Improvement Engineer
Plaquemine, LA 
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Posted 10 days ago
Job Description

Join our winning team as aImprovement Engineer for Chlor-Alkali assets at our Plaquemine, LA manufacturing site. In your role as an Improvement Engineer, you will lead the plant-level improvement process by gathering and analyzing data, evaluating improvement opportunities, and implementing improvement projects.

This role ensures plant improvements align with business objectives via the Plant Specific Technology Plan to close performance and reliability gaps, reduce costs, and increase productivity (capacity creep, reliability, etc.). In addition, the Improvement Engineer provides expense and capital project support, which may include filling various roles in the global project execution work processes, such as project manager, manufacturing representative, Six Sigma green/black belt, etc.

Improvement Engineer Position Responsibilities:
  • Works to optimize operations to meet Business and plant goals (environmental, health & safety, production, cost, productivity, quality, energy, reliability).
  • Participates in advanced troubleshooting, coaches others to learn these skills, and ensures findings are documented for future usage.
  • Initiates changes to Plant Operating procedures to ensure they are valid and up to date.
  • Implements best practices to optimize operations, including owning the pipeline and tracking tools.
  • Ensures regulatory and responsible care compliance via operating discipline. Provides technical support to projects.
  • Works with Plant Process Control Coordination Roles to ensure process control is optimized in the facility.
  • Serves as Subject Matter Expert for any appointed areas of expertise (e.g., process safety, process area / equipment, work process disciplines, etc.), and serve on plant on-call rotation.
  • Partners with plant operations to generate process data for identifying technology gaps, improvement opportunities, develop job scope and technical execution support turning turnarounds, start-ups, and shutdowns.
Improvement Engineer Position Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree* in Engineering; Chemical or Mechanical Engineering discipline preferred.
  • 1+ years of project/manufacturing experience.
  • Work experience with managing vendor proposals and quotations, contractor bids and development of desired solutions for projects preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to problem solve and work in a team environment.
  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills - verbal and written.
  • Must be able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and possess a valid US driver's license.
  • Prior Olin experience preferred.

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Who We Are
Since 1892, Olin Corporation has steadily grown to become the industry leader in both chemicals manufacturing and ammunition. The three divisions of Olin Corporation, Olin Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls, Olin Epoxy and Winchester, employ approximately 8,000 global team members in more than 20 countries with customers in nearly 100 countries around the globe.

*Degree must be from a school that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education of the U.S. Department of Education or equivalent program from an international university.

Olin does not provide any form of sponsorship. We will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J or TN or who need sponsorship now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Olin is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
1+ years
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