Process Engineer

The Lubrizol Corporation; Gastonia (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lubrizol Corporation in Gastonia, NC is seeking a Process Engineer to drive innovation in the specialty chemical industry. This full-time on-site role involves delivering process excellence and supporting improvement initiatives to produce high-quality products safely and reliably.

The ideal candidate will have a BS in Chemical Engineering and 4+ years of relevant experience, including familiarity with ISO standards and statistical process control. Join us to make a real impact!

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Process Engineering experience.
• Experience with cross-functional teams in new product development.
• Familiarity with Process Safety Management and ISO standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver process excellence and identify improvement opportunities.
• Monitor product performance and process capability.
• Train process operators and ensure safe operations.

Skills

BS Chemical Engineering Degree

Process Engineering experience

Cross-functional teams experience

Statistical process control

Experience with DeltaV

Familiarity with OSHA Process Safety Management

Familiarity with ISO 9001

Familiarity with SAP S4HANA

Education

BS Chemical Engineering

Tools

DeltaV

SAP S4HANA

Job description

Job Location: Gastonia, NC

Job type: Full-Time

Type of role: On-Site

About Lubrizol

The Lubrizol Corporation is a specialty chemical company founded in 1928 that provides sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing, and enhance modern life. Lubrizol operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices worldwide and employs about 8,000 people.

Join Our Thriving Team as a Process Engineer

At Lubrizol, we’re transforming the specialty chemical industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You’ll Do

As a Process Engineer you will directly impact the innovation of the Specialty Chemical Industry by delivering process excellence. This role will focus on the site’s ability to safely and reliably produce quality products within cost and delivery expectations while identifying improvement opportunities. It includes capital projects, and support building/maintaining management systems such as PSM, RCA, JSA, Halal, RSPO, and cGMP. The position reports directly to the Improvement Process Leader.

What We’re Looking For

• Overall efforts are directed towards reducing variability, standardizing, and improving production systems with a focus on Safety, Environmental, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
• Batch tracking to identify repeat failures and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Monitor product performance and process capability on a periodic basis.
• Recommend procedural changes, equipment modifications or product recipe adjustments as needed.
• Maintain product manufacturing and cleaning instructions. Provide training for process operators.
• Provide process troubleshooting and technical directions – may involve interaction outside normal business hours.
• Provide Development and Manufacturing Support for capital projects.
• Serve as the liaison between manufacturing and R&D during the development/scale‑up of new products/processes. Coordinate manufacturing efforts during development.
• Use and maintain systems associated with ISO 9001, RC‑14001, Halal, RSPO, Process Safety Management, etc.
• Ensure safe operations by observing all Health, Safety and Environmental (HS&E) procedures. Update and standardize process instructions in area.
• Ensure we adhere to various systems that involve improving and maintaining the area such as MOC’s, PHA’s, PSSR’s, JSA’s and incident reporting.
• Understand the general concepts of ISO 9001, RC‑14001, Halal, RSPO, Process Safety Management, etc.
• Interact daily with site personnel to successfully execute the operating plan.
• Enter production records into SAP and review any associated cost variances.
• Be the technical representative for customer and certification audits.
• Strong focus on Continuous Improvement with emphasis on the following principles: Learning Organization, Process Centered, Embracing the Total System, Respect for People, and Long‑term Vision.
• Work with the maintenance department to improve equipment reliability.
• Work with the chemical operators to learn the processes, to understand how the processes are performed, and to generate ideas for improvement.
• Work with the project engineers to identify, provide justification and start‑up support for capital projects.
• Monitor product quality and lead effort to continuously drive improvements in process capability.

Skills That Make a Difference

• BS Chemical Engineering Degree
• 4+ years of Process Engineering experience.
• Experience with cross‑functional teams in new product development, technology transfer, process improvement and general operations.
• Experience with statistical process control and statistical techniques.
• Experience with DeltaV (plus).
• Familiarity with OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) (plus).
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and cosmetic ingredient GMP (plus).
• Familiarity with SAP S4HANA (plus).

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Lubrizol is committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic. We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences and recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility to ensure our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.