Utilities Process Improvement Engineer: Safety Efficiency

Eastman Chemical Company; Kingsport (TN); Vor Ort; USD 85.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off

Zusammenfassung

Eastman Chemical Company, headquartered in Kingsport, TN, seeks a Utilities Process Improvement Engineer to partner with Operations and Maintenance in identifying and implementing safer, cost-effective process enhancements across the site.

You will lead projects that boost capacity, optimize process control, and improve yield while ensuring environmental and safety standards are met. This role offers collaboration across multiple functions and opportunities to drive site-wide improvements.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor (BS) or Master’s (MS) degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university is required.
• 2+ years of experience in a chemical manufacturing plant preferred.
• Good written and oral communications.
• Data analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Planning and organization skills.
• Ability to execute projects as part of a team, as a team leader or independently.
• Ability to ensure health, safety, and environmental concerns for all projects have been addressed.
• Ability to analyze the technical possibilities for solving process problems and developing new processes.
• Ability to analyze and document the economic value of proposed process solutions and new process concepts.
• Ability to manage project portfolio based on economic and business inputs.
• Ability to integrate and be effective in multiple manufacturing areas across the plant.

Aufgaben

• Demonstrating safety leadership by identifying and resolving hazards, partnering with operations to complete PHA‑required actions, interlock management, and participating in Actively Caring Talk (ACT) interactions.
• Modeling process improvement best practices, including knowledge acquisition, cost savings project development, and experimentation.
• Developing and implementing process improvement projects to increase capacity, improve process control, reduce costs, improve yield, and improve safety.
• Supporting manufacturing by providing timely assistance to resolve production problems.
• Partnering with colleagues as part of cross‑functional teams including technology, manufacturing, businesses, HSES, Engineering and other functions to drive process improvements and business initiatives.
• Providing timely communications to management and project stakeholders by communicating project needs, value, priorities and decisions to ensure project success.
• Serve as division rep for capital projects.

Kenntnisse

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team leadership

Project execution

Ausbildung

ABET accredited Chemical/Mechanical Engineering degree

Jobbeschreibung

Eastman Chemical Company, headquartered in Kingsport, TN, seeks a Utilities Process Improvement Engineer to partner with Operations and Maintenance in identifying and implementing safer, cost-effective process enhancements across the site.

You will lead projects that boost capacity, optimize process control, and improve yield while ensuring environmental and safety standards are met. This role offers collaboration across multiple functions and opportunities to drive site-wide improvements.