Process Engineer

ISP Chemicals LLC

Are you the kind of person who is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we'd like to meet you and bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Process Engineer to join our ISP Chemicals at our Columbus, OH, site. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Life Sciences business. This position will report to the plant manager.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Author and maintain current operating instructions (batch packets) for the plant and ensure that they are kept up-to-date and compliant with all regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical support to the plant, including process and equipment troubleshooting, de-bottlenecking, process optimization, and evaluation of raw materials and potential new raw material suppliers.
• Evaluate and approve proposed equipment and process technology changes and assess the impact on affected processes.
• Lead process and equipment PHAs and PHA revalidations as required. Maintain PHA revalidation schedule to ensure continued compliance with Process Safety Management (PSM).
• Lead and manage Combustible Dust Assessments for the facility as needed to comply with the corporate standard.
• Manage and maintain records for Process Safety-related activities, such as: submitting requests for process safety testing and relief sizing, maintaining Process Safety Information (PSI) for covered processes, maintaining current volume requirements for covered processes, participating in Facility Siting activities, etc.
• Act as Project Leader for new processes (This requires close coordination with all departments at the facility and involves every aspect of the project from raw material procurement, batch sizing/scaling, hazard review, writing operating instructions, etc., all the way through to packaging and shipment of material).
• Act as New Product Introduction (NPI) representative for the plant. This system is used for corporate review and approval of new processes and process changes at the plant.
• Responsible for maintaining recipes in SAP for facility processes.
• Manage the MOC electronic system for changes to chemicals, process technology/new processes, and equipment.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• A Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or a degree in a technical field, and 5 years of process experience
• 3 - 10 years of experience in process engineering and manufacturing
• Minimum 1 year of working in a PSM facility
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• cGMP
• SAP
• PHA Pro
• PLCs
• Six Sigma certification

Third-party recruiters and agencies ("Agency") should not contact employees of Ashland or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent by an Agency to a hiring manager, recruiter, or submitted to Ashland's career portal are considered unsolicited and the property of Ashland. Ashland will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, unless the Agency has a signed contract with Ashland's Human Resources/Procurement department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.