Process Engineer
Tate & Lyle
Process Engineer (Houlton, ME)
Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries, operating from more than 30 locations around the world. Through large scale, efficient manufacturing plants, Tate & Lyle turns raw materials into distinctive, high-quality ingredients. These ingredients and solutions add taste, texture, nutrition, and increased functionality to products that millions of people around the world use or consume every day. We are the secret ingredient to Make Food Extraordinary in some of the world's best loved brands. Could you be ours?
The Houlton Process Engineer position is responsible for providing technical expertise and capital project execution for Tate & Lyle's specialty starch plant located in Houlton, ME. The engineer in this position will ensure the operation produces product that meets all quality, cost, and efficiency requirements. This position will design, develop, and implement continuous process improvements to meet goals established by the business/location, along with providing technical guidance to the plant operations teams to assist with process troubleshooting and developing corrective action plans.
This role is within the NOAM Engineering Group and will have a strong dotted line to the Houlton plant manager.
Main Job Accountabilities
1. Technical Leadership and Expertise
- Provide technical expertise and leadership for Tate & Lyle's specialty starch plant.
- Apply standard engineering theories, concepts, and techniques, along with a working knowledge of related disciplines.
- Provide technical safety expertise.
2. Project Management and Execution
- Execute the development, design, installation, and startup of capital projects to improve safety, increase throughput, reduce costs, and improve quality.
- Conduct and participate in engineering projects, monitoring day-to-day production results, and translating processes to flow sheet representation.
- Design and specify operation of plant processes, obtaining, organizing, and interpreting engineering data.
- Perform economic and technical analyses of projects.
3. Problem Solving and Process Improvement
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical process issues.
- Ensure systems are in place to track key process parameters and overall process performance.
- Conduct root cause analysis to provide improvement opportunities.
- Work on a wide range of troubleshooting problems using basic knowledge of the process and creative thinking to solve problems and recommend corrective actions.
4. Collaboration and Communication
- Work with other site leadership, corporate engineers, and production personnel.
- Display ability to collaborate with Maintenance, Accounting, Purchasing, Research, Suppliers, and other support-related groups and professional organizations.
- Develop and maintain working relationships with peers at other plants.
5. Reporting and Supervision
- Report to the NOAM Engineering Director, with direction from local Plant Manager or Production Manager.
- Provide technical supervision and instructions to process operators and assist entry-level professionals in procedural and technical matters.
- Work receives moderate direction and supervision, with work plans reviewed for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
6. Professional Development and Integrity
- Gain recognition from peers for knowledge in the engineering field.
- Coordinate efforts of others, anticipate and resolve priority conflicts, and incorporate organizational values into work prioritization.
- Work with integrity and uphold the values of the organization.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Successful candidates must pass a pre-employment physical and drug test.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and fingers, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; work from heights, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability see color and adjust focus.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is potentially exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions on site. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud. The position regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity, and exposure to dust. In addition, this job also operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
Performance Measures
The incumbent will be measured against site EHS, Quality, Production, Reliability and Leadership goals.
Skills and Experience Required
- Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering or related engineering field
- Experience developing and managing capital projects is a plus
- Experience providing production support is a plus
EEO Statement
Tate & Lyle will base all of its employment decisions on job-related standards and its commitment to equal employment opportunity (EEO). Tate & Lyle will ensure that promotion decisions are made in accordance with the principles of EEO by imposing only valid requirements for promotional opportunities. Tate & Lyle will also ensure that all other human resource matters such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are administered without regard to an employee's race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, disability, age, sexual orientation, status as a covered veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
The successful attainment of equal employment opportunity requires the maximum cooperation of all employees. All managers and supervisors are responsible for implementing and enforcing this Policy. In addition, all other employees are expected to perform their job responsibilities in a manner that supports equal employment opportunity for all.
California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")
The Company is committed to complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") and all data privacy and laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. We collect the following categories of personal information for the purpose of hiring the best qualified applicants and to comply with applicable employment laws: Name and contact information; Job preference and work availability; Social Security Number and/or other identification information; Education and qualifications; Employment history and experience; Military service; Reference and background check information, including relevant criminal history and credit history; Social media information; Pre-employment test results; Post-offer medical examination information and results, including drug test results; Voluntary self-disclosure information regarding minority, veteran, and disability status; and Information provided by you during the hiring process.