Minimum Requirements: B.S. in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering 3 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, highly preferred backgrounds would be: chemicals, specialty chemicals, refining, plating chemicals or catalyst manufacturing Must have prior optimization and process improvement experience Personality-wise, they are looking for someone who is hands-on; much of this job will be spent out in the plant and interfacing with operators and other plant personnel. This person must have an out-going personality and be an effective communicator Job Description: This person will work in a 125-person chemicals manufacturing plant. Unit operations that are used at the plant include reaction and distillation and it is a wet chemistry process. This position is open as a reflection of expansion and growth – there are a lot of projects scheduled over the next couple of years, including a large expansion project. This person will be responsible for process optimization and process improvement. In addition, this person will do some day-to-day plant troubleshooting and work with the operators as well.