Manufacturing Chemical Engineer

Austin Powder is seeking to hire a full-time Manufacturing Chemical Engineer to join our team at our Red Diamond Manufacturing plant. This engineering position provides technical support to produce chemically manufactured energetic materials and the production of packaged explosives.

The Manufacturing Chemical Engineer enjoys a competitive wage and generous benefits. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision, a 401(k), a flexible spending account, life insurance, AD&D insurance, short-term disability, and an employee assistance program (EAP) . If this sounds like the opportunity that you've been searching for, apply today!

ABOUT AUSTIN POWDER

Austin Powder manufactures a full line of industrial explosives and provides blasting services to customers in the quarrying, mining, construction, and oil and gas industries - all for the purpose of providing aggregate, energy, and mineral products to consumers. The Red Diamond Plant is a stand-alone site of approximately 250 employees operating five major production areas to supply packaged explosive products to customers all over the country.

Our values of commitment to safety, attention to detail, and the power of family are the very bedrock upon which our company's culture is built. We truly value our team which is why we offer competitive opportunities for career growth and advancement.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL ENGINEER

As a Manufacturing Chemical Engineer at the Red Diamond plant, you offer technical assistance to produce energetics and packaged explosives. You drive continuous improvement in capital and non-capital projects through reliability, cost, quality, and operability focus. Working with engineering, production, maintenance, and other support functions, you grow your expertise in engineering capacity to drive long-term sustainability and improvement at the plant.

You troubleshoot problems as they arise alongside team members. Identifying improvement opportunities, you work to optimize new solutions for the most impact. You help identify opportunities related to reliability, operability, raw material yields, capacity, energy, quality, product safety, and the environment.

Your skills will continue to develop in project management, process engineering, equipment troubleshooting, and continuous improvement as you take on managing projects from start to finish - details like developing and updating flow diagrams, process safety, environmental documentation, and operational procedures. You will leverage or gain valuable experience in project management, detailed engineering, OSHA PSM, chemical manufacturing, equipment reliability, reactive chem, and more! As a highly motivated individual, you enjoy the challenge of finding engineering solutions and feel great satisfaction in improving production at the Red Diamond plant!

QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. Chemical Engineering degree OR equivalent degree
• Knowledge of process control systems
• Experience with chemical manufacturing equipment is a plus.
• Computer skills including Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to perform work in a manufacturing environment which includes ascending and descending stairs and ladders.
• Entry level or Experienced engineers

Do you have strong written and verbal communication skills? Are you a problem solver with great decision-making abilities? Can you work on and balance multiple assignments at once? Are you attentive to safety? If so, you may be perfect for this position!

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

If you feel that you would be right for this engineering position, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application . We look forward to meeting you!

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing compensation. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.