A Process/Utilities Engineer is required by CareerWise Recruitment to join our client based in Cork. Requires ops-type experience from an API environment with an engineering qualification. This is a 12-month contract role.
ROLE:
* Ownership and accountability for utility systems within production buildings that support manufacturing, e.g., nitrogen, glycol, steam, waste, vent/vac, HVAC, purified water, solvents, etc.
* Proactively identify and implement improvement opportunities across the facility; utilities, process equipment, process safety, energy usage, business processes, etc.
* Develop and maintain an equipment & building system optimisation plan.
* Shared ownership of the process equipment and support systems with the manufacturing Process Engineers to maintain equipment uptime and productivity.
* Act as the user representative for building utility / facility upgrade projects, inputting into design and leading the coordination of system handover with the projects and C&Q groups.
* Work with maintenance on scheduling and completion of preventative maintenance and annual shutdowns to ensure no business interruption.
* Support building (quality & EHS) compliance initiatives incl area audits walks, audit preparation and closure of compliance actions as appropriate.
REQUIREMENTS:
* Process / Chem Engineering or similar L8 qualification.
* Minimum five years experience in manufacturing areas such as:
* • Production Operations/Unit Operation support (reactions, distillations, crystallizations, drying, milling etc).
* • Production Operations Utility support (e.g. vacuum pumps, waste systems / tanks, scrubbers/vent header systems, solvent distribution systems, high/low pressure nitrogen distributions, purified water systems, vessel heat-transfer systems, HVAC, etc).
* • Experience in Process Safety and Quality Compliance aspects of manufacturing and project delivery.