Plant Engineer

Evonik; Tennessee; In loco; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Evonik Corporation in Etowah, TN is seeking a Plant Engineer to ensure safe and efficient operations. You will drive reliability, process improvement, and project execution across plant assets, working with operations and maintenance teams.

The role requires strong knowledge of process controls, Lean manufacturing concepts, and the ability to manage changes and training for new equipment installations. Join a global leader in specialty chemicals with a focus on safety and continuous improvement.

Competenze

• BS in Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical engineering with 5+ years in chemical industry.
• Strong communication, planning, and documentation skills.
• Familiar with Lean concepts (5S, Kaizens, TPM) and process control systems.
• Experience with DCS/PLCs and instrumentation.

Mansioni

• Ensure EH&S policies and procedures are followed, including management of change, risk assessments, contractor management and work on site permissions.
• Provide technical assistance to the site to improve plant availability, reduce costs, debottleneck, and improve quality.
• Monitor, track and report critical success factors to meet goals and management requests.
• Collaborate with operations and maintenance on plant asset projects to ensure reliability and training for new equipment.
• Interface with internal and external resources to meet project goals and reporting requirements.
• Develop understanding of existing processes and workflows; explore new technologies to enhance performance.
• Create work orders for non-emergency equipment needs focused on safety, quality, and reliability improvements.
• Support audits and participate in continuous improvement tools (EPS) such as 5S, KPIs, and root cause analysis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Conoscenze

Process knowledge

Electrical engineering

Project management

Communication

Lean manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Formazione

BS in Chemical Engineering

BS in Mechanical Engineering

BS in Electrical Engineering

Strumenti

Excel

SAP

Word

Descrizione del lavoro

## Plant EngineerApply: Etowah, TN: Full time: Posted Today: R50359**What we offer** At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed. Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special! **Find out more about the many benefits we offer:** https://www.evonik.com/en/careers/why.html **Meet the team and get to know the people behind Evonik:** https://www.evonik.com/en/news/meet-the-team.html**RESPONSIBILITIES*** Ensure EH&S policies and procedures, as they related to assignments, are followed and documented. This includes strict adherence to management of change, risk assessments, contractor management and permission to perform work on site.* Provide technical assistance to the site (e.g. increase of a plant’s availability, reduction of investment and production costs, debottlenecking, quality improvement, etc.) Develop and implement strategies to mitigate risks or eliminate obstacles to improvements.* Monitor, track and report critical success factors as required to satisfy goals or assignments and management requests.* Regarding projects involving plant assets, work with operations and maintenance to ensure optimal project success with commonality of spares, use of similar equipment (as applicable), and ensure training is performed for new equipment installation.* Interface with internal and external resources to ensure specified goals are met and reported for assigned tasks.* Develop an understanding of the existing processes and workflows and strive to maximize the performance of the streams. Be willing to investigate other existing or emerging technologies to enhance or replace existing systems.* Create WO (Work Orders) for equipment needs that are not Emergencies and can be scheduled. Focus of these WO should be to improve the safety, quality, and reliability of the process.* Support and participate in audits and engage in improvement tools (EPS) activities such as 5S, KPIs, Root Cause analysis, etc* Other activities as assigned.**REQUIREMENTS*** Minimum BS in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering* 5+ years of relevant experience in Chemical Industry preferred* Environmental, Health and Safety Impacts of Position: This position plays a key role in ensuring our compliance with environmental and environmental permit requirements. It has the potential to have significant environmental impact. It will play a key role in carrying out tasks specific to environmental compliance, may have an impact on the basis of safety of an operation classed as high risk within the facility. It is imperative that you comply with all training requirements outlined for this position as designated in the Etowah Site EHS Training Plan Matrix.* Demonstrated ability to communicate, plan, organize and document project requirements.* Proven track record of success participating in or managing continuous improvement endeavors · Knowledge of plant processing and equipment, familiar with multi engineering disciplines. Excel, Word, and SAP a plus.* Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts such as 5S, Kaizens, TPM, etc. a plus.* Understanding of integration of instrument and process control systems and their potential impacts on processes* Knowledge of optimization techniques* Able to identify opportunities for supply improvements, reliability, optimization and throughput* Must understand basic financial concepts as relevant to project development Must be able to integrate work with technology team Fundamental knowledge of distributed control systems (DCS), PLCs, and general instrumentation controls as well as sequencing of processes.The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.**Your Application**To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at www.evonik.com/en/careers.html.Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.**Your Talent Acquisition Manager:**Emma Martinez [C]Company isEvonik Corporation### About UsThis is your opportunity to join a thriving global organization that combines cutting-edge science, technology and engineering with world-class business services to create solutions that answer real-world problems. If you join us, we’ll expect you to take ownership of your work, team up with other great minds, and add your name to creations that make a positive difference for generations. As one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals operating in more than 100 countries with over 32,000 employees, we need your diversity of thought to make us better. In return for your passion, initiative and creativity, you’ll enjoy opportunities to improve and to be respected for your contribution. Click here to learn more about Evonik from our employees