Birla Carbon in Hamilton is looking for a Process Engineer to join our Process Engineering team. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for assisting the Engineering Team in monitoring, identifying and implementing opportunities to continuously improve our operational processes, maximize production rates, operational efficiency, product quality, safety, and minimize downtime, cost, energy utilization, waste, and environmental impact.

Who We Are:

Birla Carbon is one of the largest manufacturer and supplier of high quality Carbon Black additives globally, and a flagship business of the US $65 billion Aditya Birla Group, a Fortune 500 Company with 120,000 employees worldwide. Our current footprint extends across 12 countries in five continents with 16 manufacturing facilities and combined annual production capacity of over 2 million tons. Birla Carbon delivers uniform product quality and consistent experience worldwide.

What We Do:

Birla Carbon provides a complete portfolio of products to meet the specific end requirements across Rubber, Plastics, Coatings, Inks and other niche industries globally. Our customers include leading brands and companies across Tires, Rubbers, Plastics, Inks and Paints industries globally.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary, bonus and vacation plan
• Comprehensive benefits package (Medical/Dental, etc.) from start date
• Company RRSP, TFSA from start date
• Employer sponsored Education Assistance, Annual Gym Membership, Community Sponsorship, Employee Referral Program

Responsibilities:

• Establish, monitor, and maintain performance measures, logs, metrics, and records for all relevant feedstock transfer, production process, and production control processes.
• Inspect, review, evaluate, and monitor operational equipment, operational conditions, operating procedures, production processes, and employee work practices for recommended improvements.
• Develop, recommend and implements production equipment, production process and operating procedure improvements to maximize production rates, operational efficiency, product quality, and safety, and minimize downtime, cost, energy utilization, waste, and environmental impact.
• Design, develop, implement, and manage action plans and projects (in conjunction with Operations and Engineering) to resolve immediate and long-term production issues/problems.
• Assist with special engineering projects and other project-related responsibilities as directed.
• Assist in the development and training of operational personnel.
• Coordinates with corporate personnel on product development runs, yield trails and other process improvement exercises.
• Provide secondary relief for operational supervisors.

Requirements:

• Post-secondary accreditation in mechanical or chemical engineering from a recognized institute or equivalent
• Eng designation an asset
• Experience in continuous process, chemical, or carbon-black manufacturing plant is considered an asset.
• Excellent operational knowledge of continuous process instrumentation and process control equipment.
• DCS/PLC tuning and programming expertise.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization and to adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Demonstrated commitment to safety and the environment
• Excellent computer skills: (MS Office, MS Project, SAP, etc.)

Birla Carbon is an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. Accommodations are available upon request in all aspects of the recruitment process.