Process Engineer

Nouryon

$85K — $100K *
Axis, AL 36505In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or related discipline
  • 5+ years' experience in manufacturing or processing plant
  • Familiarity with process improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma

Responsibilities

  • Monitor key process parameters and equipment performance to detect deviations and implement corrective actions.
  • Troubleshoot process-related issues and coordinate root cause analysis.
  • Provide day-to-day technical support to production lines to ensure stable operation and achievement of production targets.
  • Identify opportunities to improve cycle time, throughput, energy consumption, and overall OEE.
  • Develop and implement process changes and improvement projects using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
  • Conduct trials and experiments to validate new process conditions, materials, or technologies.

Benefits

  • Permanent position with full-time hours
  • Opportunity to work closely with various departments including operations, maintenance, quality, and EHS
  • Engagement in process safety management and risk management initiatives
  • Focus on continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment
  • Situated in Axis, AL, offering potential regional lifestyle advantages
Full Job Description


Process Engineer

The Process Engineer is responsible for optimizing manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and cost performance. This role supports daily production activities, leads process improvement projects, and works closely with operations, maintenance, quality, and EHS to ensure stable and reliable plant performance.

This role also contributes to the site process safety management (PSM) and Risk Management Planning (RMP) programs.

In your future role as Process Engineer you will

  • Monitor key process parameters and equipment performance to detect deviations and implement corrective actions.
  • Troubleshoot process-related issues (yield losses, off-spec product, equipment bottlenecks, etc.) and coordinate root cause analysis.
  • Provide day-to-day technical support to production lines to ensure stable operation and achievement of production targets.
  • Identify opportunities to improve cycle time, throughput, energy consumption, raw material usage, and overall OEE
  • Develop and implement process changes and improvement projects using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
  • Conduct trials and experiments to validate new process conditions, materials, or technologies.


We believe you bring

  • Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or related discipline
  • 5+ years' experience in manufacturing or processing plant.


Great if you have
  • Experience in a chemical plant


Have we got your interest?

This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to the Process & Quality Control Manager and based in Axis, AL.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.

We have already chosen our sourcing channels for this recruitment and kindly ask not to be contacted by any advertisement agents, recruitment agencies or staffing companies.

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