Operations Engineer - Chemical Manufacturing & Growth

CPS, Inc.; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 66,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CPS, Inc. is seeking an Operations Engineer to support day‑to‑day manufacturing across multiple chemical production areas. The role requires hands‑on problem solving, PSM experience, and the ability to serve as the technical SME for the facility.

You will drive root-cause investigations, optimize campaigns, and lead debottlenecking efforts while coordinating with engineers on capital projects. The position offers promotion potential and a performance bonus structure.

Qualifications

• Responsible for the day-to-day support of manufacturing in multiple chemical production areas.
• Provide technical expertise to resolve production issues and become the Subject Matter Expert for the facility.
• Drive root cause analyses and investigations and implement solutions for process upsets.
• Review data sheets of campaigns to identify variances and perform testing to optimize future runs.
• Handle manufacturing conflicts and identify productivity improvements in the plants and implement approved improvements.
• Drive solutions to debottleneck process problems and support improvement initiatives.
• Interface with the engineering group on capital projects; act as the manufacturing representative for projects.
• Assist with training Operators, hazard reviews, incident investigations and management of change directives.
• Work with the DCS technician on data collection for analysis and optimization of controls.

Responsibilities

• Provide commissioning and startup assistance on projects.
• Collaborate with the plant team to ensure safe, compliant operations.

Job description

CPS, Inc. is seeking an Operations Engineer to support day‑to‑day manufacturing across multiple chemical production areas. The role requires hands‑on problem solving, PSM experience, and the ability to serve as the technical SME for the facility.

You will drive root-cause investigations, optimize campaigns, and lead debottlenecking efforts while coordinating with engineers on capital projects. The position offers promotion potential and a performance bonus structure.