The Project Engineer provides technical and project management services to produce high quality Dyneema® fiber including Dyneema® Purity, Dyneema UD® and Dyneema® Tape products in a safe, cost effective manner while maintaining excellent safety, human relations, and environmental standards. The Project Engineer will operate within the organizational structure to provide project non-capital and small/large capital support to Avient Protective Materials and APM Biomedical business groups. The person in this role will interact will all staff and external contractors.  They will maintain expertise on corporate project guidelines.  They will initiate, implement, and follow-up on Avient Protective Materials projects and will interact with APM global and APM Corporate colleagues to keep Avient Protective Materials within guidelines and to provide excellent results.

• Ensures all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed.  Take action to correct unsafe acts, systems, and procedures. 

• Abides by Avient Protective Materials procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of:  employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of Avient Protective Materials intellectual property limited to a “need to know” only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or APM property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of APM property and keys.

• Maintains adequate manufacturing and support facilities to produce the highest quality product in a cost-effective manner. Prepares and submits requests for equipment (major and minor) replacements and additions.  Assesses manufacturing capacity and the need to upgrade facilities to meet regulatory requirements and process improvements.

• Manage all aspects of selected equipment upgrade, equipment addition, facilities, and utility projects from generation of basic engineering through final commissioning.  Manage projects to stay within budget, schedule, quality / scope of work, and safety requirements.  Coordinate project activities with Maintenance turnarounds.   

• Monitors and analyzes repetitive manufacturing problems. Determines the root cause for manufacturing failures and initiate equipment or procedural changes to correct the problem.

• Prepares, reviews, and approves production records including maintenance procedures, operating procedures, JSA’s, and change requests as required.

• Interacts with Technicians as necessary to ensure effective communication of production and compliance related changes in procedures based upon aspects initiated by project efforts.  Conducts formalized training for operative/technical personnel as necessary.

• Assists in developing operating goals in support of divisional, unit, and corporate objectives.  Develops plans to reduce COGS by continuously improving efficiencies, processing times, reducing labor and material costs, reducing maintenance costs and controlling expense budgets.

• Maintains compliance with environmental programs. Promotes waste reduction and recovery projects, and incorporate associated operations in applicable manufacturing processes.  Identifies opportunities to minimize waste and to actively recycle.  Pursues project approaches that will minimize utility consumption and environmental emissions.

• It is the responsibility of each employee to work in a safe and responsible manner in order to create an injury-free and incident-free workplace and comply with all job-related safety and other training programs.

• Analyze improve plant proposals and develop cost effective solutions.  Prepare and submit request for implementation of selected solutions.

• Maintain annual training requirements on hazardous waste by reviewing DYNPRO SHE DYN 653 and general awareness presentation.  Specific job holders will complete more detailed training as well.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Authorities

• Supervise contractors.

• Recommend equipment/components. 

• Negotiate vendor pricing.

• Authorized to approve work permits per details included in DYNPRO SHE DYN 026. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities. 

• Initiate capital spending.

• Change facilities within project scope.

Projects or Special Assignments

• Operational Excellence Roles 

• SAP Roles (as required)

• Manufacturing E&S: Project Manager

Avient Protective Materials Large Capital Project Team member, when required.