Process Engineer

Mountain Cement; Laramie (WY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

401(k)

Job summary

Mountain Cement is seeking a Process Engineer to evaluate and optimize manufacturing processes, oversee plant improvements, and design/modifying equipment. You will collaborate with engineering and plant personnel on many projects to reduce costs and boost efficiency, while safeguarding health, safety, and the environment.

The role requires strong problem solving, communication, and hands-on technical skills with a focus on continuous improvement and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a continuous-process manufacturing environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, and vendors.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• The ability to provide technical support during shutdowns, outages, equipment failures, and other operational emergencies, which may occasionally require work outside normal business hours.
• Ability to work outdoors in demanding physical conditions including walking over rough and uneven surfaces, climbing ladders up to 20 feet and stairs, bending, pushing, pulling, and working in awkward positions, working in confined spaces, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and improve plant processes to increase reliability, improve production rates, increase efficiencies, and reduce costs.
• Troubleshoot plant process issues.
• Develop innovative solutions to problems.
• Develop and implement systems that optimize plant systems.
• Provide suggestions during incident investigations.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures.
• Ensure projects are completed on time and within budget range.
• Work closely with staff to select most appropriate process improvement techniques.
• Work with multi-functional team to achieve goals.
• Analyze process problems to make continuous and permanent improvements.
• Ensure that all aspects of operation or process meet specified regulations.
• Conduct testing on systems for efficiency and accuracy in order to recommend short-term and long-term improvements.
• Assist with training of new control room operators.
• Fill in as supervisor and provide production department on-call coverage as required.
• Perform plant system audits.

Skills

Priority management

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Attention to detail

Shutdown support

Physical stamina

Job description

HelpBuildtheFutureofAmericanManufacturing

EagleMaterialsisatrustedleaderinAmericanmanufacturing,supplyingessentialmaterialsthatsupporthomes,businesses,roads,energyprojects,andcriticalinfrastructureacrossthecountry.Everyproductwemake-cement,wallboard,paperboard,concrete,andaggregates-is100%manufacturedintheUnitedStates,reinforcingourcommitmenttodomesticproductionandeconomicgrowth.

AtEagleMaterials,safetyandenvironmentalstewardshiparenotjustpriorities-theyarecorevalues.Weinvestinourpeople,ourtechnology,andourfacilities,fosteringaculturewheretalentedprofessionalsareempoweredtoinnovate,lead,andgrowtheircareers.You’llworkalongsidepassionate,driventeammateswhotakeprideinbuildingsomethingthattrulymatters.

OVERVIEW:

Thepositionisresponsibleforevaluatingexistingprocessesandconfiguringmanufacturingsystemstoreducecosts,improvesustainability,andincreaseefficiency.Thispositionwillbeinvolvedinrawmixdesign,plantsystemoptimization,designing/&modifyingequipment,installingcontrolsystems,andupgradingprocesses;allwithhealth,safetyandenvironmentalimpactsbeingofsignificantconcern.Thispositionwillalsobeprojectorientated,workingonanumberofprojectsatvariousstagesofcompletionwhileworkingdirectlywithbothengineeringcompaniesandplantpersonnel.

Basicqualificationsand/ortraitsthattheProcessEngineermustpossessinclude:

• Abilitytomanagemultipleprioritiesinacontinuous-processmanufacturingenvironment
• Strongwrittenandverbalcommunicationskills
• Abilitytoworkeffectivelywithoperations,maintenance,engineering,contractors,andvendors
• Highdegreeofaccuracyandattentiontodetail.
• Theabilitytoprovidetechnicalsupportduringshutdowns,outages,equipmentfailures,andotheroperationalemergencies,whichmayoccasionallyrequireworkoutsidenormalbusinesshours.
• Abilitytoworkoutdoorsindemandingphysicalconditionsincludingwalkingoverroughandunevensurfaces,climbingladdersupto20feetandstairs,bending,pushing,pulling,andworkinginawkwardpositions,workinginconfinedspaces,liftingandcarryingupto50pounds.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Process Engineer is a front line employee accountable for managing MCC's process improvements through process measurements to optimize the process equipment capacity. This individual’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Evaluateandimproveplantprocessestoincreasereliability,improveproductionrates,increaseefficiencies,andreducecosts
• Troubleshootplantprocessissues
• Developinnovativesolutionstoproblems
• Developandimplementsystemsthatoptimizeplantsystems
• Providesuggestionsduringincidentinvestigations
• DevelopStandardOperatingProcedures
• Ensureprojectsarecompletedontimeandwithinbudgetrange
• Workcloselywithstafftoselectmostappropriateprocessimprovementtechniques
• Workwithmulti-functionalteamtoachievegoals
• Analyzeprocessproblemstomakecontinuousandpermanentimprovements
• Ensurethatallaspectsofoperationorprocessmeetspecifiedregulations
• Conducttestingonsystemsforefficiencyandaccuracyinordertorecommendshorttermandlongtermimprovements
• Assistwithtrainingofnewcontrolroomoperators
• Fillinassupervisorandprovideproductiondepartmenton-callcoverageasrequired
• Preformplantsystemaudits

Education&ExperienceRequirements:

TheProcessEngineerwillhaveaformaleducationalongwithprevioustechnicalexperience.

• Medical
• HealthAdvocateService
• Vision
• PaidParentalLeave
• TuitionReimbursement
• EmployeeAssistanceProgram
• WellnessIncentiveBonusProgram
• LifeandAD&D
• Short-TermandLong-TermDisability
• PaidVacation
• PaidHolidays
• 401(k)

EEOStatement

MountainCementprovidesequalemploymentopportunitiestoallemployeesandapplicantsforemploymentandprohibitsdiscriminationandharassmentofanytypewithoutregardtorace,color,religion,age,sex,nationalorigin,disabilitystatus,genetics,protectedveteranstatus,sexualorientation,genderidentityorexpression,oranyothercharacteristicprotectedbyfederal,state,orlocallaws

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