Chemical Engineering Manager

Responsibilities Include:

Team Leadership

• Recruiting and mentoring new engineers to meet emerging operational needs.

• Providing direction, leadership and support for existing engineers to enhance day-to-day problem-solving and plant coordination.

• Setting the agenda for chemical engineering to drive adoption of new technology and to scale up new products.  Leading long-term initiatives to improve safety, quality and efficiency.

• Standardizing tools for engineering analysis, root cause problem-solving and equipment specification.

• Leading the fulfillment of key Process Safety Management (PSM) disciplines including Change Management and Process Hazard Analysis

Process Definition

• Publishing new and updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reflect agreed process changes.

• Publishing new and updated batch records to reflect agreed process and BOM changes.

• Maintaining the bill of material (BOM) for each production output for use across the organization.

• Securing approval for changes to SOPs and batch records from affected stakeholders prior to publishing

Specification of Equipment

• Defining functional requirements for new equipment to achieve process performance.

• Prescribing criteria and running tests to confirm equipment changes or upgrades.

• Definition of maintenance required to maintain all aspects of process performance.

New Product Launch

• Devising trials for demonstration of production process capability pertaining to new products.

• Analyzing trial data to identify issues and propose improvements.

• Define material specifications, SOPs, and process parameters that are compatible with our goals for Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost in mass production.

Production Support

• Determining the root cause of quality issues and working cross-functionally to propose and implement solutions.

• Generating and assessing proposals for process improvement including changes in procedures, equipment, and tools.

• Analyzing production data to identify issues and propose improvements.