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Innophos Production Engineer in Chicago Heights, Illinois
InnophosProduction Engineer Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Innophos has an exciting opportunity for a Production Engineer to support our Chicago Heights plant. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the continuous availability and efficiency of production equipment and facilities, while upholding the highest standards of safety, quality, and productivity.
Key Responsibilities Production
Develop and implement production procedures.
Evaluate production results, troubleshoot quantity and quality issues, and implement corrective actions as necessary.
Initiate and lead process improvement projects, including preparation of capital budget needs.
Ensure continuous improvement of plant processes.
Track, calculate, communicate production performance metrics (including but not limited to RFT, OEE, etc.).
Audit production database daily for accuracy and completeness.
Quality and Food Safety
Oversee Management of Change (MOC) process as it relates to the position's tasks.
Ensure compliance with food safety, legality, and quality standards.
Act as designee for plant production coordinator positions as needed.
Investigate customer complaints and implement corrective actions.
Safety and Health
Maintain safety and health standards, participate in employee safety training, hazard prevention, and worksite analysis.
Conduct training for both salary and hourly personnel as required.
General
Collaborate with plant teams to achieve plant objectives.
Perform other tasks as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Process Engineering.
Minimum 3 years of experience in chemical plant unit E.g. reactions, heat transfer, size reduction, and bulk solids transfer.
Excellent communication skills both written and oral including technical writing ability.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Proficient in MS Office.
Experience in managing capital projects (Up to $100K): timelines, scheduling, installation, and deliverables review.
Ability to efficiently manage contractors, service suppliers, and vendors.
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to develop plant energy and material balances, read and develop PFDs and P&IDs, and understand plant economics.
Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Management of Change (MOC) principles.
Good understanding of the hazards of materials such as natural gas, industrial solvents, lubricants, as well as the need for protection of the environment and basic knowledge of permit requirements.
Knowledge of Statistical Process Control SPC techniques is a plus.
Familiarity with reaction kinetics, process furnace operations, and laboratory analytical techniques is advantageous.
Must have a strong commitment to safety.
Environmental and/or Physical Requirements
All work in the manufacturing environment requires use of protective clothing and personal devices: safety shoes, hard hat, safety glasses, earplugs, goggles, insulated gloves, safety vest, harness, hair net, beard net and may include the use of a full-body coverall and respiratory protection.
Ability to pass a physical abilities test.
About lnnophos
lnnophos is a leading international producer of specialty ingredient solutions that deliver far-reaching, versatile benefits for the food, health, nutrition and industrial markets. We leverage our expertise in the science and technology of blending and formulating phosphate, mineral and botanical based ingredients for our customers.
Our people are the heart of our organization and the foundation of our success. We are driven by our core values of safety, diversity, integrity and collaboration.
Headquartered in Cranbury, New Jersey, lnnophos has manufacturing operations across the United States, in Canada, Mexico and China and sells into over 70 countries.
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