Process Engineer

Nouryonis aglobalspecialty chemicals leader. Markets and consumers worldwide rely on ouressential solutions to manufacture everyday productssuch aspersonal carecleaning goods paints and coatings agriculture and food pharmaceuticals and building the dedication of approximately 7650 employees with a shared commitment to our customersbusiness growth safetysustainabilityand innovation has resulted in a consistently strong financial performance. We operate in over 80 countries around the world with a portfolio of industry-leading brands.

Process Engineer

At Nouryon our global team takes positive action every day to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer societys 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

This position is an individual contributor that is responsible for leading process safety and quality improvements at the Nouryon Battleground site. Battleground primarily produces metal alkyls sold primarily as co-catalysts to major thermoplastic resins and rubber manufacturers (producers of polyethylene polypropylene and EPDM). The product line is complex with over 30 metal alkyl products (plus formulations) produced at Battleground. Products are extremely hazardous (pyrophoric meaning they ignite on contact with air) and are highly reactive with water. The site also manufactures High Purity Metal Organics (HPMO) for the semi-conductor and LED industries

In your future role as Process Engineer you will

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and implement site improvements for site KPIs (OEE reliability RFT etc)
• Provide technical support for plant processes during normal operation and upsets
• Facilitate and resolve findings from hazard and operability studies (HAZOP) and hazard assessments
• Lead root cause investigations for incidents near and misses
• Lead process design efforts for small and medium Capex projects
• Provide technical and analytical expertise for internal and external customers on problems arising from manufacture and use of organometallic compounds including preparation of 8D corrective action reports
• Technical liaison for suppliers and customers to perform audits review specifications and provide documentation on demand including supporting internal audits
• Support the quality assurance/quality control department with data analysis statistical process control (SPC) data collection/preparation and act as a liaison between the commercial business

Health Safety Security & Environmental (HSSE) Responsibilities

• Understand and support implementation of the sites Operating Policy as well as HSSE goals and objectives.
• Support and actively participate in ongoing HSSE improvement initiatives and committees.
• Maintain awareness of potential health safety security and environmental impacts within your area of responsibility including the consequences of process upsets or incidents.
• Understand and implement applicable requirements of the Battleground Environmental Compliance Plan and Waste Management Plan.
• Participate in the sites ongoing Pollution Prevention Program.
• Comply with and support all applicable government regulations related to process safety and environmental compliance. The Battleground site operates under OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements.
• Understand and assist in maintaining process safety information as required by your role.
• Maintain a strong understanding of process safety principles and PSM management including OSHAs 14 Process Safety Management elements and Nouryons 21 Process Safety Building Blocks.

We believe you bring

• Bachelors degree in chemical engineering and 6 years of experience working in a chemical plant or manufacturing facilityExperience (describe in basic deep extensive experienceNOT years)
• Lead root cause investigation and failure analysis
• Experience with process design heat balance and material balance
• Experience with project management and implementation
• Experience with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles and tools (e.g. 6 sigma)
• Be able to climb stairs and ladders
• Be able to wear respirator steel toed shoes and hard hat

Great if you have

• Experience with statistical analysis software (JMP Minitab etc) preferred
• ISO 9001 & RC/ISO 14001 management systems experience preferred

Have we got your interest

This is a permanent position on a full-time basis reporting to the PQC Manager and based in Battleground Houston TX

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once its 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:

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.

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