Engineer III SAT Process - PMD

Parker Hannifin; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Process Engineer III for the Cary, NC site in a chemical lab and pilot plant environment. You will drive process development, scale-up of intermediates and products, and support existing Structural Adhesives.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, manufacturability, and high-level technical performance across global plants. Lead projects of moderate to high complexity and collaborate with multiple functions to achieve results.

Qualifications

• Lead medium-to-high complexity process development and scale-up projects.
• Internal SME for polymer synthesis chemistry, raw material interactions, and process controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects of moderate to high complexity in process development and scale-up.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Manufacturing, Regional and Business teams to achieve results.
• Communicate status and results to management and facilities.
• Invent, develop and implement new process technologies and solutions.
• Evaluate current manufacturing processes for safety, quality, throughput and waste.
• Provide strategic technical leadership by identifying new solutions, equipment, and suppliers.
• Ensure safety, quality, cost-effectiveness, reproducibility and timeliness of results.
• Lead external trials with suppliers.
• Design experiments, utilize advanced statistics and sensors to troubleshoot processes.
• Promote lab safety and develop new lab safety procedures.
• Conduct staff training.
• Travel up to 20% within the US, with likely international travel.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Independence

Team coaching

Education

Polymer/Chemical Engineering

Job description

Position Summary

The Parker Lord PMD Division is looking for a Process Engineer III, within our Structural Adhesives product line. This role is onsite at our Cary, NC campus in a chemical lab and pilot plant environment. The team member will be responsible for process development, scale-up of new intermediates and products, and supporting existing Structural Adhesive products. The position will ensure the safety, quality, manufacturability, and technical performance for new and existing manufacturing processes to support our global manufacturing plants. The role will lead projects of moderate to high complexity and serve as a Process Engineering resource for our global teams. This role will often work in project teams interfacing with different functions and would need excellent teamwork and interfacing skills.

Position Summary

The Parker Lord PMD Division is looking for a Process Engineer III, within our Structural Adhesives product line. This role is onsite at our Cary, NC campus in a chemical lab and pilot plant environment. The team member will be responsible for process development, scale-up of new intermediates and products, and supporting existing Structural Adhesive products. The position will ensure the safety, quality, manufacturability, and technical performance for new and existing manufacturing processes to support our global manufacturing plants. The role will lead projects of moderate to high complexity and serve as a Process Engineering resource for our global teams. This role will often work in project teams interfacing with different functions and would need excellent teamwork and interfacing skills.

Responsibilities

• Project leader for new innovative process development projects and scale-up projects of medium to high complexity.
• Serve as an internal subject matter expert for polymer synthesis chemistry, raw material interactions, reaction/process controls, and manufacturability requirements for structural adhesive intermediates and products.
• Collaborate with Product Development/Application Engineering/Manufacturing/Regional teams/Business teams and Process Development staff to achieve project results.
• Communicate verbally and in writing regarding various topics to management, manufacturing facilities, peers, and decision makers.
• Actively invents, develops and implements new process technologies/solutions.
• Able to evaluate current chemical manufacturing processes and identify areas of improvements regarding safety, quality, throughput, cost of manufacture, simplify process, and/or eliminate waste
• Strategic technical leadership by identifying new solutions, new equipment, new suppliers for existing challenges
• Responsible for ensuring achievement of appropriate safety, quality, quantity, cost-effectiveness, reproducibility, and timeliness of results.
• Leads external trials with suppliers.
• Design of experiments, utilize advanced statistics, chemical analysis sensors to troubleshoot process problems.
• Promotes safety and may lead in the development of new lab safety procedures.
• Conducts training for staff.
• Requires up to 20% travel within the US, with likely international travel.

Qualifications

• Technical Knowledge: Applies advanced technical principles, theories and concepts. Contributes to development of new principles and concepts within Parker Lord. Advanced knowledge of products/chemistry and or industry-detailed customer application, troubleshooting, failure analysis, detailed value proposition elements. A knowledge resource for their team. SME in one or more subjects.
• Impact: Track record of completing medium complexity projects. Leads high complexity projects or multiple projects of various complexity. May also lead portions or a major project as a team member. Failure to obtain goals would typically result in serious project delays and considerable expenditure of resources. Independently lead DFMEA, PFMEA, or advanced engineering events. Leading advanced engineering trial at a critical customer.
• Problem Solving: Track record of implementing technical solutions to a wide range of highly complex problems. Solutions should generate intellectual property (patents, trade secrets) for Parker LORD. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practical and consistent with organization objectives. Advanced design and execution of any set of parameters. Advanced data analysis, report generation. Expert understanding and utilization of engineering tools, methods, processes (FMEA, process audits, troubleshooting, etc.)
• Independence: Works with limited direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self-initiated. Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.
• Collaboration: Represents organization as prime technical contact on projects. Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations. Coaches & mentors less experienced personnel in technical development. Able to perform as lead engineer with any customer. Can train/mentor field work for colleagues at lower grade levels. Has experience with several large customers and track record of supporting them unsupervised.
• Minimum Education & Work Experience: A degree in Polymer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science or similar. BS with 5 years of relevant work experience. MS with 4 years of relevant work experience. PhD with 0 years of relevant work experience.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affinitive Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

(“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”)

If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to Employees & Job Applicants | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Drug Tests

Drug-Free Workplace

In accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.