Plastics Processing Development Engineer

Eastman•Kingsport, TN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Our experts are pioneering the shift to circular materials. Right. Now. We’re revolutionizing our materials to give them an infinite life and richer purpose using our two Advanced Circular Recycling technologies—carbon renewal and polyester renewal. This takes passionate problem-solving, world-class technologies, and a willingness to advocate for smart legislation. This position is for a development engineer reporting to the GL of Mixed Plastics Processing (MPP) Development. This position is an owner of process development for MPP and is responsible for qualifying new feedstocks and technologies, supporting process growth and stewardship. This person will work closely with procurement to understand the market and qualify new materials. In addition, they will work very closely with manufacturing to ensure feedstocks can be handled safely and processed efficiently into the Methanolysis process.

Requirements

Mechanical Engineering degree highly preferred; other engineer degrees will be considered
1+ years of direct manufacturing support preferred
2+ years of experience required
Ability to make decisions with limited information
Demonstrated project management skills
High level of adaptability
Comfortable with giving external presentations
Ability to engage with external parties, suppliers, customers, etc.
Must be a self-starter with a focus on results. Ability to lead and drive challenging projects forward despite uncertainties
Confident in working within a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders
Comfortable challenging peers and supervision to develop creative solutions
Excellent written, listening, and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

Qualification of feedstocks through 3rd party processing and through Eastman equipment
Close partnership with manufacturing on qualification trials and training of operations personnel on new or existing best practices
Partnering with internal stakeholders to drive improvement or technology demonstration projects
Point of contact for sourcing to partner with on questions from suppliers
Ownership and management of experiments and trials on manufacturing assets
Work with feedstock technical leaders to understand and implement new screening protocols
Identify opportunities and improve processes to enable robustness of Eastman assets and any pre-processing operations
Justifying, scoping, project management, and execution management for Capital Projects
Awareness of external technologies and capabilities to enable broader feedstock portfolio
Manage trials of new technologies at 3rd party facilities