Process Engineer

Responsibilities

The Process Engineer is expected to spend time in the plant as well as the office, providing plant support and implementing projects driven by personal safety, process safety, environmental compliance, quality, reliability, growth and/or cost reduction.

Responsibilities include:

• Troubleshoot operational issues; interface with operations and maintenance personnel as problems are addressed
• Develop and execute $25K to $6 million capital projects (includes developing scope, conducting project safety reviews, generating cost estimates, serving as project manager when funds are approved, etc).  Develop all conceptual design, basic engineering and process-related input for detailed engineering deliverables. Interface with contract project engineering personnel. Projects may address process safety improvement or improvements to process, utilities and/or plant infrastructure.
• Lead and participate in process hazard reviews, PHA revalidation and LOPA analysis
• Execute and close PHA and LOPA recommendations
• Identify productivity improvement projects by analysing production data, performing process heat and material balances, modeling and simulating the process, pinch analyses and other quantification methods
• Propose production tests to collect data for productivity improvement projects. Evaluate the results of production tests. Utilize design of experiment methodology where applicable.
• Monitor and continually optimize process operation; provide guidance to operations personnel to ensure that key energy consumption, yield, selectivity and production targets are met.
• Generate Management of Change (MOC) documents to address plant needs; complete engineering aspects of MOC documentation
• Follow new technology developments and evaluate opportunities to implement in existing units
• Cooperate with new business development activities to estimate capital expenditure needs for implementing business growth plans
• Participate in plant safety audits and routine safety improvement activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering required
• 5+ years’ experience in chemical/petrochemical industry or related industry, in either Engineering or Operations role
• Commitment to high level of safety and environmental awareness

Competencies: 

• Self-starter with a focus on results
• Strong collaboration skills
• Strong process understanding and troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of heat exchanger design, simulation and rating is a plus
• Relief device sizing, specification and selection are a plus
• Strong background in computer applications such as Word, Excel, Power Point, ASPEN+ modeling software.  Working knowledge of SAP. Experience with Vision a plus.
• Exhibit good leadership attitudes and behaviors
• Excellent written, listening, and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationship with Operations and Maintenance employees
• Flexibility to occasionally work extended hours during weekdays; willing and able to respond to call outs in evenings, weekends and holidays on a non-routine basis.
• Have a working knowledge of HAZOP and LOPA methodology.  Trained facilitator credentials are a plus.

Note

Eastman will not accept applicants for this offered position who require visa sponsorship, including those whose status is F-1 visa OPT who subsequently would require ongoing visa sponsorship.