Job Description

Washington Works (Parkersburg, WV) has an opportunity for a Chemical Manufacturing Engineer. This position provides day-to-day manufacturing support with operational and technological responsibilities to ensure safe and continuous run-ability of the processes, while developing strategies/systems to improve manufacturing performance. This role will be responsible for communication with technical and business personnel on a regional level, ensuring the site area assisted is complying with company standards and customer requirements. The position will also support capital projects and continuous improvement efforts in coordination with the EHS, Engineering and Commercial organizations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct work activities and demonstrate leadership behavior consistent with Celanese Core Values.
• Use process expertise to ensure facility and personal adherence to regulatory, company policies, and good manufacturing practices.
• Work closely with production management to develop production strategies and systems that improve manufacturing performance (safety, yield, uptime, capacity release, product development)
• Monitor manufacturing equipment performance; assessing reliability of equipment, identifying failures and causes of failures, and recommend solutions
• Provide technical leadership and support to plant capital projects, including design, capital justification, Process Safety Management, and commissioning activities.
• Mentoring and influential leadership of production resources
• Work with Commercial and Quality teams to respond to customer inquiries and/or quality notifications.
• Interface with R&D and Commercial resources to develop innovations and coordinate product rollouts to the facility.
• Develop, maintain, and improve operating procedures

Qualifications

• BS in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• 3 or more years of experience in the chemical, polymers or energy related fields is preferred
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Strong team player with an ability to work closely with all functional teams within the plant
• Self-starter with systematic decision making, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex process and production issues using multiple disciplined teams and data driven analysis.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects/tasks, adapt to changing conditions and balance a “big picture” focus with detailed execution.

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