Production Engineer

Braskem America, Inc.; Marcus Hook (Delaware County); On-site; USD 115,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the chemical industry is seeking a Production Engineer for its Marcus Hook site. The role involves optimizing operations of LPG unloading and ensuring compliance with safety standards while contributing to process improvements. Candidates should have a degree in Chemical Engineering and relevant experience, with strong communication and problem-solving skills emphasized.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Life Insurance

Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance

Flexible work schedules

Qualifications

• 2+ years professional work experience.
• Self-motivated and results-oriented.
• Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and Implement systems to sustain health, safety, and production.
• Participate in Operational and Reliability Improvement teams.
• Lead root cause analysis to resolve plant issues.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

With a strategy centered on people and sustainability, Braskem is engaged in contributing to the value chain to strengthen the Circular Economy. Braskem’s 9,000 team members dedicate themselves every day to improving people's lives through sustainable solutions in chemicals and plastics. With its corporate DNA rooted in innovation, Braskem offers a comprehensive portfolio of plastic resins and chemical products for diverse industries, such as food packaging, construction, manufacturing, automotive, agribusiness, health and hygiene, and more. With 40 industrial units in Brazil, the United States, Mexico, and Germany, Braskem exports its products to clients in over 70 countries.

Braskem America is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A. headquartered in Philadelphia. The company is the leading producer of polypropylene in the United States, with six production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, an Innovation and Technology Center in Pittsburgh, and a New Renewable Innovation Center in Boston focused on leveraging groundbreaking developments in biotechnology and advanced materials. For more information, visit www.braskem.com/usa.

Production Engineer – H5 & Splitters

Department: Production

Travel Involved: 0-5%

Job Type: Full-time

Description:

Provide daily support for Operation of our LPG unloading and distillation facilities at the Marcus Hook site. The candidate will monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize the units driving process improvements while maintaining a strong safety and environmental compliance focus. The candidate will identify, recommend, and implement continuous improvement and capital projects as well as apply technical knowledge to detect and resolve causes of any deviations. The candidate will contribute to a team environment and establish working relationships with onsite and offsite functional groups to achieve results.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop and Implement systems to improve and sustain value in the areas of health, safety, environment, production rates, equipment reliability, cost and quality.
• Follow and direct day-to-day plant operations.
• Apply technical knowledge to detect causes of deviations in quality, capacity, yield, cost, and energy consumption.
• Participate and/or lead Operational and Reliability Improvement team(s) and sub-groups.
• Develop initial scope and business case for in-plant changes and improvement projects.
• Develop, modify, and/or review operational procedures, including commissioning and start-up procedures for new equipment.
• Lead root cause analysis studies to resolve plant process and equipment related issues.
• Participate, lead, and support unit MOC’s and PSSR’s.
• Participate in unit PHA’s and other Hazard Analyses.
• Resolve key audit findings to maintain compliance with relevant industry standards.
• Specify process conditions needed to run new or modified feedstock, in conjunction with the Quality representative and Process Specialist.
• Assists and/or leads in the investigation and resolution of customer complaints and nonconforming products.
• Help coordinate and plan special product trials.
• Flexibility to work additional unscheduled hours as if needed (including weekends and holidays), given advanced notice, dictated by plant reliability.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
• 2+ years professional work experience.
• Possess skills to be able to contribute in a team environment and establish work relationships with onsite and offsite functional groups to achieve results.
• Self-motivated, and results oriented.
• Strong written and verbal communications, as well as computer skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in a plant environment.
• Experience with distillation, refining, and/or polymers processes.
• Experience with Process Safety Management (PSM).

What we offer

At Braskem, we offer more than just a competitive pay package. Our total rewards package includes a wide range of benefits you need for every stage of your life. Our benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• A wide range of voluntary benefits like Pet Insurance, Legal and ID Theft Insurance
• Flexible work schedules like 9/80 schedules for eligible team members

Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level and/or ladder.

Candidates must be currently eligible to work in the United States without the need for any type of sponsorship now or in the future. Braskem is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees according to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Plastics Manufacturing

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