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Byrnes & Rupkey Inc.

Senior Process Engineer

Byrnes & Rupkey Inc., Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States, 50501

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Job Title: Senior Process Engineer

Location: Fort Dodge, Iowa

Salary: DOE

Job Summary of the Senior Process Engineer: The Senior Process Engineer will apply engineering techniques to improve complex manufacturing processes and products. In this role, you will provide technical support, operations experience, continuous improvement, and project management skills, and be a contributing member of a team on complex issues. This role will work across many operational areas. You will provide insight to improve the stability, capability, and availability of processes while reducing variability and mitigating risks in the operational area. You will provide insights to enable the operational area to achieve variable and fixed cost and operating efficiency targets, while protecting our people, communities, the environment, and assets, and honor our business obligations.

Job Duties & Responsibilities of the Senior Process Engineer:
Collect and analyze complex operational data and trends and provide recommendations and plans to improve the performance and reporting process of manufacturing equipment and processes and ensure consistent monitoring and early warning indicators.

Collaborate with maintenance leadership to plan, recommend and schedule maintenance of complex plant systems using reliability models and predictive technologies.

Partner with internal technology and finance operations stakeholders to monitor and manage variable and fixed costs at the site.

Plan and monitor production shutdowns and ensure legal and preventive maintenance compliance of manufacturing equipment.

Partner with capital engineers to analyze capital expenditures and complex project designs to find more efficient, cost- effective approaches and promote higher quality and reliable outcomes.

Provide oversight to third party personnel and set priorities, monitor safety and improve their skills over time.

Partner with relevant personnel from other departments within the site or across the business to recommend benchmark practices and create strategies.

You will work under minimal supervision and independently handle complex issues while referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.

Education & Experience Requirements of the Senior Process Engineer:
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Possesses comprehensive knowledge of engineering subject matter

Minimum of four years of related work experience

Lean Certification a plus

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification a plus

Strong project management aptitude and experience

Strong data analysis capabilities including continuous improvement experience or certifications

Understanding of PI (data historian), MS Project, Statistical Software (Seeq, Minitab)

Technical knowledge of wet or dry corn milling, ethanol production, corn sweeteners production