Senior Plant Engineer - Chemical Manufacturing - Kansas(153121)

What we offer

You will work on exciting and challenging topics together with a team in an ultra-modern, innovative and creative environment. Intensive on-the-job training with expert colleagues guarantees you will quickly become familiar with your duties and perform them independently. Performance related pay and the opportunity for personal and professional development are of course part of the package. Since 2009 Evonik Industries AG has been certified as a family-friendly company by the German Hertie Foundation.

Click on the link to learn more about Evonik from our employees:

https://careers.evonik.com/en/about/meet-the-team/

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical support and mentoring to area plant engineers for improving OEE, yield and first-pass-prime quality improvement projects. Provide guidance in developing solutions for PHA action items, environmental and safety requirements as well as time schedules and cost estimates. 

• Ensure successful completion of documentation for technical changes, Management of Change and Capital projects under their management, including EHS documentation. 

• Support safety and environmental process activities and be a role model for leadership in these areas. 

• Continuous improvement in productivity of the manufacturing facility. This includes mentoring and developing engineers and working with plant personnel to improve rates and yields through changes to process equipment, procedures, and operator training.  Perform failure and root cause analysis, bad actor analysis and make technical recommendations for repairs and/or replacements considering economics and plant availability risks 

• Product quality including working with plant personnel to troubleshoot problems, investigate complaints, and implement effective technical solutions to prevent reoccurrence. Support the plant engineering staff effort in a technical based approach to understand catalyst balance and reduce losses 

• Ensure compliance with all elements of process safety management including manufacturing procedures, participating in project and design hazard reviews, PHAs and MOC reviews. 

• Mentor and develop Plant Engineers in capital project execution including justification, documentation, process design, equipment specification, operator training, start-up support, and troubleshooting. 

• Provide leadership, technical expertise and support for new product introductions, major process changes using plant trial authorization, operator training and generating new manufacturing procedures. 

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum BS ChE

• 5+ years of experience in chemical manufacturing preferred

• Experience with reaction and distillation chemical processes 

• Planning, leading, organizing, and negotiating 

• Coaching, mentoring and developing of less experienced engineers

• Leading and executing capital projects on time and within budget

• Strong troubleshooting and technical problem-solving ability 

• Ability to lead and direct project work teams 

• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills 

• Skilled in successfully overcoming technical challenges 

• Skilled in identifying opportunities for optimization and implementing ideas 

• Proficiency with data historians and trending software such as ASPEN 

Your Application
 

To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at https://careers.evonik.com. 

Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:

Michelle Rush [C]

Company is

Evonik Corporation