Ashland Inc

Process Engineer

Ashland Inc$88K — $105K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field
  • Over 6 years of experience in chemical plant manufacturing

Responsibilities

  • Follow and enforce safety policies and procedures
  • Investigate and resolve complex manufacturing issues
  • Promote new solutions and process improvements
  • Evaluate and enhance existing systems for better performance
  • Identify root causes of operational problems and recommend solutions
  • Explore opportunities to increase throughput and reduce costs
  • Analyze production and quality data for optimal operations
  • Apply Lean techniques to continuous improvement projects
  • Support technical aspects of capital projects by drafting specifications
  • Contribute to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability efforts

Benefits

  • Employee involvement in safety culture
  • Opportunity to work in a significant and visible role
  • Collaborative work environment with diverse teams
  • Involvement in environmental and sustainability initiatives
Full Job Description
ISP Chemicals LLC

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Process Engineer to join our Specialty Ingredients, business at our Calvert City, KY location. This is a very visible, significant role within the company, and the Plant Engineering and Operations functions. This position will report to the Process Technology Group Leader.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Follows site's Safety Policies and Procedures
  • Investigate, discuss, and solve complex problems by interacting with manufacturing departments, contractors, and internal customers.
  • Help further company culture of implementing new solutions and continually improve existing processes.
  • Evaluate current systems and modify as appropriate to improve performance
  • Determines root cause of chronic operating problems. Recommends and assists in implementing solutions
  • Investigates opportunities to improve plant through-put, capacity, and implement cost savings opportunities.
  • Analyzes production data and quality data to determine optimum operating conditions
  • Utilizes Lean manufacturing techniques/tools for identification and implementation of continuous improvement projects
  • Provides technical support for capital projects including creating function specification documents
  • Support the site's environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and sustainability initiatives


In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, other Engineering or Technology Degree
  • 6 + years' chemical plant manufacturing experience


Third party recruiters and agencies ("Agency") should not contact employees of Ashland or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent by an Agency to a hiring manager, recruiter or submitted to Ashland's career portal are considered unsolicited and property of Ashland. Ashland will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, unless the Agency has a signed contract with Ashland's Human Resources/Procurement department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.

About Ashland Inc

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. is a global specialty chemicals company that provides innovative solutions to customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care and pharmaceutical. Through our three business units - Ashland Specialty Ingredients, Ashland Performance Materials and Valvoline - we use good chemistry to make great things happen for customers in more than 100 countries.
Learn more about Ashland Inc
Size
3,800 employees
Market Cap
$5.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$484 million
Founded
1924
5 Year Trend
+0.7%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
NASDAQ

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