Automation Process Engineering- Remote

Arclin; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Arclin is seeking a Corporate Process Engineer - PP & FS to develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing methods across chemical processing operations. This full-time role is remote eligible with travel and reports to the Process Engineering Manager.

You will work with site engineering, controls, and maintenance to ensure safe, reliable operations, applying mass and energy balances and unit operations knowledge to drive process improvements and scale-up activities across the manufacturing

Qualifications

• Develop and improve manufacturing methods across chemical processing operations.
• Support process safety programs and abnormal situation analysis.
• Collaborate across engineering, maintenance, safety and R&T teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate manufacturing methods across chemical processing operations.
• Act as liaison between R&T, Technical Service, Marketing & Sales, and Manufacturing to support improvements.
• Monitor plant efficiency, throughput, yield, and reliability to meet objectives.
• Lead CAPA and root cause analyses for process upsets and safety incidents.
• Apply mass and energy balances to process and equipment design across platforms.

Skills

Mass & energy balances

Process safety management

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting

PLC & DCS knowledge

Education

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Tools

PLC / DCS knowledge

Job description

Arclin has an immediate, full-time, remote eligible opportunity to add a Corporate Process Engineer - PP & FS which may be a remote role with travel. Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager – PP&FS, this role is responsible for developing, evaluating, and improving manufacturing methods across chemical processing operations.

Our technologies make homes and transportation safer, help crops flourish, keep water clean, protect first responders and members of the military, and preserve the purity of essential pharmaceuticals. These vital, everyday products can't fail, and we’re here to give the world an extra layer of performance and peace of mind.

With ~4,000 team members across more than 30 global manufacturing facilities, we operate with the scale to make a global impact and the agility to solve complex challenges at the molecular level. Rooted in scientific discovery and innovation, Arclin’s materials redefine performance across industries - from Firepoint®’s patented intumescent technology that helps stall flames and save lives to the iconic Kevlar® and Nomex® brands trusted to protect those who serve, strengthen aerospace and industrial systems, and perform where reliability and safety are top of mind.

As we expand our mission‑critical materials portfolio and shape the next era of performance technologies, we’re looking for people who want to grow, lead, and solve the challenges others can’t. Together, we’ll advance the innovations that keep the world moving. The position supports both batch and continuous manufacturing processes and places particular emphasis on unit operations involving web handling, solids handling and polymer processing. The Corporate Process Engineer works closely with site engineering, controls and automation, maintenance, safety, and R&T functions to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations, while driving consistent engineering and process safety standards across the manufacturing network.

Maintain systems necessary to ensure consistent quality of raw materials, intermediates, and finished products; provide technical support for manufacturing issues across chemical processing operations, including polymer processing and solids handling systems.

Act as a technical liaison between R&T (Research & Technology), Technical Service, Marketing & Sales, and Manufacturing to support process improvements, new product introductions, and scale-up activities.

Monitor and improve plant efficiency, throughput, yield, and reliability to meet supply, quality, and cost objectives.

Provide technical guidance and support to Site Process Engineers and plant teams on chemical unit operations, process troubleshooting, and equipment performance.

Collaborate on engineering analyses for capital and expense projects, including preliminary and detailed design, equipment selection, vendor evaluation, project cost estimates, and life-cycle cost analysis.

Apply principles of mass and energy balances, heat and momentum transfer, and reaction and separation fundamentals to process and equipment design, including systems involving web handling, solids handling, polymer processing, filament/fiber spinning, extrusion, pelletizing, and pastillating.

Support and promote the consistent application of Process Safety Management (PSM) principles, including Management of Change, Process Hazard Analysis participation, and process safety documentation.

Lead or support Root Cause Analysis and Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) development related to process upsets, quality deviations, equipment failures, and safety incidents.

S. in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or a related discipline.

5+ years of engineering experience in a chemical or chemical-related manufacturing environment.

Experience with general chemical processing operations, including both batch and continuous processes.

Working knowledge of web handling such as paper machines, filament/fiber spinning and handling, polymer-related unit operations, pump systems and solids handling systems such as extrusion, and bulk material handling equipment.

Experience working in or supporting PSM-regulated manufacturing facilities.

Ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization, from plant operations to corporate leadership.

Experience participating in or leading Root Cause Analysis and Process Hazard Analysis activities.

Familiarity with PLC’s and distributed control systems (e.g., Travel Required