Solvent Recovery Run Plant Engineer (Process Engineer)

Solvent Recovery Run Plant Engineer (Process Engineer)

Position: Full-Time, Salaried (Exempt)

Location:5401 Jefferson Davis Highway

Richmond, Virginia 23234

Job Summary:

The Solvent Recovery Run Plant Engineer serves as a vital resource for operations by applying technical skills to optimize plant operations, resolve plant problems, and enable safe and efficient production of low cost, quality products.  Run Plant Engineers serve as the first technical point of escalation for operation challenges. They understand customer needs and drive high levels of quality, responsiveness, and reliability for the customer.  Run Plant Engineers identify metrics and management systems to optimize production. They are responsible for Key Performance Indicators, trend process variables to ensure optimal performance, and respond urgently to production issues.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Possess strong sense of ownership and are accountable for the success and failure of their assigned unit.

Show courageous leadership by coaching, asking questions, and intervening when needed. Challenge status quo and past norms to make the operation more effective and safer.

Set up metrics and management systems to drive optimization of the plant.

Earn respect and trust of operations team because of their great problem-solving skills, technical expertise, and communication.

Elevate and appropriately apply knowledge of their plant and technology – study historical data, convene with other Subject Mater Experts (SMEs), etc.

Ensure Manufacturing Technology is utilized, and that process automation is used as a tool to optimize plant performance.

Partner with the experts to perform advanced troubleshooting and improve operating discipline. Diagnose and document root causes of asset utilization losses in the facility.

Understand why specific procedure steps and precautions are needed and keep a strong field presence to reinforce the importance. Update and improve upon operating procedures.

Conduct daily review of logbook, process trends, and alarm history to better understand the plant operation and stay engaged with daily activities. Maintain, own, and review daily Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)/trends to ensure optimum performance.

Works with Supply Chain and Production Planning to optimize production schedule.

Respond urgently to plant issues and emergencies. Act as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and drive implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions.

Ensure compliance with plant operating permits.

Lead projects requiring Management of Change to improve the operating area’s performance.

Leverage knowledge of process technology, fundamentals, and procedures to train shop floor personnel.

Create and manage area process tests.

Qualifications:

BS in Chemical Engineering.

3-10 years of manufacturing experience required.

Distillation experience preferred.

Process Safety Management (High Hazard Process/Low Hazard Operation) experience preferred.

Lean/Six Sigma experience beneficial.

Behaviors Required for this Role

Learning agility - A personal drive to learn, pivot when necessary, and adapt to the ever-changing needs of our company in the face of a changing world and customer base.

Intellectual curiosity - Proactively investing time and energy into learning more and personally developing, in the interest of improving yourself and delivering better results.

Actively listening - Knows what she/he doesn’t know; welcomes input from others; takes time to clearly understand and respond; allows people the time to express their point; open to influence.

Self-driven - “Sense of purpose”; driven by a higher agenda; demonstrates the ability to elevate and remain objective; able and willing to take risks and do difficult things.

Collaborating with others - Empowers purposeful engagement; “servant leader”; keeps things simple; engages individuals/team to achieve superior results; creates an atmosphere of value-driven outcomes.

Accountable - Takes responsibility for actions; communicates with transparency; recovers from mistakes; owns their impact.