Process Control Technician

Bakelite Synthetics•Conway, NC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

In this role you will be focused on the safety, efficiency, and repeatability of our resin manufacturing to generate quality results. You will be responsible for the creation, monitoring, and improvement of the batch processes at the assigned facility. You will be the 1st call for plant batching or recipe issues while processing a batch. You will have stewardship of the batch recipe from Start to Finish and is constantly looking to improve the efficiency, repeatability, and automation of our batches to reduce operator intervention and errors.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
5-10 Years of Experience of chemical manufacturing.
The ability to positively influence personnel.
A clear understanding of the intricacies of operating a chemical reactor.
Computer literate with ability to understand the programming process within Honeywell Experian and/or other systems.
Ability to effectively communicate up, down, and sideways in the organization.
The ability and willingness to communicate the why’s behind the changes to the resin making process and hold firm to the strategy if/ when there are challenges countercurrent to our end goal.
Must have kettle experience.

Nice To Haves

Strong process knowledge of the batch reactions, the equipment, and the safety aspects of the system.
Proficiency in programming associated batching software (Experian Batch, PLC, etc.).
Ability to audit other sites' recipes for logical and safety sequencing.
Strong data mining and historical trending capabilities.
Strong interpersonal skills to develop working relationships with operations and maintenance.
Strong computer skills with the ability to utilize software tools like MES, Excel, SAP, etc.
Flexibility to monitor batch sequencing in real time, which may require weekend or backshift monitoring.
Strong Team Leader/Member.
Hands-on expertise in the manufacturing of various resin types or strong technical background in the science of resin manufacturing.
Hands-on experience of resin manufacturing is highly preferred.
New product development experience.
Dedication to accomplishing goals to the point where extended hours at critical times will not be a problem.

Responsibilities

Creation, monitoring, and improvement of batch processes.
First point of contact for plant batching or recipe issues.
Stewardship of batch recipes from start to finish, focusing on efficiency, repeatability, and automation.
Develop and program product recipes in the applicable DCS batching system.
Optimize batching logic for safe and efficient recipe flow.
Verify work with a second qualified Process Control Technician.
Alter material addition times or temperatures, quantity etc. to ensure a safe manufacturing instruction is generated.
Establish recipes with minimal manual interactions, aiming for fully automated recipe execution.
Evaluate new product feasibility at a facility.
Continuously monitor batch performance against Rate Efficiency to reduce batch times, holds, or unplanned manual interactions.
Monitor live and historical batch trends using available tools.
Review and troubleshoot any holds, stops, or failures on PIs (Recipe).