Process Engineer I

Durez Corporation is a recognized leader in high-performance, specialty phenolic resins. Our extensive portfolio of products is engineered to meet the most rigorous requirements across the wide range of markets we serve. Our extensive research, development and pilot production capabilities allow us to engineer custom-designed products to perfectly match our customer’s needs.

The Durez Niagara Falls, NY plant has an opening for a Process Engineer, this is a full-time position, annual salary between $75,000-89,000 paid on a bi-weekly basis. We offer medical, dental, vision, matching on 401K, paid time off and other benefits at hire, If you're looking for a career with a great team, please apply.

The Process Engineer will have direct input into the manufacturing process. The person selected will take key responsibility for a range of process flow activities to ensure the manufacturing plants achieve optimum production output, sustain quality requirements, as well as regulatory compliance. In addition, the incumbent will play a key role alongside other engineering staff, maintenance, operations, and chemical operators to ensure proper design, procurement & construction processes are followed, and capital projects are put in place to enhance manufacturing efficiency.

Essential Functions:

• Carry out process improvement/optimization work including planning and supervising in production trials and determining areas requiring process improvements and coordinating efforts to attain such
• Coordinate the evaluation of new and current materials to consistently maintain and improve product quality and performance.
• Provide support to operations and R & D in evaluation of new process equipment providing technical backup and knowledge to improve quality of existing products and/or product development
• Trouble-shoot chemical and process related operating problems
• Review process control and SOP’s
• As business needs dictate, will work with other engineering staff and outside contractors to implement projects
• Will monitor project progress to ensure contractors are qualified and receive sufficient communication to ensure a “Safety First” culture and successful startup
• Assist with development of short and long term capital plans
• Attend professional and technical functions
• Develop process flow diagrams (PFD) and piping and instrument drawings (P&ID’s)
• Use computer modeling and simulations to design and evaluate process and operating systems
• Upholds safety, health, environmental procedures, communicates directly and supports the EHS department to ensure OSHA and EPA compliance at all times

Supportive Functions:

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of supportive functions based on business needs:

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation:

Education/Experience Guidelines:

Physical Demands:

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions:

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. On occasion, the employee will be exposed to wet/humid conditions (non-weather), fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather, extreme heat/cold (non-weather), toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, working near moving mechanical parts, working in precarious places, and working with explosives.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Statement:

Sumitomo Bakelite North America Holding Inc., and all its affiliate companies, is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate based on race, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, marital status, age, military or veteran status, genetic information, height, weight, familial status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.