Senior Production Engineer — Distillation & Hydrogenation Lead

Solstice Consulting Group LLC; Beaumont (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Solstice Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Production Engineer for a chemical manufacturing client in the Port Arthur area, TX. This in-office role requires 10+ years of chemical industry experience, with 7+ years in distillation and batch processing and strong process and project design expertise.

The position oversees distillation project operations and hydrogenation reactors, providing technical support to operations personnel and driving optimization of plant performance.

Qualifications

• BS in Chemical Engineering and 10+ years of experience in a chemical manufacturing environment.
• 7+ years experience in distillation and batch processing required
• Strong process and project design experience required
• Honeywell Experion and MS Project experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Leading the operation of distillation projects and/or hydrogenation reactors.
• Understanding and working with plant utilities.
• Working with Plant Management to provide data and chemical engineering support for specific product campaigns.
• Working closely with Technical Advising and plant personnel to optimize operations and meet plant goals.
• Work closely with QA personnel to ensure that all product specifications are met.
• Assist the Engineering Department in developing cost effective projects to optimize production.
• Develop procedures for items already in production or to be produced in the future.
• Troubleshooting plant operations when actual operations do not meet the expected results.
• Generating reports that detail including mass balances, process data analysis and de-bottlenecking proposals.
• Developing and maintaining specific schedules to meet production demand.
• Ensuring projects are running efficiently by working with plant personnel, technical advisors and data analysis.
• Actively participating with operators in the field to help identify process and HSEQ improvements.
• Communicating technical information and issues to plant personnel at all levels within the organization, when needed
• Lead process improvement meetings with plant personnel for the main projects.
• Lead project planning meetings to discuss all items related to the project execution.

Skills

Distillation

Batch processing

Process design

Project design

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Honeywell Experion

MS Project

Job description

Solstice Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Production Engineer for a chemical manufacturing client in the Port Arthur area, TX. This in-office role requires 10+ years of chemical industry experience, with 7+ years in distillation and batch processing and strong process and project design expertise.

The position oversees distillation project operations and hydrogenation reactors, providing technical support to operations personnel and driving optimization of plant performance.