Scale-Up Process Engineer, Manufacturing Plant

FitzDrake Search; South Boston (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Relocation assistance

Premium benefits (95% covered)

Job summary

FitzDrake Search is seeking a Process Engineer for our Southern Virginia manufacturing campus to join during a critical scale-up. This hands-on, plant-based role focuses on developing, commissioning, and optimizing processes to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.

You will own processing areas, participate in equipment readiness for production, and collaborate across engineering, operations, maintenance and quality to deliver continuous improvement and scalable manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Materials Science.
• Experience in manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Ability to solve complex problems using data and root-cause analysis.
• Familiarity with quality and process safety concepts preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned processing areas with focus on safety, quality, operability, and continuous improvement.
• Support on-site commissioning for titanium powder processing equipment.
• Use data analysis and SPC to improve manufacturing performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve process capability and throughput.
• Work with QA, maintenance, and design reviews to implement improvements.
• Contribute to PHA’s, design reviews, and engineering documentation refinement.
• Lead continuous improvement projects using Lean and Six Sigma methods.

Skills

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Statistical analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Python

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science, or another relevant engineering discipline

Tools

Python

SQL

CAD

Job description

FitzDrake Search is seeking a Process Engineer for our Southern Virginia manufacturing campus to join during a critical scale-up. This hands-on, plant-based role focuses on developing, commissioning, and optimizing processes to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.

You will own processing areas, participate in equipment readiness for production, and collaborate across engineering, operations, maintenance and quality to deliver continuous improvement and scalable manufacturing.