Process Engineer

Covestro AG; Frankfort (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Covestro, a world-leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials, is seeking a Process Engineer in Indiana to provide technical support to unit operations and help improve safety, efficiency, and plant profitability.

You will monitor operations, drive MOCs, contribute to PHA as part of the Covestro Engineering Standards, and support capital projects, DCS/SIS work, and operator training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering with 3+ years of experience.
• Experience with DCS, SIS, or PLC.
• Experience with Process Data Historians.

Responsibilities

• Monitor unit operations to identify deviations and support troubleshooting.
• Own and complete MOCs in a timely and well-documented manner.
• Provide process safety input to the MOC committee.
• Deliver operator training for process and PCT changes.
• Participate as a key member of the Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) team.
• Support capital projects from planning to implementation.
• Assist with DCS project work and coordinate with third-party integrators.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities (yield, waste reduction, energy).

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Presentation skills

Training staff

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

DCS

SIS

PLC

Process Data Historians

Job description

We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refine chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18,000 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place.

The Process Engineer provides technical support to unit operations, contributing to efforts that enhance efficiency, improve safety, reduce costs, ensure operational stability, and support plant profitability.

Major Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Monitors unit operations to identify deviations, supports troubleshooting efforts, and assists plant management in evaluating, investigating, and implementing technical solutions that improve safety, quality, capacity, reliability, and operability Initiates, implements, and owns MOCs.
• Is responsible for timely, appropriate, and well-documented completion of owned MOCs.
• Provides technical and process safety input to MOC committee.
• Delivers operator training for process and PCT changes
• Serves as a key member of the Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) team.
• Completes PHA actions as assigned following Covestro Engineering Standards

Capital Projects:

• Assists the Venture Manager in capital portfolio planning by identifying investment needs and comparing merits of proposed projects.
• Serves as process expert and plant representative for design, construction, commissioning, and implementation of investment projects

Process Control Technology:

• Supports DCS project work and assists in coordinating with third-party integrators.
• Performs changes to DCS programming, logic, and graphics.
• Troubleshoots and maintains DCS and SIS hardware and software
• Identifies and tracks opportunities for cost savings such as yield increases, waste reduction, energy savings, etc.

Updates and maintains various documentation including, but not limited to, the following:

• P&IDs
• DCS & SIS Documentation
• Electrical Drawings
• Equipment Drawings and Design Information
• FLOC/AKZs

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering with 3+ years of professional experience
• Experience with DCS, SIS, or PLC
• Experience with Process Data Historians

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in PSM manufacturing environment

Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills
• Experience training both salary and non-salary staff

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Covestro is a world-leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials: innovative, sustainable and diverse. Guided by our purpose to make the world a brighter place, we develop products and solutions that push the boundaries of what’s possible. And to this aim, we are focusing fully on the circular economy. There’s life at work and outside of work. At Covestro, we see the whole picture.