Process Engineer

Our client manufacture Speciality Chemicals globally, they are now looking to recruit a Process Engineer to be based in Hartlepool. You will provide technical, operational and process safety support and drive continuous improvement of the plant process and operational performance
Responsibilities
Keep up to date with latest technologies and improvement techniques and drive continuous improvement of the plants performance by identifying and implementing improvement opportunities to achieve the current and future capacity, variable costs, overall operating effectiveness and product quality.
Ensure that all process incidents or losses are investigated using appropriate problem-solving tools so that improvements can be made to prevent recurrence.
Monitor plant operations, diagnose adverse trends, define and implement corrective actions to achieve operating performance targets.
Analyse process and production metrics on a daily/weekly basis, reviewing KPI's, operating logs, DCS trends, PI trends, quality lab results, and other sources of data to ensure reliable, consistent, and cost effective operations.
Lead and provide technical chemical engineering input to safety reviews, PHAs, RCAs, safety committees, risk assessments and incident investigations and complete appropriate actions arising from these.
Provide technical chemical engineering support to the plant team and take an active role in troubleshoo...