Location: Geismar, LA

Experience: Minimum 5 years

This Operational Excellence Implementation Leader position is a highly critical leadership role responsible to support and lead implementation of the mission-critical Operational Excellence (OpX) improvements at the North America sites for achieving Strategy 2020 targets.  The OpX Journey is major North  America  initiative that will focus on identifying areas for improvement in the  operating plants and will provide the sites with  needed expertise and support to implement the  agreed upon improvements. This
position will interface regularly with over 100 different Manufacturing Sites, Key  Site/Business Leaders, and the Manufacturing Community Steering Committee (MCSC). This position is an integral part of the Operational Excellence Team and Manufacturing Support Services Organization and must function seamlessly across multiple sites and functional interfaces to effectively coordinate, develop, and efficiently deploy expert resources.  The OpX implementation leader is expected to oversee about 5-10 direct reports and 20 -40 indirect skilled experts.

The candidate for this assignment will be involved in further developing and supporting the roll-out of this Operational  Excellence journey. This will include, but not limited to:  Supporting the internal OpX organization to ensure that the team’s goals/targets are  achieved. Leading, facilitating, and coordinating the implementation phase after operational excellence site assessments are complete. This will include working with  manufacturing sites to understand their priorities, managing direct/indirect reports as well as external contractors to ensure timely implementation.  Work with manufacturing and other project managers to develop project scopes, generates and/or obtains cost estimates, and prepare appropriation funding requests. Regular follow-up with
manufacturing to ensure projects met desired milestones.  Promoting a sense of best-practice sharing across North America manufacturing sites through effective communication, documentation, and exchange of innovative ideas.  Regularly presenting to Site Leadership and other groups the benefits and challenges of an effectively-run Operational Excellence program at the Site level.

Minimum five (5) years experience regarding project management is required.  Knowledge of Operational Excellence improvements processes in one or more of the following areas: Plant Optimization, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain & Logistics, Systems Management, Culture and Talent Management, LEAN Operations.  Broad knowledge of chemical unit operations, process and mechanical equipment, instrumentation, DCS process controls and safety instrumented systems.  Ability to manage multiple projects across multiple sites.  Strong leadership and team collaboration skills to work with direct & indirect personnel.  Coordination skills and ability to react and lead in changing environment.  Effective Presentation and Communication Skills.  Strong Customer Relationship.

Location: Texas – Freeport

Ideal Candidate:

7+ to 12 years of experience

BS Degree in Engineering Degree (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical); Minimum 6 years manufacturing experience required, with a minimum of 12 years total engineering experience.  Prefer Petrochemicals experience.  Significant experience in manufacturing
operations, chemical processes, engineering and leading/supervising teams.

The Operations Excellence Manager will provide leadership responsibilities and activities for continuous improvement for Acrylic Monomers Unit.  Accountabilities
include aspects of tactical initiatives for EHS performance improvements, product quality, production volume, cost, customer satisfaction, employee/team development, and continuous/sustainable improvement.

Responsibilities: Cost- Responsible for leading improvement activities with expected impact on the operations costs for Acrylic Monomers.  Includes variable cost
accountabilities from yield, material usage and utilities performance.  Manager will have oversight and visibility to total operating costs on ongoing basis.   Responsible for guiding team decisions impacting cost and providing leadership to direct improvement activities to meet budget objectives in balance with plant operating demands.   Key measures includes:  Unit Ratio performance and Unit Conversion Cost.

Production Volume/Output-  Responsible for daily plant performance to
optimize production output.  Manager has accountability for executing activities for reliable plant performance including troubleshooting and process optimization.  Key measures include plant reliability, plant availability, plant uptime, time production output, and demonstrated capacity.
Quality-
Responsible for product manufactured in conformance with specifications
and customer requirements.  Manager has accountability for driving quality improvements for yield, total material yield (unit ratio conversion), product and auditing compliance and continuous improvement programs.  Key measures include total material yield, product Cpk, and continuous improvement savings.
Employee/Team Development-  Responsible for the development of the operations team to improve team members skills and capabilities for assessing and implementing continuous improvement actions.  Development may consist of delivery of “Lean” manufacturing concepts and tools, 6 sigma quality and capability concepts, design of experiments, root cause failure analysis, maintenance reliability methods, etc.
Assure programs are in place utilizing internal and/or external resources as needed with a framework that fosters team work and collaborative working environment.

Nature and Scope: This job has responsibility for leading improvement initiatives for the unit, including the ICON (TIPS), and may be developed within the unit or thru CP
Technology and other support functions.  The position has accountability for leading
defined unit operations improvement activities with latitude for independent
decision-making to fulfill the defined objectives for the unit.  The position works collaboratively with team members within the unit (Ops. Coordinator, Ops. Engineer, Maintenance Coordinator, Production Technician) as well as peers across the site for
consistency in leading common site improvement processes (i.e. Lean), and
contributes fully as a peer team member for implementation of improvement
initiatives at the Freeport Site.  Also participates among the CP operations and business team in alignment of production activities to achieve common business objectives.

Please send information to: resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425. Thank You!

Engineering

Location: Chicago, IL

Ideal Candidate: Knowledge of engines, emission control catalysts, catalyst design, operation, and testing.  Knowledge of heavy duty diesel applications a plus.

Qualifications:

5 to 7 years experience

BS Chemistry of Engineering

Willingness to travel occasionally

The Applications Engineer will be responsible to provide technical and
engineering expertise in support of the Company’s Mobile Emissions catalysts
products, systems technologies, product demonstrations and technology delivery.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical engineering support to a major OEM customer for all programs (US 2013, Euro VI – Brazil). This position will manage all of the technical programs,  including the catalyst technology recommendations, catalyst samples, test programs, data analysis,
FMEA’s, DVP&R’s, production launch support and ongoing technical service.nn This position will work closely with the customer’s Sales Manager, R&D, and the Engine Test facilities to develop optimum after treatment catalyst solutions and integrate our catalyst technologies into the customer’s engine platforms. This is a resident engineer position located in the Chicago, Illinois area. Periodic travel is required

Qualifications: Minimum of a Bachelor Degree in a technical discipline (Chemistry or Engineering a strong asset); Master’s Degree in a technical discipline preferred; Minimum 5-10 years of experience in technical service or related fields; Requires strong technical skills, with knowledge of engines, emission control catalysts, catalyst design, operation, and testing; Knowledge of heavy duty diesel applications a plus; Must possess excellent communication, presentation, influencing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal effectively with external and internal customers at all levels.

Please send information to:  resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425. Thank You!

Chemicals Manufacturing

Location:  Indianapolis, Indiana

Ideal Candidate:

5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

The Chemical Engineer is responsible for preliminary and final process design work for new chemical manufacturing facilities and improvements to existing facilities. This includes performing detailed design calculations, identifying opportunities for process optimization, recommending process design changes, and assisting with the implementation and start-up of those recommendations. Some travel to our manufacturing sites will be required. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

    * Develop preliminary scope and plan for new projects, estimate preliminary project costs and    benefits.

    * Prepare new, or modify existing plant Process Flow Diagrams (PFD’s).

    * Complete detailed Material and Energy Balances for new or modified processes.

    * Prepare new or modified Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s).

    * Size and specify new process equipment and re-rate existing equipment for new capacities or services.

    * Size and specify Safety Relief Devices and vent systems.

    * Prepare new, or modify existing Plant Operating Procedures to accurately reflect project scope,

      control philosophy, and objectives.

    * Work with plant operating personnel to troubleshoot plant operation issues, especially when associated with project implementations.

    * Work on Continuous Improvement Projects as identified or needed. Areas of emphasis include:

      manufacturing cost reduction, capacity improvements/cycle time reductions, energy and waste

      reduction, and process reliability.

Education and Experience Requirements:

    * Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering.

    * 5 – 10 years experience in process design or process engineering.

    * Fundamental knowledge of continuous and batch chemical operations including reaction,

      distillation, heat exchange, solids handling, utilities and process control.

    * Problem solving skills including the ability to analyze technical data and make creative and

      balanced decisions.

    * Strong written and verbal communication skills.

    * Self motivated with the ability to take initiative and work successfully in cross functional teams.

    * Flexibility to work in both office and operating plant environments on a wide variety of activities.

    * Working Knowledge of process safety tools (PHA, LOPA, MOC, Root Cause Analysis, etc.).

Preferred Skills and Competencies:

    * Process simulation experience (Aspen Plus and/or PD-Plus, hydraulic modeling software).

    * Familiarity with Six Sigma processes.

    * Prior experience conducting process plant optimization

Location:  NJ

A dynamic international company with more than a century of leadership in the manufacture of health, agriculture and performance chemicals is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor. Their culture is built on mutual trust and respect for all employees so that we can focus on providing the best products and solutions to our customers.

Ideal Candidate: 

2+ to 5 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Maintenance Supervisor/Engineer

The role of the Maintenance Supervisor/Engineer is to manage the plant maintenance systems in a safe work environment, within the quality standards, while meeting the production schedule within cost limitations.

Job Responsibilities:

- Maintains equipment and systems in functional, safe working condition while meeting all regulatory

  requirements

- Plans, organizes and coordinates work activities of   maintenance employees and boiler operators

- Manages and develops employees to meet performance expectations and company standards for personal safety, productivity, quality, environmental and regulatory compliance

- Manages predictive and preventative maintenance activities

- Improves equipment efficiencies. Identifies opportunities and projects to improve equipment and

  systems to optimize overall plant performance

- Maintains involvement and influence in the development and implementation of products, process and equipment changes

- Manages department capital project work

- Responsible for incident investigation and root cause analysis

- Troubleshoots and provides solutions to plant equipment issues to support plant manufacturing goals. Acts as technical resource on plant equipment and systems

Education and Qualifications: 

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (preferred) or equivalent experience.  A minimum of 1-3 years supervisory experience required.  Possess strong understanding of engineering, industrial safety, contractor management, and project management.  Knowledge of process improvement tools and techniques (Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, etc.) is desired. Must be successful at working in a team environment, demonstrated coaching, delegating, and possess problem solving and facilitating skills.  Operations and project management skills/experiences related to the following systems: Boilers, Steam, Condensate, Air Compressor, Chilled Water, Water, Waste Water, and HVAC are beneficial.

Location:  Louisiana

Ideal Candidate:

2+ to 5 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Vocational
Willingness to Travel – Often

 This position is intended to provide Capital Project and Turnaround (TAR) scheduling development and management.  This position will set up and maintain schedules on large/complex jobs, provide oversight and direction to contract schedulers, and provide basic training on scheduling to project team members.  The services provided by this position, require an in depth technical knowledge of both the tool software and the scheduling and reporting work processes. Having accurate schedules that are properly managed, helps ensure project and TAR plans are in alignment with business targets.  An accurate schedule also enables contractor manpower levels to be optimized up front, which reduces cost.

Develop a detailed and optimized project/TAR execution schedule that links dependent activities and shows an accurate and integrated timeline for the scope of work (capital executed during the TAR, operational, and maintenance).

Perform job manpower leveling in order to identify and optimize labor resource requirements.

Update schedule and report progress during the project/TAR on a routine basis.

Generate predefined look-ahead schedules and ad hoc reports on an as needed basis, in order to provide day-to-day scheduling direction to the project/TAR execution team and the contractors.

Track and report on critical path activities in order to help the project/TAR execution team to determine proper prioritization of work.

Integrate project scope changes and/or TAR discovery work into the schedule to help determine manpower and schedule duration impact.

This position must have extensive scheduling experience (5 – 10 years) in a Chemical and/or Refining manufacturing facility. Sound knowledge of planning is also necessary; along with strong knowledge of construction and maintenance work execution for the different types of crafts.

A minimum of 3 years experience working with Primavera is required and experience with version 6 of this software is highly desirable.  

It is desirable for this position to have working knowledge of SAP.  It is also desirable for this position to have a 2 year vocational degree and/or construction/maintenance craft work experience in a Chemical and/or Refining manufacturing facility.

Ideal Candidate:

2+ to 5 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Purpose of the Job

Supervise maintenance activities directly or through subordinates, as necessary, to accomplish objectives in the most safe, economical and technically feasible fashion.

Continually monitor and modify departmental goals to insure compatibility with corporate goals and objectives.  Direct all reliability engineering, scheduling and maintenance activities in such a manner that corporate goals are attained in both the short and long-term.

Principal Responsibilities

Insure that all maintenance activities are performed in a safe manner. Support and adhere to the principles of the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care(r), OSHA VPP and EPA Performance Track initiatives by protecting the environment, health, safety and security of our employees, contractors, carriers, distributors, visitors, customers and neighbors.

 Review, monitor and modify maintenance methods, practices, systems and organization to maximize contribution to profitability.

Review, monitor and take the necessary action to make the people in the department capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

Provide an example of leadership that is consistent with the common objectives and values throughout the organization.

Provide an atmosphere that allows each individual in the department and the department itself to grow and develop as needs and opportunities change.

 Establish and maintain a communication system that ensures employees are aware of business objectives and conditions and allows each team member to know what is needed from others – and make sure that others know what is expected of them.

 Establish the performance standards for reliability engineering and maintenance utilizing KPI’s, develop the method of measurement and provide timely and routine feedback to those responsible for the performance.

 Maintain open and frequent communications with the customers of Maintenance to insure they are satisfied with the service.

 Exercise financial planning and control for the maintenance cost by generating annual budgets, controlling labor and materials usage, maximizing overall productivity and reviewing variances to budget on a monthly basis in order to provide maintenance service at the lowest possible total cost.

Ensure that ongoing proficiency training is conducted to improve skills and to keep current with technology.  Ensure that adequate funding and staffing are requested to meet maintenance requirements.

 Troubleshoot quality and process problems in collaboration with production engineers, process engineers, quality engineers, and others to ensure that all aspects of equipment operation and maintenance are managed.

Nature and Scope -

-         Work environment (extent of interaction with Supervisor(s) for approval, concurrence, resolution, etc.):

Approve expense expenditures, determine appropriate discipline in concert with HR and administer as required, improve work practices, and allocation of approved resources.  Careful planning, forecasting and scheduling is required to minimize interruptions to operations, which could cause considerable loss of production, time and cost.

-         Business environment (economic or technological conditions dealt with on a regular basis):

-         Must increase departmental effectiveness when essential resources are delayed or denied; limited budget.

-         The process problems include dealing with the technical difficulties of corrosive and hazardous chemicals and operating temperatures up to 2400°F.

  -         Internal and external relationships (nature and frequency):

 Inside:  Other departments routinely e.g., Production, Purchasing, Human Resources, Accounting, Purchasing, Project Engineering, Technical Service Center.

Outside:  Consultants for training, engineering, and organizational development; government organizations for inspections; contractors for maintenance services.

 Supervises 8 to 10 PMU and 10-15 through other direct reports

Knowledge and Experience

Engineering degree in Mechanical, Chemical or Industrial.  Science or Business degrees may be considered depending on associated experience.  Working knowledge of functions and design of plant equipment, process and products; methods development and procedures; industrial and personnel administration; labor relations; repair maintenance of machinery and equipment; ability to prepare, administer, and monitor departmental budgets.  

3 to 9 years technical experience in Chemical industry and strong exposure to maintenance principles and practices.  The candidate will have demonstrated success in positions of increasing supervisory responsibilities.

Location:  NE Tennessee

Ideal Candidate

7+ to 10 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree ChE

Description

-Lead new product development projects

-Lead process improvement teams in manufacturing

-Drive project planning and execution – coordinate activities of different organizations (marketing, technology, manufacturing, etc.)

-Develop and maintain milestone plans for projects

-Flag and help address resource concerns, timeline delays, or other critical obstacles

-Maintain project documentation, and provide project reports and updates as required by management

-Work with accountants and Finance to provide relevant financial evaluations for projects

-Monitor project expenditures

-Serve as primary contact for all project related inquiries

-Assist with technical problem solving, etc. for team activities as needed, including work on production or pilot scale

Minumum Education and Experience Required: 

-Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineer from an accredited university / college

-3 or more years of experience as a chemical engineer

Other Qualifications:

-High level of initiative – self starter

-Strong organizational skills

-Data driven in decision making – utilize statistical tools as appropriate

-Strong interpersonal skills – works well with people in different types of jobs (i.e. engineers, plant operators, maintenance, business organizations, etc.)

-Strong written and verbal communication skills

 Location:  Freeport, TX

Ideal Candidate:

15+ years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – BS ChE

Willingness to Travel – Often

This position leads the process optimization team that is responsible for the NA Process Optimization (PO) Initiative and will also provide expert engineering and consulting services to the Manufacturing Community. This group drives improvements under one of the key pillars of the New Operational eXcellence (OpX) Journey across North American Manufacturing Sites. The team is made up of highly qualified and experienced experts, capable of leading and facilitating complex plant improvement projects and optimization workshops. This position must stay abreast of world-class process improvement processes and cutting-edge systems to maintain competitive advantage for the NA sites. Must be able to adapt these processes to successfully achieve real-world improvements.  The position will coordinate PO workshops and other OpX activities with the NA site managers, the OpX managers, the Automation Manager, the Energy Specialists and others, and is directly responsible for the day-to-day work assignments and activities of the group, providing technical support and guidance as needed. The manager will be responsible for the effective execution of the PO Initiative. The manager will also provide updates to the Manufacturing Community Steering Committee and will serve as the primary NA liaison with the SE consultancy group, ZZC/E, regarding the PO process.

Leads by example and sets environment for taking risks within the organization by addressing constraints and enabling resources.

Inspires others and takes accountability for an innovation pipeline by championing and discerning new and creative approaches.

Ensures that all services and products provide value for the company as well as customers in strategic markets.

Fosters the integration of a diversity of perspectives across the organization resulting in development of high performing teams and output.

Involves, trusts and optimizes a diverse, high performing team and creates a vision that fosters a sense of common ownership.

 Required:

 BS degree in Chemical Engineering. Course study towards an advanced degree is strongly encouraged.  We recognize institutions of higher education that are accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or equivalent.

At least 15+ years experience as a Process Design Engineer and/or Operations Engineer. The individual must have:

ability to manage a self-directed, experienced and highly qualified team of experts,

very strong project management, organizational and client relationship skills,

knowledge of a wide variety of chemical production processes,

a strong technical knowledge in the fundamentals of unit operations design and sizing calculations, such as (batch) reactors, distillation towers, heat exchangers and extraction systems,

theoretical know-how and practical experience in troubleshooting plant problems and optimizing plant performance,

a basic knowledge of plant process control and advanced process control techniques and how they can be applied to monitor, control and / or improve plant performance,

strong interpersonal, communication, administrative, personal motivation and personal adaptability skills,

continuing “state of the art” advanced course work.

 Desired:

-         Experience in the use of Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) applications, including AspenPlus.

-         Demonstrated work experience implementing projects in the Refining or Petrochemicals industry.

-         Knowledge of PIMS (ASPEN InfoPlus21)

-         Experience facilitating optimization processes, such as Six Sigma.

-         Experience with Design of Experiments, Material and Information Flow Analysis, Lean Manufacturing, and other optimization tools.

-         Knowledge of company Ecology, Health and Safety Standards.

-          Knowledge of the company’s project development process

Location:  Atlanta, GA or Brooklyn, NY

Ideal Candidate:

2+ to 5 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Must be a high-energy, articulate and independent individual who is comfortable and confident serving as an educator and technical/clinical support person within a hospital/operating room environment

The training period for this position may require a travel for 4 weeks of training in Israel

 The Service manager is responsible for the technical service and support as well as preventive maintenance procedures for its products and customers. The Service manager works as a team member and responsible to the creation and management of service culture, service procedures and routines and measurement of the company products performance.

Typical work activities:

The main role of a customer service manager is to ensure customer satisfaction from the performance of the company products, to minimize device performance failures and to ensure implementation of service culture within the organization

 The work may include within others:

- Providing help and advice to customers using products or services;

- Being the technological champion who coach and offer real time support to the CSR team in cases where technological support is needed.

- Investigating and solving customers’ problems.

- Keeping accurate records of discussions or correspondence with customers;

- Analyzing statistics or other data to determine the level of customer service the Company is providing;

- producing written information for customers

- Writing reports analyzing the customer service that the Company provides;

- Visiting customers to provide a one-to-one service;

- Developing feedback or complaints procedures for customers to use;

- Developing customer service procedures, policies and standards;

- Training staff to deliver a high standard of customer service;

- Leading a team of customer service staff;

Skills/Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Bio-Engineering or any engineering or technology field; Graduate degree preferred

- Minimum of two years in customer service position.

- Trouble shooting, technical skills, creativity and high discipline.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work successfully with all levels of the company

- Professional appearance and demeanor

- Able to travel extensively within territory and occasionally beyond

- Must be comfortable and experienced in surgical procedures

- Preferred to have experience with orthopedic anatomy, surgical protocol and appropriate vocabulary

- Must be computer literate

- Must be able to build strong relationship with surgical staff and hospitals within territory