Oil & Gas Optimization Engineer

Braincube; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Disability

401(k)

HSA/FSA

PTO 25 days

Holidays 13

Parental Leave

Matrimony Leave

Job summary

Braincube is seeking an Optimization Engineer to drive measurable outcomes with manufacturing clients across multiple sites. You will translate business objectives into actionable improvement plans and lead efforts from onboarding to value realization.

In this customer-facing role, you’ll leverage DMAIC, Manufacturing Excellence, and Six Sigma to reduce variability and improve uptime, throughput, and quality while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to identify needs and drive toward outcomes despite ambiguity and challenges.
• Expertise in Continuous Improvement methodologies (DMAIC, gap planning, process variability reduction).
• Expertise in Statistical Process Control (control charts, centerlines, process stability).
• Advanced data analysis capabilities (trial comparisons, root cause analysis, failure analysis).
• Working knowledge of Data Science concepts and applications.
• Demonstrated experience in Change Management and Project Management.
• Servant leadership mindset with a focus on empowering customers.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex or unclear objectives into actionable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with customer leadership and plant teams to define objectives, build trusted relationships, and drive measurable business outcomes.
• Lead customer engagements from the plant floor through the executive level, translating business challenges into structured, actionable improvement plans.
• Diagnose complex operational challenges using root-cause analysis, Manufacturing Excellence, Six Sigma, DMAIC, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Provide analytical and technical expertise to identify opportunities, reduce variability, and improve performance across metrics such as uptime, throughput, quality, and ROI.
• Lead solution deployment and execution, ensuring alignment between customer stakeholders and internal technical, engineering, data science, and product teams.
• Assess customer digital maturity and identify opportunities for digital transformation and continuous improvement across sites and at the corporate level.
• Drive adoption and value realization by helping customers effectively implement, use, and scale solutions within their operations.
• Identify opportunities for account expansion based on demonstrated customer value and collaborate with Account Executives on technical discussions, demos, value assessments, and opportunity development.
• Deliver training, coaching, and best-practice guidance to build customer proficiency and enable sustainable improvements.
• Develop documentation and resources that capture best practices and support scalable customer enablement.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Skills

Continuous Improvement

DMAIC

Statistical Process Control

Data analysis

Data science concepts

Change Management

Project Management

Communication

Negotiation

Time management

Google Workspace

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

Google Workspace

Job description

Braincube is seeking an Optimization Engineer to drive measurable outcomes with manufacturing clients across multiple sites. You will translate business objectives into actionable improvement plans and lead efforts from onboarding to value realization.

In this customer-facing role, you’ll leverage DMAIC, Manufacturing Excellence, and Six Sigma to reduce variability and improve uptime, throughput, and quality while collaborating with cross-functional teams.