W.R. Grace & Co. is hiring: Production Engineer in Baltimore

Grace is seeking a Production Engineer for our K1 Silicas Plant to join our Engineering team! This role reports to our K1 Silicas Plant’s Operations Manager and is located at our Curtis Bay plant in Baltimore, MD.

In this position, you will be responsible for providing operating support for the process line to ensure the achievement of production goals. You will monitor, analyze, and control quality and work with the operations team to optimize the plant’s stream rate, uptime, and yield. Along with all employees at Curtis Bay, you will participate in the site's environmental, health and safety initiatives and play an integral role in achieving compliance with our EHS policy, including emergency preparedness and response.

Responsibilities

• Prepares operating conditions, interprets process results, and recommends corrective actions to optimize plant operations.
• Troubleshooting process and production issues.
• Tracks and manages production yield, rate, and quality performance data.
• Identifies, and supports scoping of, process improvement or productivity projects.
• Supports commissioning and startup activities, including PHA, PSSR, MOC, writing SOPs/work instructions, and providing training to other plant personnel.
• Supports month end closing processes, audits, and responses to customer complaints.
• Leads data driven RCCA for process deviations, downtime, EHS and quality events.

Physical Requirements and Environment

• Ability to work in a high hazard environment, including adverse weather conditions, elevated spaces, confined spaces, extreme temperatures, and noisy surroundings.
• Must be able to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb stairs and ladders over 100 ft.
• Must be willing to wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) including but not limited to hard hat, protective eyewear, steel-toed boots, hearing protection, Level A suit, full face respirator.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Chemical Engineering or related technical field.
• 2-5 years in chemical manufacturing or related process industry.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written, ability to vary style to meet needs.
• High level of personal motivation with a drive for ownership and accountability in performance of job responsibilities.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment with excellent interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to apply fundamental engineering concepts to develop technical solutions for implementation in commercial manufacturing operation.
• Process control system experience.

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