Lead Chemical Engineering & Process Scale-Up

The Wonderful Company; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Suterra, part of The Wonderful Company, is seeking a Chemical Engineering Manager to lead our Chemical Engineering team in Bend, Oregon. You will validate and improve processes for large-scale chemical production, defining equipment needs and leading launch efforts for new chemicals and production improvements.

You will collaborate with chemical development, production, maintenance, environmental, health and safety teams to achieve safe, efficient mass production of high-quality chemicals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
• Ten to fifteen years of experience in an engineering role involving product development or manufacturing.
• Previous experience with leading teams and formal responsibility for managing direct reports.
• Experience at a site under Process Safety Management and direct involvement in implementing the elements of the program.
• Familiarity with programmable logic controllers and an ability to troubleshoot chemical, mechanical and electrical issues.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems while mitigating risks to resources and deadlines.
• Enthusiasm for teamwork at multiple levels and across multiple functions of the organization.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting and mentoring new engineers to meet emerging operational needs.
• Providing direction, leadership and support for existing engineers to enhance day-to-day problem-solving and plant coordination.
• Setting the agenda for chemical engineering to drive adoption of new technology and to scale up new products. Leading long-term initiatives to improve safety, quality and efficiency.
• Standardizing tools for engineering analysis, root cause problem-solving and equipment specification.
• Leading the fulfillment of key Process Safety Management (PSM) disciplines including Change Management and Process Hazard Analysis
• Publishing new and updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reflect agreed process changes.
• Publishing new and updated batch records to reflect agreed process and BOM changes.
• Maintaining the bill of material (BOM) for each production output for use across the organization.
• Securing approval for changes to SOPs and batch records from affected stakeholders prior to publishing
• Defining functional requirements for new equipment to achieve process performance.
• Prescribing criteria and running tests to confirm equipment changes or upgrades.
• Definition of maintenance required to maintain all aspects of process performance.
• Devising trials for demonstration of production process capability pertaining to new products.
• Analyzing trial data to identify issues and propose improvements.
• Define material specifications, SOPs, and process parameters that are compatible with our goals for Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost in mass production.
• Determining the root cause of quality issues and working cross-functionally to propose and implement solutions.
• Generating and assessing proposals for process improvement including changes in procedures, equipment, and tools.
• Analyzing production data to identify issues and propose improvements.

Skills

Leadership experience

PSM experience

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Problem solving

Safety compliance

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering

Tools

PLC experience

Job description

Suterra, part of The Wonderful Company, is seeking a Chemical Engineering Manager to lead our Chemical Engineering team in Bend, Oregon. You will validate and improve processes for large-scale chemical production, defining equipment needs and leading launch efforts for new chemicals and production improvements.

You will collaborate with chemical development, production, maintenance, environmental, health and safety teams to achieve safe, efficient mass production of high-quality chemicals.