plant environment
• No Immigration Sponsorship available for this opportunity

Preferred Skills, Abilities, Knowledge:

• Minimum of 5 year's experience with Batch Chemical Manufacturing, Reaction Chemistry
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering
• Strengths: Action-oriented, Collaborates, Communicates effectively, Plans and Aligns, Drives Results
• Excellent written, oral, and visual communication skills to communicate effectively with all levels and teams of the organization, our customers and third parties.
• Ability to read, understand and create technical drawings such as PFDs, P&IDs, isometric drawings, and loop diagrams.
• Knowledge and experience of relevant Safety, Health, and Environmental regulations
• Experience in Data Analysis and Data visualization (PowerBI)
• Project management and contractor management experience
• Strong grasp of Management of Change processes
• Strong communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Excellent mathematics and IT skills
• Previous experience with maintenance planning systems (SAP)

About ChampionX:

ChampionX is a global leader in providing chemistry programs and services, drilling technology, artificial lift solutions, and automation technologies for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. Our world-class safety culture fuels our purpose to improve lives through our