Process Engineer

The Pittsburgh Paint Company; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pittsburgh Paints Company in Louisville, KY is seeking a Process Engineer to support plant engineering, production, and maintenance. This on-site role reports to the Plant Engineer and focuses on improving safety, reliability, and efficiency of semi-automated and automated filling lines.

Responsibilities include coaching operators, maintaining spare parts inventory, and driving small capital projects with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering or related industrial experience.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to support safe operation of plant processes through training of operators and mechanics.
• Support equipment reliability via maintenance spare parts inventory management.
• Improve filling lines through systematic process improvement projects.
• Support plant PLCs, SCADA systems, and related computers, including system upgrades.
• Coordinate maintenance in the Plant Engineer's absence and develop leadership skills.
• Serve on the plant leadership committee.
• Execute small capital projects with cross-functional support and contractor coordination.

Skills

Technical writing

Root cause analysis

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

PLC

SCADA

HMI

Process control software

Job description

The Pittsburgh Paints Company is looking for a Process Engineer for the production facility based in Louisville, Kentucky. You will support the plant engineering, production, and maintenance functions of the facility.

You will work onsite and report to the Plant Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to support the safe operation of plant processes through training and development of operators and mechanics.
• Support equipment reliability through implementation and management of the site's maintenance spare parts inventory system.
• Improve the plant's semi-automated and automated filling lines through systematic process improvement projects.
• Support plant PLCs, SCADA systems, HMI screens, and related computers and applications, including system upgrades and make recommendations to the process control engineer.
• Oversee maintenance activities and coordinate with other departments in the absence of the Plant Engineer. This role will be provided with opportunities to develop professional leadership skills necessary to grow in manufacturing management.
• Serve as a member of the plant's leadership committee.
• Execute small capital projects with support from the Plant Engineer, including contractor coordination, new equipment installations, plant and equipment upgrades, programming support, system integration, and project closeout.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering or equivalent related industrial experience.
• Experience within a manufacturing environment..
• Strong technical writing skills
• Experience with formal Root Cause Analysis
• Familiarity with Lean Six-Sigma, Green-belt certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of safety and environmental regulations and consensus standards (OSHA, EPA, DOT, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA), inspection procedures, audits, hazard reviews, incident prevention, incident investigation techniques, and safety and environmental education and training.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employment-based visa sponsorship (now or in the future). This includes H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visas).

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