Chemical Engineer Jobs in South Carolina

DESCRIPTION:

INDEVCO North America, a protective materials manufacturing group headquartered near Richmond, Virginia, is committed to innovating energy-efficient building envelope products, as well as sustainable paper and plastic packaging solutions. In addition, we have invested in and manage recycling operations for biomass and reprocessed materials that create a circular economy.

Our facilities - in Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia - serve a growing range of markets: building and construction, beverage, chemical and petrochemical, food, industrial salt and minerals, lawn and garden, packaging converting, pet food, and transport. INDEVCO has operated for over 40 years in the US.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Trial Management:

• Develop trial plan to include ensuring raw materials are readily available and are in accordance with the plant Chemical Approval Process for Cast Extrusion, Coating, and Lamination process.
• Ensure that the necessary FGs are in place.
• Conduct pre-trial review of plan with operations.
• Assess the condition of line that trial is to be performed on and communicate before conducting the trial the necessary repairs needed to ensure a successful base to work from.
• Prepare guidance for shift prior to trial to ensure line is ready to go shortly after shift change.
• Conduct the trial (to include capturing of line conditions during the trial and any changes made).
• Prepare and distribute a summary of the trial. Emphasis needs to be placed on whether the trial achieved customer specifications and what changes, if any, would be necessary to the process in order to proceed to a commercial order level.

Sales Support:

• Onsite customer visits as needed.
• Collaboration on new products and conduct market sample analysis (testing and technical analysis of samples from competition & OEM’s).

Inventory Management:

• Strategy to address slow moving/obsolete resin/packaging material inventories.
• Accountable for material substitutions and ensure ERP system Microsoft AX is reflecting the changes made.

Operations Support & Excellence:

• Identify opportunities for optimal output to include specifying the equipment, obtaining pricing and preparing CapEx request. Sponsor said projects.
• Consult with OEM on equipment issues that cannot readily be resolved.
• Validate training program.
• Assist Production & Maintenance in troubleshooting equipment and material issues.
• Support in the assessment of new technologies (production machines, packing etc..)
• Set the yearly KPI’s for the technical unit along with Plant management.
• Prepare and conduct evaluation and performance reviews to direct reports.
• Implement the 5S practices within the technical unit offices.
• Follow-up on management system audits and findings (related to technical unit) as scheduled.
• Optimize products performance vs. cost based on feedback from market and plant team.

Quality Support:

• Be familiar with the test(s) required to ensure customer specifications are met and the equipment used to conduct those tests.
• Identify test equipment needed based on customer specifications.
• Provide technical insight when needed for disposition of non-conforming rolls. Coordinate required testing when needed.
• Collaborate with quality Manager on root cause analysis related to product performance.
• Be part of the AIB / SQF committee.

Formulations:

• Establish formulations that meet customer specifications.
• Approve BOM for FG, FGS and FGD on Microsoft AX.
• Champion the Initiative to find a solution for work order inefficiencies (Dos Spec, Job ticket) perform gap analysis, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Optimize formulation for plant purpose in achieving/exceeding gross margin expectations with no compromise to customer specifications.
• Ensure Microsoft AX reflects formulations on a real time basis.
• Initiate approval of new materials prior to bringing in the plant in support of AIB / SQF requirements.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Hands-on plastics and paper manufacturing experience in a known lean organization.
• A self-starter with a natural bias for action with a focus on results, delivery and customer service; moves with a sense of urgency and easily organizes priorities, follow-up actions and leadership direction; comfortable with ambiguity.
• Unwavering integrity and ethics.
• Consistent mindset of continuous improvement and problem-solving.
• Self-motivated and execution-oriented leader with a passion for winning.
• Excellent communicator with strong influencing skills.
• Natural collaborative leader and a team-builder (coach).
• Change agent with a high degree of personal accountability.
• Detail oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Agile entrepreneurial spirit with a resilient mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions to problems without supervision.
• Excels in high-growth, entrepreneurial environments, comfortable rolling-up his/her sleeves when necessary. Genuine excitement for the mission of the business and consistent with core values.

Education & Experience:

• BS in Engineering.
• Advanced Excel user.
• Very strong mechanical and technical background.
• Minimum 3+ years of manufacturing experience preferable in blown-film industry.

INDEVCO North America, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants based on race, religion, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental impairment, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal or state laws, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies.