Production Engineer (Chemical | Overseas posting)

About our client: Our client is a leading chemicals manufacturing company with a global presence.

* Work Location: Jurong Island (company transport is provided near Jurong East MRT)

* Overseas posting: Successful candidate will have an opportunity to be seconded overseas on our client's global locations.

About the role: The Production Engineer is responsible for improving the production technology of theplant Operations. The Production Engineer supports the production team for identifying, investigating, and resolving production issues in technical aspects. The Production Engineer leads technology for process control (DCS, SIS), operation condition, and product quality improvement and joins project work related to production technology development and processes improvement. The Production Engineer is to support other production team members to achieve safeand stable plant Operations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, review and update all process control documents, procedures and operation condition sheet in consultation with Production Superintendent and Day Supervisors from Operation
• Identifying, analyzing, trouble shooting and improving process efficiency, equipment performance, product yield, capacity, quality, process material uses and utilities consumption.
• Manage and improve process control system (DCS, SIS) and process data logging system.
• Support trial production and test run of new grade, new process and equipment with Production Technology Engineer.
• Optimize plant operating efficiency, yield optimization and energy conservation with feasibility study, make the necessary field test to verify the result.
• Provide technical support for Silo & Packaging process, including corrective measure for customer complaint in technical viewpoint
• Lead process safety assessment (HAZOP, LOPA, etc) and support HSE department technically.
• Submit reports’ findings and recommend modification, improvement and potential investment projects such as debottlenecking, environmental and cost reduction
• activities (i.e. reduction or more efficient usage of utilities).
• Coordinate with technical section for process simulation, evaluation, investigation, performance & yield optimization
• Perform basic engineering design for all potential investment projects, prepare marked up P&ID’s and the required technical information for cost estimation purposes.
• Coordinate with Technical department all plant improvement and modification activities working closely with Technical Process engineer to prepare detailed engineering design, prepare specification and requisitions for major equipment
• purchase, review of vendors’ document, conduct hazard analysis, performancetests and commissioning activities.
• Coordinate with the Technical department for regular update of P&ID’s, instrument list and equipment list.
• Any other duties assigned by the Manager.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, or engineering
• Minimum of Five (5) years of relevant engineering/production work experience in chemical industry.
• Experience in designing or optimizing the process control system of chemical plants.
• Basic Engineering Skill with utilizing process and instrumentation diagram (P&ID)
• Knowledge of mass and heat balance calculations of chemical plants. Demonstrated skill to in leadership, developing others, and working in a teambased environment
• Outstanding verbal and written communication, presentation, interpersonal, creative thinking, consulting, and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prioritize work to manage multiple projects to meet deadlines.
• Excellent problem-solving/decision-making skills.
• Ability to multi-task
• Willing to be posted oversea for long term assignment.

Preferred Qualification:

• Master’s degree in chemical engineering
• Knowledge and experience in chemical process simulations (e.g. polymerization, other reaction processes, distillation, drying, and so on)
• Technical understanding of polymer extrusion process
• Knowledge of DCS programing and parameter tuning (PID control)
• Experience in lean manufacturing methods (e.g. 5S, Six Sigma, Kaizen, TPM)
• High proficiency in Excel including VBA, macros, or other related software engineering tools.
• Experience with leading Capex projects
• Experience with Management of Change (MOC), Process safety assessment (PHA, HAZOP, LOPA, FMEA, QRA, etc.), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

*Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

EA Name: Kingsforce Management Services Pte. Ltd.

EA License: 94C3545

EAP Name: Paola Jane Ofrasio Fajardo

EAP Reg No: R1325507