Senior Process Engineer

Maximus Gulf Recruitment; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Eastern Province is seeking a skilled engineer with a background in Polymer Science or Chemical Engineering. The role involves overseeing production processes, ensuring quality control, and implementing process improvements. Candidates should have extensive experience in plastic processing and a strong understanding of process control systems. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with plant management and contribute to strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in plastic processing, bulk solids conveying, extrusion.
• Experience in process design and control.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance activities and train employees.
• Support production staff to run process lines efficiently.
• Work on projects to achieve organizational goals.

Skills

Process and Production Control Systems Knowledge

English Language

Computer Skills

Project Management

High Level Analytical Skills

Education

University degree in Polymer Science and/or Chemical Engineering

Tools

PLC programming

process control

Excel

Job description

• Production Process design.
• Developing and maintain their aspects of the ISO 9000 quality system in cooperation with the QC/QA Engineer/Manager.
• Lead selected quality assurance activities in the plant and train employees accordingly.
• Facilitating aspects of process engineering for new and existing products from feasibility testing to process automation.
• Developing, updating and improving all process related software.
• Investigating and integrating new technologies in the processing area.
• Designing process protocols, providing analysis of data and generating required compliance documentation.
• Troubleshooting and resolution of all process and quality problems.
• Reduction of costs and quality improvement through engineering approaches.
• Working with the plant team to coordinate all process related design, equipment bids evaluation, installation and start up of all production related machines and equipment before releasing lines to normal operation.

Strategic Contribution:

• Understand and follow up all activities related to his job that are connected to the strategy of the company.
• Propose the use of quality and process control systems that could be of strategic importance for the company, meaning that can have an important impact to customer satisfaction.

Leadership:

• Watch closely the leadership style of the plant management and other colleagues, search for related training on line and live, get familiar with the leadership culture of the company.

Budgeting & Cost Control:

• Beware of the plant’s cost structure and be always alert on how to reduce operational cost.
• Calculate the cost of quality control and find the best balance between customer satisfaction and company’s performance.

Customer Relationship Management

• Liaise with key contacts inside the company to broaden the relationship, improve communications and ensure satisfaction of the customers.
• Liaise with employees of the customers to solve efficiently problems and issues or help them design new or improved raw materials

Operate and Improve Production Lines

• Support all production staff to run efficiently all process lines at the design production rate, according to quality specifications.
• Learn, apply and improve all production related software.
• Continuously reducing change over time and downtime.
• Train effectively his colleagues.
• Respect, follow and spread all safety, environmental and loss prevention requirements and procedures.
• Apply the continuous improvement culture in the plant, train all personnel to related techniques and methods.

Project Works

• Work on projects to achieve the organisation goals
• Learn and Wok on PLC programming, Machine Logic Control, HMI
• Work on machine dust control
• Work on productivity

Resolution of internal Issues

• Support and coach his colleagues to solve all production internal issues.
• Assures process engineers’ communication with other departments (warehouse, logistics, plant management etc) is smooth , to the benefit of the company

Internal:

• Daily contact with the Plant Manager, The Production Manager, The Engineering Manager, The Quality manager and all the plant’s personnel in general.

External:

• Frequent contact with technical personnelfrom the customers andIngenia overseas R&D personnel

Skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Polymer Science and/or Chemical Engineering with a high GPA.

Minimum Experience:

• +6 years in plastic processing with experience in bulk solids conveying, extrusion, polymerproduction, process design and process control.

Job-Specific Skills:

• Process and Production Control Systems Knowledge (SPC, QPC). ERP Knowledge desirable.
• English Language
• Knowledge of polymers resin manufacturing, supply chain logistics and downstream conversion processes
• Willingness to be involved in the production process at all levels
• Computer Skills
• Project Management
• High Level Analytical Skills and use of various models and engineering formulas. Knowledge of process factor correlation software (including functions of Excel).
• Extended knowledge of the operation and daily maintenance of extruders and bulk conveying systems
• Knowledge of PLC programming and process control