Improvement Engineer (Automation & Process Controls)

 

Job Title: Improvement Engineer (Automation & Process Controls)   

 

Job Location: Spartanburg, SC

 

Job type: Full-Time

 

Type of role: On-Site

 

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life. 

 

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as a Improvement Engineer (Automation & Process Controls)   

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the industrial applications and transportation industries and we are looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

 

What You'll Do:

As a Improvement Engineer (Automation & Process Controls), you'll be at the forefront of our innovation by managing Instrumentation and Controls systems for the Spartanburg facility. The Improvement Engineer (Automation & Process Controls) will supplement capital project engineering for E&I scopes. Supports operations and maintenance activities for E&I scope

 

What We're Looking For:

• Support plant and Lubrizol CI initiatives in the plant including 4-step Problem Solving, mistake proofing, standard work and 5S initiatives.
• Manage the plant controls systems network, infrastructure, and software. Ensure hardware, programming and controls meets standards for performance, reliability, and safety.
• Create software design specifications and implement new control strategies in support of new products, processes, and systems.
• Integrate Management of change and the safeguards for PSM processes into the controls systems.
• Design and manage the DCS data reporting systems to provide utilities, metrics, and quality information to plant management.
• Design, implement and support S88 batch control applications.
• Support Operations as a primary customer. Identify opportunities for efficiency and manpower reduction through automation.
• Support trouble shooting of interface between programming and instrumentation.
• Support process improvement activity at the Spartanburg Plant to assimilate new technologies and improve the performance of existing production processes.
• Participate in Capital Engineering. Identify, justify, and manage E&I capital projects including budgeting, specification of equipment, schedule, management of contractors, commissioning, and acceptance by Operations management.
• Ensure E&I equipment and processes are safe and PSM compliant.
• Evaluate E&I modifications and process changes for hazards. Identify and communicate safety issues to HSES department.
• Monitor and ensure that current productivity goals are reached thr