Process Engineer I

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
 

Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC Group, is a leading producer of packaging and graphic solutions, color and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries. Together with DIC, Sun Chemical is continuously working to promote and develop sustainable solutions to exceed customer expectations and better the world around us. With combined annual sales of more than $8.5 billion and 22,000+ employees worldwide, the DIC Group companies support a diverse collection of global customers.
 

Sun Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of Sun Chemical Group Coöperatief U.A., the Netherlands, and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A. For more information, please visit our website at www.sunchemical.com or connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter
 

Based in St. Charles, the Engineer may additionally support NAP&G mother plants in Franklin, OH, Maumee, OH, Northlake, IL and Brampton Ontario. The Process Engineer will support local production and plant managers while reporting to the Process Engineering Manager. Engineer will identify and perform process optimization programs to significantly improve the safety, productivity, and quality of manufacturing facilities and systems. This position plays a key role in identifying opportunities for process improvements through data collection and analysis. Fulfill job responsibilities by actively contributing to plant improvements and establishing sound working relationships with plant operations management and staff. Leverage effectiveness through use of interdepartmental resources and appropriate outside resources.

 

Manage expense and capital projects in NAP&G with minimal supervision to design and safely construct functional, high quality systems, with a high level of process safety, in a timely manner and within budgeted funding.  Projects are in the range of $20K to $1M.

 

 

Functions/Responsibilities:

Process Engineering

• Work on Continuous Improvement Projects as identified or needed. Areas of emphasis include: manufacturing cost reduction, capacity improvements/cycle time reductions, energy and waste reduction, and process reliability, and safety.
• Serve as a technical resource for the plant locations and other departments. Assist facilities with troubleshooting particular problems in the manufacturing environments.
• Drive process improvement on automated systems using existing and new analysis tools.
• Maintain or develop equipment and instrument specifications as needed.
• Create and modify Process Flow Diagrams (PFD’s).
• Create and modified Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s).
• Coordinate within local operations, EH&S and Corporate Engineering to improve production processes through the use of CAPEX projects, 5S, Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.

 

Project Management

• Initiate Capital Appropriation Requests (CARs) driven by process optimization efforts, capacity expansion or any other business requirements.
• Define project scope in sufficient detail to allow implementation of projects that attain all functionality requirements, are completed within budget, and meet the defined schedule.
• Manage or self-perform the design,