SUMMARY

The Process Engineer is responsible for optimizing manufacturing processes and systems in areas of productivity, quality, cost, and safety.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with operations team to continually improve production rates, efficiencies, yields, and costs.
• Lead cross-functional teams for specific short-term improvement efforts (i.e. 90-day teams).
• Lead and coordinate plant process trials involving new procedures, process conditions, equipment, specifications, and/or chemicals, etc.
• Create and manage process documentation.
• Champion the use of area IT-based systems (i.e. PI, Proficy, Cognex, etc.).
• Monitor and report on daily environmental, operating and quality parameters.
• Support reoccurring air, wastewater, SPCC, SWPPP, solid waste, and environmental training requirements and activities.
• Actively support the facility’s Quality and Environmental Manager Systems to support continued ISO 14001 and 9001 certifications.
• Assist with compliance audits (e.g., DHEC), self-audits of operating areas, ISO14001/9002 internal and external audits, and incident investigations.
• Assist as technical liaison between mill and outside vendors/consultants

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Varied, depending upon level of experience and demonstrated capabilities.

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in paper science engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering or a related discipline combined with work experience in a process industry (specific experience in the Pulp & Paper industry is highly preferred).
• Good analytical and project management skills.
• Good communication skills, including verbal, written & presentation.
• Good relationship and leadership skills, including ability to convey technical information to non-technical users clearly and concisely.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think “outside the box”.
• Proficient use of standard engineering software and analysis tools.
• Highly organized, good attention to detail and uses efficient work methods.
• Ability to travel to US locations (travel <10%)