Production Engineer
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About The Position
Huntsman is seeking a Production Engineer supporting the Performance Products Division located in Conroe, Texas. This position will report to the Operations Manager. The Production Engineer has the principal plant responsibility for the technical support, monitoring and improvement of units and products assigned to ensure they are operated and produced in accordance with established procedures and within acceptable limits. Performs general process engineering and project engineering duties as directed and assists in any plant operational area as required. In summary, as the Production Engineer, you will serve as the principal technical advisor to operations, management, process improvement teams and other plant support groups within area(s) of responsibility as necessary. You will be responsible for material balancing of assigned processes to include raw material, product and waste streams. You will use and maintain Aspen Process Explorer (and graphics) for your units and participate in daily production posting and month end closing and update all production rates and consumption balances with the plant planning group. You will perform economic studies, mass and energy balances, environmental release and other process engineering calculations as required. You will document process changes, significant improvements/problems, test run results, catalyst events, etc. in accordance with current procedures and practices of the Process Engineering group. You will provide management information and recommendations on evolving technologies. You will prepare project scopes of work, justification and design process and equipment specifications as necessary. You will follow your own projects, both small and large, through equipment selection, construction, operator training, startup and post audit to ensure proper operation. You will monitor efforts in the site to ensure compliance with all elements of Process Safety Management and the Huntsman Product Stewardship Initiatives. You will monitor safe handling, identification, storage, and removal of hazardous waste streams resulting from production activities.
