Polymer Process Engineer — Relocation Support

HTI; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HTI is recruiting two experienced Chemical Process Engineers for a global manufacturing company at their Spartanburg, SC plant. This is a full-time, direct hire position.

You will support and optimize polymerization, extrusion, and related processes to improve yield, product quality, and manufacturing reliability while collaborating with Operations, Quality, and Safety teams to ensure high-performance polymer products meet customer specs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Polymer or Materials Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years manufacturing experience in polymers, plastics, resins, or compounding.
• Experience with polymerization reactors, extrusion, compounding lines or pelletizing operations.
• Knowledge of process safety principles and industrial safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Support and optimize polymerization, extrusion, pelletizing, and solid-state polymerization operations.
• Analyze production data to improve yield, throughput, process capability, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Identify and implement process improvements that reduce waste, increase productivity, and enhance product consistency.
• Support process scale-up activities from pilot production to full commercial manufacturing.
• Develop process models, mass balances, and production performance metrics.
• Coordinate with production operators and supervisors, providing daily support to manufacturing operations.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action initiatives.
• Investigate process deviations, non-conforming material, equipment issues, and customer quality concerns.
• Support production startups, shutdowns, grade changes, and new product launches.
• Partner with Quality and Technical Service teams to ensure products meet customer specifications.
• Evaluate critical polymer properties including viscosity, molecular weight, melting point, density, particle size, and mechanical performance characteristics.
• Drive initiatives that improve product consistency and reduce quality defects.
• Maintain compliance with all company safety standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Process Engineering

Data Analysis

Cross-functional Collaboration

Manufacturing Experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Polymer/Materials Engineering

Tools

SAP/ERP

Minitab

Aspen Plus

Aspen HYSYS

JMP

Job description

HTI is recruiting two experienced Chemical Process Engineers for a global manufacturing company at their Spartanburg, SC plant. This is a full-time, direct hire position.

You will support and optimize polymerization, extrusion, and related processes to improve yield, product quality, and manufacturing reliability while collaborating with Operations, Quality, and Safety teams to ensure high-performance polymer products meet customer specs.