Senior Manufacturing Engineer: Lead Projects & Reliability

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P.; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. is seeking a senior engineering leader to direct manufacturing systems, process infrastructure, and capital projects. The role focuses on safe, compliant, reliable operations and driving continuous improvement across 24/7 production environments.

You will mentor engineers and operators, oversee project budgets and ROI, and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and HSE teams to advance asset reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline as listed.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing operations or industrial processes.
• Experience leading capital projects with budgeting and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering ownership for manufacturing systems and process infrastructure, ensuring safe, compliant, and reliable operation.
• Lead capital projects from concept through commissioning, including scope definition and vendor coordination.
• Engineer and oversee system modifications to improve safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
• Resolve complex equipment and process issues using structured troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Develop and enforce engineering standards, specifications, procedures, and system docs.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and HSE teams on reliability and performance initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement through process optimization and capacity expansion.
• Ensure designs meet regulatory, safety, and industry standards.
• Provide mentoring to engineers, technicians, and operators; support ROI and business cases.
• Serve as technical mentor and informal leader.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project leadership

Communication with stakeholders

Ownership mindset

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

PLC systems

SCADA

Instrumentation

Job description

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. is seeking a senior engineering leader to direct manufacturing systems, process infrastructure, and capital projects. The role focuses on safe, compliant, reliable operations and driving continuous improvement across 24/7 production environments.

You will mentor engineers and operators, oversee project budgets and ROI, and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and HSE teams to advance asset reliability and performance.