Performance Engineer - Chemical
About The Position
ATI is hiring a Performance Engineer for its Chemical Operations division at its Millersburg, Oregon facility. The division operates continuous liquid-liquid extraction processes and continuous and batch chemical reactors to produce and purify specialty metals. This is an onsite role focused on analyzing and monitoring overall equipment effectiveness and driving operational issues to resolution. The engineer will identify improvements and implement solutions in collaboration with relevant functions and teams. The role is presented as an opportunity for an engineering graduate to gain experience in chemical manufacturing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 0–3 years of experience in a production, manufacturing, or operational environment.
- Ability to fit a full-face respirator.
Responsibilities
- Own and eliminate production losses involving utilization, yield, or uptime, ensuring effective solutions are implemented.
- Evaluate and categorize production losses to support targeted improvement efforts.
- Record, analyze, and interpret production deviation data to identify trends and performance-improvement opportunities.
- Determine and prioritize corrective actions to close operational performance gaps.
- Review daily operating logs to identify equipment reliability issues and collaborate with teams to address them.
- Partner with reliability engineers to identify and address equipment losses and support long-term reliability improvements.
- Work with the Capability Leader to determine solutions for mitigating losses caused by operating discipline.
- Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of the reliability program to help ensure performance targets are met and improvement areas are addressed.
- Lead equipment criticality analysis within the area, focusing on high-priority equipment.
- Identify needs and resources for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and determine the appropriate level of investigation for issues.
- Provide input to turnaround scope for availability and equipment reliability opportunities that cannot be addressed during regular operations.
- Evaluate improvement proposals for their value and alignment with business goals.
- Provide subject matter expertise in support of key performance-improvement initiatives.
Benefits
- Competitive base pay with variable additional compensation opportunities.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Employee Assistance Programs.
- 15 days of paid vacation time.
- 12 paid holidays.
- Performance bonus.
- Optional employee-paid Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, and Pet Insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
