Process Engineer

Tasks
Supports company initiatives involving safety, digitization, and sustainability.
- Performs daily site safety walks and employee (safety) engagements
- Identifies process barriers and bottlenecks, develops action plans, executes them, and assesses results.
- Establishes best practice Kiln Operating Guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, and Operating Parameters
- Creates and Communicates Daily Instruction Sheets in alignment with Kiln Operating Guidelines and Operating Parameters
- Provides technical support to production, maintenance, environmental, and quality.
- Monitors reliability of the processes to define paybacks for improvements.
- Perform inspections during major outages of refractory, instrumentation, and prepare shutdown reports.
- Document problems related to the process or systems as seen or received from production. Reviews result with plant team to initiate, recommend, provide and/or implement solutions.
- Conducts process and energy audits to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Tracks and performs raw material analysis for the best use of the available fuels and stone conducting cost benefit calculations.
- Monitors stone quality, size and gradation, and fuel quality analysis and their impact on product quality.
- Trains operational personnel.
- Drives environmental compliance testing.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
the execution of all duties and activities.
Performs other duties as assigned.

- Owns operations strategy of the plant, giving direction to production of how to operate the kilns to meet production KPI’s.
- Owns refractory strategy and budget for the plant and is accountable for its financial performance.
- Managing the process capabilities of the rotary lime kiln, Pulverizer Mill, and other material handling systems on site.
- Monitoring, tracking, and continuous improvement of the stone feed system, calcining process, lime quality, and accuracy of all inputs to production, stone, fuels, additives, post-production packaging, etc.
- Building strong relationships with all groups within the site, region, and company to ensure seamless communication and productivity.
- Production, operational efficiency of the kiln process, and oversight of employee capability and productivity regarding the kiln process.
- Production consistency ensuring product quality and respecting environmental limits.
- Ensuring a safe work environment in the execution of all duties and activities.

Basic Requirements:

Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering, Minerals Processing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields.

Industry background in manufacturing related to mining, paper mills, steel plants, refractory, heavy equipment fabrication, stone processing, cement plants, rotary kilns, etc. Lime or cement experience is preferred.

Qualified candidates will exhibit a positive and proactive attitude with high initiative and the ability to perform with minimal supervision.

Able and willing to spend most of the time in the plant with the operators, maintenance personnel, and contractors; and able to communicate production and process plans effectively.

Must be able to support a continuous improvement environment as well as support change management initiatives.