Product Quality & Efficiency Engineer
Tronox
- Hamilton, MS
- Permanent
- Full-time
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- Possess a full understanding of the plant process to the extent of its effect on quality and efficiencies.
- Develop leading indicators for quality and efficiency management.
- Facilitate root cause investigations for quality and efficiency excursions.
- Implement statistical process control on applicable quality and efficiency parameters, developing action plans and automated responses.
- Make data driven decisions and demonstrate the ability to make the appropriate assumptions when unknowns exist.
- Optimize grade change timing and transitions – reduction to production impact and zero transition material.
- Advocate for Hamilton on global level – spec reviews, capability analysis, and comparisons.
- Develop local trials to improve quality and efficiencies in process.
- Facilitate communication between Operations Technicians in each plant area relating to management of product quality and efficiencies.
- Work with other sites to gain insight on potential quality and efficiency improvements in Hamilton.
- Work with Production Engineers to ensure production rates are achievable while maintaining high quality and optimum efficiency.
- Advise and assist plant support and R&D personnel as needed, serving as plant point of contact for trials.
- Support plant personnel and process improvement efforts to meet safety, quality, efficiency, and production goals.
- Demonstrate clear written and oral communication skills with peers, management, and customers.
- Promote a “work-safe” attitude and environment where safety is the prerequisite to all activities.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering required.
- Minimum of 2 years plant experience.
- Lean / 6 sigma certification and knowledge of SPC / SQC required.
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills and exceptional human relations skills are required.
- MX or above on most recent evaluation, with no active corrective action documentation in the past year
- Consistently applies and uses Outward Mindset Principles and Tools
- We have an uncompromising focus on operating safe, reliable and responsible facilities.
- We honor our responsibility to create value for stakeholders.
- We treat others with respect, and act with personal and organizational integrity.
- We build our organization with diverse, talented people who make a positive difference and we invest in their success.
- We are adaptable, decisive and effective.
- We are trustworthy and reliable, and we build mutually rewarding relationships.
- We share accountability and have high expectations for ourselves and one another.
- We do the right work the right way in every aspect of our business.
- We celebrate the joy of working together to accomplish great things.