Scale-Up Process Engineer – Manufacturing Excellence

The Richmond Group USA; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Richmond Group USA is seeking a Manufacturing Process Engineer to take formulations from development into full-scale production while improving processes and reducing variation at our Greater Charleston, SC site.

You will lead process improvements for extrusion and planetary mixers, scale new formulations, troubleshoot manufacturing and quality issues, and collaborate with chemists, operations, quality, and manufacturing engineering to drive Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in chemical process engineering within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with scale-up, validation, and commercialization of formulations.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Optimize manufacturing processes involving mixing, compounding, coating, curing, and other chemical processing operations.
• Lead process improvements for production machines like extrusion and planetary mixers.
• Scale new formulations from the laboratory into commercial manufacturing.
• Troubleshoot complex manufacturing and quality issues using structured problem-solving methods.
• Partner with chemists, operations, quality, and manufacturing engineering.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives with measurable plant impact.

Skills

Chemical process engineering

Process scale-up

Continuous improvement

Root cause analysis

Batch processing

Polymer coatings

Job description

The Richmond Group USA is seeking a Manufacturing Process Engineer to take formulations from development into full-scale production while improving processes and reducing variation at our Greater Charleston, SC site.

You will lead process improvements for extrusion and planetary mixers, scale new formulations, troubleshoot manufacturing and quality issues, and collaborate with chemists, operations, quality, and manufacturing engineering to drive Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives.