• Understand each and every area/process of the department.
• Follow and enforce follow policies, procedures, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Support and assist production and maintenance with daily routines, tasks, demands, meetings, and priority issues.
• Follow instructions received from plant manager, superintendents, managers, and supervisors.
• Proactively research problems and research best practices from plants within the company to ensure facility compliance on standards for natural gas, steam, nitrogen usage, and hexane.
• Facilitate and manage permitting processes, which includes, but is not limited, to: LOTO, Hot Work, Line Break, Rail Encroachment, Confined Space.
• Perform and execute safety audits and safety action plans.
• Prepare production reports on daily, weekly, monthly basis.
• Lead projects, process tests, and shift teams.
• Assist in development of production colleagues by providing mentoring, training, and technical support.
• Be an advocate and role model for Safety and actively participate in Safety, Environmental and Quality programs.
• Prepare and conduct trainings.
• May be required to work on shift to cover for supervisors and area superintendents as part of career development or cover vacancies to support and sustain production as needed.
• Propose, develop and implement improvements in production processes, equipment, and teams to optimize operational efficiencies.
• Prepare, develop, and perform maintenance project scopes (SOW) during shutdowns.
• Lead Environmental, Quality, and Customer audits and site visits.
• Track KPIs and develop action plans with deliverable for KPIs that are out of spec.
• Must be willing to be on-call to support plant operations including weekends, night shifts, when required.
• Complete tasks in Sphera and Gemini; create MOCs and SOPs as needed; and be knowledgeable using WAVE.
• Facilitate and/or delegate colleagues and contractors as instructed by management to complete tasks without endangerment to personnel safety, food safety, and/or the environment.

• B.S. in Engineering or equivalent.
• 2 or more years of hands-on experience as a Process Engineer in a food, feed, or chemical continuous manufacturing industry.
• Ability to work independently and be a team player, working cross-functionally with teams in operations.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Effective critical and systematic thinking capabilities
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis.
• Ability to move around by stooping, bending, kneeling or squatting frequently. May also require periods of prolonged sitting or standing.
• Must be comfortable and capable of performing work at heights, on ladders, scaffolding or catwalks when required.

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