Process Engineer – Coatings & Continuous Improvement

Jotun Dekorativ Marketing; Flixborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 annual leave days plus bank hols

Employee Health Plan

Employee Assistant Programme

Inclusive culture and team events

Job summary

Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd is seeking a seasoned production engineer to optimise formulations and production processes, ensuring right-first-time quality and stable throughput on the shop floor.

You will update formulations, coach operators daily, and work with maintenance to resolve issues while driving continuous improvement across safety, quality and productivity in a fast-paced paint/ coatings environment.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience driving continuous improvement to boost safety, quality, productivity and cost.
• Ability to analyse production and quality data to improve process capability and reduce waste.

Responsibilities

• Create formulations with optimized process parameters ensuring quality and throughput.
• Update formulations and coach operators on process optimization daily.
• Optimize recipes to stay competitive within regulatory framework and group R&D.
• Provide technical support and coordinate with maintenance.
• Investigate quality deviations and product complaints.
• Describe local production processes for training operators and provide training.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement them.
• Provide compliance documents (IOS MAT, REACH, ROHS, food contact) as needed.

Skills

Problem solving

Process optimisation

Continuous improvement

Data analysis

Batch manufacturing

Quality systems

Stakeholder management

Education

Chemical/Process Engineering or related

Job description

Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd is seeking a seasoned production engineer to optimise formulations and production processes, ensuring right-first-time quality and stable throughput on the shop floor.

You will update formulations, coach operators daily, and work with maintenance to resolve issues while driving continuous improvement across safety, quality and productivity in a fast-paced paint/ coatings environment.