Chemours - New Orleans, LA
posted 4 months ago
As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world. Chemours is seeking a Packaging Process Engineer or a Chemical Engineer with mechanical experience to join our growing Manufacturing Technology team! This position will report directly to the Technical Manager at our DeLisle Plant in Pass Christian, MS. The site is a key asset in the Chemours supply chain for the Titanium Technologies Business. The Packaging Process Engineer provides equipment and process technical expertise to support TiO2 packaging operations to maintain production performance or to restore process capability. Packaging Process engineers work closely with technology managers, chemical process engineers, mechanical reliability engineers, chemists, and operations teams to upgrade processes by implementing modifications ranging from incremental daily improvements to technology advancements. The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following: Provide mechanical and process engineering/technical support in the day-to-day operation of the Packaging Area of the plant, including process monitoring and optimization, data analysis, interacting with operating technicians, troubleshooting process and equipment issues and impacts on product quality, and identification and implementation of improvement opportunities. Provide mechanical engineering expertise for project design work to ensure its compliance with specifications, engineering standards, and quality assurance. Design and supervise plant tests in alignment with the strategic direction provided by the technical manager and plant and business leaders and to solve/explain issues observed in the packaging process, to optimize the process, and to implement new process steps. Provide process engineering expertise on unit operations such as heat and mass transfer, mixing systems, packaging technologies, gas-solids separation, bulk solids handling, etc. Develop and implement incremental improvements and/or new technologies to improve the safety, quality, cost of manufacture, and environmental impact of the production facility. Provide guidance to Operations regarding safe operating limits for process equipment; ensure process safety information is accurate and up to date; lead Process Hazard Analysis review sessions; evaluate changes for compliance with Management of Change program requirements, including training; and understand and support Process Safety Management site objectives. Provide internal technical product support for different product offerings. Lead site improvements from definition and research of opportunities, through laboratory and plant testing, and ultimately to implementation. Update, review and approve process technology documents such as operating procedures and drawings in order to meet PSM and Corporate standards. Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for product quality upsets. Analyze equipment and process trends, historical data, and uptime data to recommend and justify improvements to obtain lowest life cycle cost on different classes of equipment.