Process Engineer /Unit Lead

Polynt Group•Carpentersville, IL

39d•$100,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

Polynt Composites USA is a global leader in the manufacturing of composites, coatings, and chemical intermediates, serving key industries such as industrial, transportation, construction, marine, medical, and consumer goods. This role provides essential support for troubleshooting, project development, process improvement, and other technical challenges requiring expertise. The position involves assisting with site capital projects, leading quality meetings, developing odd lot formulas, managing rework, and providing statistical data for product analysis. The Process Engineer/Unit Lead acts as an advisor to site personnel and management on business strategies, coordinates scale-up processes, and interfaces with R&D to ensure manufacturing capabilities and requirements are met. They also ensure new raw materials, regulations, and HSE needs are addressed during product development, develop audit schedules, coordinate internal and BSI audits, and maintain the ISO Etool.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering
5 – 10 years experience in a chemical processing environment
Process troubleshooting skills
Scale-up of new products from lab scale to production and from one site to another
Experience in an ISO 9001 environment
Experience with quality programs and quality control
Strong computer capabilities including Microsoft Excel and Office and SAP
Ability to communicate effectively, both written and oral, and to interface with multiple levels of the organization
Self motivated and flexible individual with excellent organizational skills
Ability to function well in a team environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with capital projects a plus

Responsibilities

Provide support as necessary for troubleshooting, project development / evaluation, process improvement, and any issue requiring expertise.
Assist with the site capital process by scoping/implementing capital projects.
Lead the site quality meeting.
Odd lot formula development and assisting rework management.
Provide statistical data for key products on a site and corporate level, to help determine fitness-for-customer use.
Act as an advisor to site personnel and business management, related to certain business strategies.
Coordinate and implement the site scale up process.
Interface with the R&D organization to provide feedback to R&D to validate manufacturing capability, and to ensure that the necessary manufacturing requirements are met by R&D.
Ensure new raw material, regulation, HSE, etc. needs are addressed during the new product/process development phase.
Develop audit schedule and coordinate internal audits.
Follow to conclusion all nonconformance’s and opportunities for improvement items.
Plan and prepare plant for all BSI audits.
Interact with BSI auditors to plan audits and file all BSI reports.
Maintain the ISO Etool.