The Cooper River site is a high-performing manufacturing facility within DuPont’s Diversified Industrials business, supporting MOLYKOTE® specialty lubricants. We are seeking a Manufacturing Technology Engineer to help drive operational excellence and deliver measurable business results.
Position Overview
The Manufacturing Technology (MT) Engineer provides technical expertise to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective production. This role plays a key part in improving process capability, supporting bulk manufacturing operations, and leading continuous improvement initiatives focused on yield, uptime, and cost performance. This is an on-site position at our Cooper River site, and relocation is not supported.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as primary technical support for bulk production operations
- Drive process improvements to enhance cycle time and product consistency
- Analyze yield and implement solutions to reduce variability and scrap
- Identify and implement equipment upgrades to improve performance and reliability
- Lead and support capital projects from concept through execution
- Track and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
- Drive uptime and reliability improvements across plant assets
- Lead root cause analysis to resolve process, equipment, and quality issues
- Partner with operations to eliminate recurring production challenges
- Reduce manufacturing costs through optimization and waste reduction
- Support Process Safety Management (PSM), MOC, and regulatory compliance
- Maintain and improve process documentation, SOPs, and technology packages
Qualifications
Required:
- B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related technical field
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Proficiency with data analysis tools and computer-based systems
- Self-motivated with the ability to lead improvement initiatives
Preferred:
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or process engineering
- Experience with OEE systems (e.g., TrakSYS)
- Experience in chemical, batch, or industrial manufacturing environments
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