Project & Optimization Engineering Team Lead

Role Specific Responsibilities:

• Reports into the Corporate Engineering Director and carries the responsibility of managing a team of engineers that will deliver engineering projects and provide manufacturing troubleshooting support as needed.
• This position will track and maintain living visibility on all planned, active, and recently completed optimization capital projects in collaboration with site manufacturing teams and the engineering and operational directors. This includes technically evaluating and providing technical assessment and/or challenge on the merits of the justification calculations for global optimization capital projects
• This position will serve as the quarterly Kaizen sharing facilitator. This involves the identification of selected projects and presenters for the quarterly sharing session on Kaizen and optimization project successes.
• This position will conduct an annual assessment of the prior year optimization projects, reporting on their actual investment/performance versus the target investment/performance
• This role carries the responsibility for the completion of detail engineering for large capital projects managed within the corporate engineering group
• Responsible for the management of direct functional reports and seeks opportunities to develop engineers to have a blended process design and project management capability including the ability to evaluate, define, design, and execute improvement projects.
• Review and approve direct reports technical work product in accordance with the engineering design review responsibilities.
• Demonstrates effective communication, organization, prioritization, and status updates for the department.
• Encourages and leads the department in the development of realistic action plans which define the objectives, tasks and schedule to meet the project goals and expectations and ultimately satisfies the needs of the customers.
• Encourages decision making within department through guidance of each engineer in creative and innovative problem solving.
• Ability to quickly adapt and develop a degree of understanding of equipment and
• chemical processes at multiple facilities. Engineers within the team may be asked to support emergency, emerging manufacturing issues which will require a dynamic team culture to support these tasks.
• Assesses regulatory and compliance requirements and engages appropriate internal and external subject matter experts to ensure project implementation is delivered in accordance with all applicable codes.

Compliance:

• Complies with company Health, Safety and Environmental policies, procedures, and arrangements
• Reports all Health, Safety and Environmental accidents, incidents and near misses promptly
• Acts in a safe and responsible manner at all times

Problem Solving and Innovation:

• Active participation in continuous improvement activities
• Participates in problem-solving
• Takes responsibility and ownership for own learning and development in the spirit of continuous improvement of both self and the business
• Assists in the training, mentoring, and assessment of other team members
• Exercises autonomy and judgement subject to overall direction or guidance

Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in chemical process manufacturing, process design or project engineering
• Experience with operational functional control systems on chemical manufacturing processes.
• Experience with Six Sigma
• Demonstrated Project Management capabilities and the skills to lead and direct cross functional teams to deliver project objectives
• Familiarity using process safety tools (PHA, LOPA, MOC, Root Cause Analysis, etc.)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated detailed knowledge of continuous and batch chemical operations including reaction, distillation, heat exchange, solids handling, utilities, and process control systems.
• Exhibits a passion for continuous improvement and problem solving
• Demonstrated experience planning and working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Demonstrated use of analytical tools and techniques to analyze data from development programs, plan and prioritize tasks, and develop design parameters for commercial process technology
• Demonstrated ability to manage the performance and effectiveness of direct reports
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs and priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to flex own style as needed to influence and drive results.
• Critical thinking skills and analytical abilities which allow assessments of situations and opportunities.
• Flexibility to travel and supporting multiple sites
• Embodies the core values of Aurorium:
• credible:keeps their word and honors their commitments, acts with integrity, and holds themselves accountable to their decisions and actions
• outcome-oriented:adheres to an unparalleled standard of excellence in everything they do, to deliver results with real impact
• driven:passionate about delivering authentic, world-class experiences that engage customers and inspire greatness
• empowered accountability:empowered to achieve common goals and accountable for delivering performances and results that exceed standard.

If you have the energy, drive, and passion for joining the Aurorium team, we would love to hear from you. Apply today!

Aurorium offers competitive total compensation packages, including benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, 401(k), disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, paid time off, and paid holidays.

Aurorium is a global Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of and will not be discriminated against based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability status, genetic information, or any other protected category.