Process Engineer

3 weeks ago

West Calder, United Kingdom Eden Scott Full time

Process Engineer


All potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.

This role represents a great opportunity for a talented Chemical Process Engineer to take the next step in their career and gain a broad range of exposure within a manufacturing environment; encompassing production troubleshooting, continuous improvement and CAPEX projects.

My client is a modern and progressive Chemical Manufacturing business, with manufacturing sites in USA, Europe and Asia. The West Lothian site is relatively small in terms of personnel but is one of their flagship sites and last year delivered a substantial profit. It's a fascinating site with 5 separate plants, producing a variety of products for industries ranging from Cosmetics to Aerospace.

The business has a fantastic cultural geared around trust and mutual respect. The Process Engineer role would be report into a supportive and enthusiastic Operations Manager & will be involved in driving efficient and safe manufacturing on site; with an emphasis on problem solving, yield efficiencies and effective troubleshooting, as well as a number of exciting process improvement projects; working closely with Operations.

The company has a great track record around personal development and allowing talented individuals to progress into more senior roles. In fact, this role has arisen as a result of an internal promotion.

The ideal candidate would be a Chemical Engineering Graduate with 1-5 years' practical process engineering experience within a related industry, who is capable of building relationships at all levels of the business.

Key Responsibilities

  • Works closely with the operations team leveraging their problem solving skills and technical expertise.
  • Owns day to day production troubleshooting, leads cross functional team to address production issues
  • Monitors and collects yield, energy usage, and sustainability data to achieve cost conversion and sustainability metric goals.
  • Measure the performance of machinery uptime and maintenance bad actors to ensure reliable, low cost, high quality production.
  • Respond urgently to plant issues and emergencies.
  • Act as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and execute the effective corrective and preventative actions.
  • Provide expertise in the diagnosis and optimization in plant raw material and utility usage, which may include yield or waste generation.
  • Responsible for validating and improving the technical skills of operations team members.
  • Support maintaining up to date and accurate standard operating procedures.
  • Understand site integration and provide input to optimize the manufacturing process.
  • Learn and apply continuous improvement, value creation, and financial acumen skills to accelerate profitability and low cost service of the facility.
  • Drive high levels of safety, quality, responsiveness and reliability for the customer.
  • Develop operator and supervisor training programs.
  • Mentor new engineers in on site processes/technology
  • Develop and maintain SOPs.
  • Lead or assist in RCA/CA to improve site HSE performance.
  • Maintaining/monitoring of key operating metrics.

Knowledge / Experience / Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering required
  • 1-5 years of practical Process Engineering experience; in the chemical industry preferred.
  • Certifications in Six Sigma (Green Belt, Lean) preferred.
  • Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
  • Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills required.
  • Capacity to work with limited supervision and support, in a rapidly changing and fast paced environment.
  • Must possess demonstrated ability to teach/train staff members at all levels.
  • Demonstrated ability to interact in a collaborative manner with other departments, teams and stakeholders.

In return, you can expect a competitive base salary, excellent benefits scheme (including bonus, private healthcare, share save scheme, electric car scheme and enhanced pension) and support in taking your career to the next level.

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