Process Engineer, Experienced

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 13,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2025 revenue of approximately $8.8 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

Company Name:                                           Eastman Performance Films, LLC

Position Title:                                                 Process Engineer, Experienced

Location:                                                       4210 The Great Road, Fieldale, VA 24089

Summary of Duties: Provide day-to-day support and troubleshooting of films manufacturing processes. Interact with and seek feedback from operators on the manufacturing floor on a frequent basis. Serve as a process engineering resource to identify and aid in execution of capital projects. Lead projects to implement changes to process and equipment to improve safety, quality and productivity with the use of Lean, 6-Sigma and other continuous improvement tools (including statistical analysis). Facilitate root cause analysis of process upsets, equipment failures and customer complaints to identify & implement corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence. Maintain operational documentation of manufacturing process, asset capabilities and capacities. Ensure product quality specifications are appropriately established and customer fitness for use expectations are met. Collaborate with new product development, product management, R&D and customers to create and implement new materials/processes into large-scale manufacturing. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience. Multiple positions available.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, or a closely related Engineering field and four (4) years of experience as a Shift Incharge Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Production Engineer or related operations technical support engineering occupation. Experience must include four (4) years of post-bachelor’s experience in all of the following: 1. Wet coating applications, convection drying, lamination or Roll to Roll Web Technology; 2. Methodical approach to problem-solving and ability to independently recognize and implement solutions to improvement opportunities; 3. Utilize statistical methods; 4. Execute new machine startups from initial design review, developing trial plans and full-scale commercialization including training of workforce; and 5. Executing new product development projects, commercialization of new products and driving yield and overall equipment effectiveness improvement projects. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience. In the alternative, the Employer will accept a Master of Science degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, or a closely related Engineering field and two (2) years of experience as a Shift Incharge Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Production Engineer or related operations technical support engineering occupation. Experience must include two (2) years of post-bachelor’s experience in all of the following: 1. Wet coating applications, convection drying, lamination or Roll to Roll Web Technology; 2. Methodical approach to problem-solving and ability to independently recognize and implement solutions to improvement opportunities; 3. Utilize statistical methods; 4. Execute new machine startups from initial design review, developing trial plans and full-scale commercialization including training of workforce; and 5. Executing new product development projects, commercialization of new products and driving yield and overall equipment effectiveness improvement projects. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

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