PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER WA

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.  
 

We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you? 
 

 
About the job

 
Process Improvement Engineer will provide professional engineering support, including project management, coordination with technical representatives, and delivering expert technical guidance. The role involves troubleshooting and optimizing plant processes to enhance operational efficiency and performance. The candidate will be responsible for acquiring and maintaining technical expertise on company-specific processes and fostering collaboration with other plant sites to align objectives and drive continuous improvement
 

In your future role as  Process Improvement Engineer  you will   
  

• Typical Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement process, equipment and system improvements.
  • Conduct process troubleshooting and implement optimizations.
  • Effectively communicate with all department personnel.  Coordinate activities with Operations, Industrial IT, Plant Engineering and Maintenance representatives.
  • Maintain required documentation.  Follow all applicable management system requirements.  Provide employee training as needed.
  • Evaluate reports and data and coordinate response action as needed.
  • Participate and represent the Moses Lake plant in technical matters with external groups.
  • Interrelate with operations to greatest extent possible.  Provide off-hour support if and as necessary.  Acquire and maintain emergency response knowledge.
  • Acquire and maintain HSES expertise associated with position, including HazOp skills.
• Supervision Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for maintaining a positive and professional work environment in activities relating internal and external to the department.  This includes such issues as personnel relations, exemplifying a role of leadership, training and development of personnel, maintaining proper communications, and supporting management objectives.
  • There are no permanent direct supervisory responsibilities for this position.  However, contractor supervision, and providing employee direction on various projects, as required.  Associated competencies needed to be maintained.
  • Share “Management On-Call” responsibilities for evening, weekends and holidays.
• Safety Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for making safety related decisions and ensuring that safety requirements are followed and maintained.
  • Responsible for the support and application of all Safety, Health, and Environmental policies and procedures as required.
• Quality Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for making quality related decisions and supporting the Quality Assurance System.
  • Responsible for changes in the Quality Assurance System as required.
     

We believe you bring

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Education and/or Experience:
  • Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.) in Engineering or equivalent from an accredited four-year college or technical school.
• Language Skills:
  • Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents. 
  • Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community.  
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers and the general public.
• Mathematical Skills:
  • Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations. 
  • Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Reasoning Ability:
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.  
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Other Skills and Abilities:
  • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
  • Must have a high-level expertise in the ability to operate and use personal computers with current authorized company software packages.
  • Ability to understand proper operating criteria for some large mechanical/process pieces of equipment (static and mobile) in order to be able to make a judgment on their safe operation.
• Physical Demands:
  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste and smell.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

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We believe you are... 

A problem solver with the ability to define issues, gather and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to drive impactful solutions. You possess a strong aptitude for interpreting complex technical instructions, whether in mathematical or diagram form, and can effectively navigate both abstract and concrete variables to deliver results. Your analytical mindset and technical expertise make you an ideal candidate for addressing challenges and implementing improvements in a dynamic environment.

 
Compensation Information 

The hiring salary range for this position ranges from $72,800 to $104,000, although individuals may eventually progress through the pay scale in this role up to $135,200. Actual compensation will be dependent upon the specific role as well as the individuals’ qualifications, experience, skills, and certifications. Hired applicant will be eligible to receive annual bonuses. 

Employees (and their families) will be eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are also eligible to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees will also receive paid time off and the mandated company holidays throughout the calendar year.
 

Good to know 
 

This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to the Process Improvement Manager and based in Moses Lake, WA  
 
Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/  
 
We look forward to receiving your application! 
 
We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.

About Nouryon  
 

We’re looking for tomorrow’s Changemakers, today. 
 
If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment. 
 
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