Chemical Engineer

Neogen Corporation • Oakdale, CA

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they are doing! Are you an experienced chemical engineering professional with a passion for continuous improvement, operational excellence, and manufacturing performance? Join our team as a Chemical Engineer, where you will drive meaningful improvements across Rodent Control and Insect Control product portfolios. In this lead-level role, you will apply Lean, Six Sigma, statistical methods, and chemical engineering expertise to improve safety, reduce costs, increase throughput, and strengthen long-term process reliability across regulated manufacturing environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required; master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience in process engineering, continuous improvement, manufacturing, or a similar technical environment.
• Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with statistical tools and data-driven process improvement methods is a plus.
• Ability to travel approximately 25% to support improvement initiatives across two locations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience applying Lean and/or Six Sigma methodologies preferred.
• Experience in pesticides, specialty chemicals, regulated manufacturing, or similar production environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste, remove bottlenecks, improve throughput, lower costs, and enhance safety across production operations.
• Analyze manufacturing processes using Lean, Six Sigma, statistical tools, and chemical engineering principles to identify and implement sustainable improvements.
• Develop, scale, and refine chemical process improvements to support robust, efficient, and compliant manufacturing performance.
• Lead root cause investigations related to quality deviations, process issues, and equipment failures, recommending corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide advanced technical support for new equipment selection, trials, commissioning, and process implementation.
• Collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, maintenance, supply chain, quality, regulatory, and EHS teams to support product integrity, audits, inspections, and safe production practices.

Benefits

• A standard benefits package designed to support employee well-being.
• The opportunity to lead high-impact process improvement work across important product portfolios.
• A collaborative, cross-functional environment where technical expertise, safety, quality, and operational excellence are valued.
• Meaningful work that supports sustainable manufacturing performance and continuous improvement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior