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.

Chemicals

Engineering

Location:  Cambridge, MA

The Ideal Candidate:

7+ tp 10 years of experience

Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Working in theMicrocapsule Development Team, the engineer is expected to fulfill the following requirements:

Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and optimize chemical processes for the commercial production of our surface treated pigments, microcapsules, dispersions, and adhesives
- Design, evaluate, source, install, and qualify new process equipment for the scale up of lab discovered materials and processes
- Deliver capable and reliable processes to manufacturing team within capacity, budget, and timeline constraints
- Lead efforts to qualify chemical processes of external suppliers, as necessary
- Support existing production operations, as needed

Qualifications:

- BS or MS in Chemical Engineering
- 7 – 10 years of relevant industrial development experience
- Experience scaling up reactor design, especially where mixing, temperature control, and material addition are critical
- Hands-on, working knowledge of PLC batch control systems
- Knowledge of solvent and/or polyurethane based polymerizations is desirable
- Knowledge of pigment dispersion mixing, milling, filtering techniques is desirable
- Working knowledge of Six Sigma techniques, including FMEA, experimental design, and statistical analysis
- Ability to function effectively as a member of cross-functional, cross-disciplinary teams, and inter-corporate teams
- Demonstrated ability to provide innovative solutions to complex problems
- Hands-on attitude and desire to work a lab/pilot plant environment
- Effective oral and written communication skills