About you and this role
Opportunity for a Junior Production Engineer to be located in Tarragona, Spain.
A Production Engineer serves as a vital resource for Operations by applying technical skills to optimize plant operations, resolve plant problems, and enable safe and efficient production of low cost, quality products. Requires conceptual knowledge of theories, practices, and procedures within job discipline. Performs routine assignments and solves standard problems using existing procedures. Applies general knowledge of business developed through education or experience.
Responsibilities
• Works closely with the operations team leveraging their problem-solving skills and technical expertise.
• Elevates and appropriately applies knowledge of the plant and technology referencing historical data and conferring with Technology Center or other subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Ensures Most Effective Technology (MET) is understood and utilized, and that process automation is used as a tool to optimize plant performance.
• Utilizes defined MET and challenges/escalates MET application and assumptions when better solutions arise.
• Partners with experts to perform advanced troubleshooting and improve and document operating discipline.
• Diagnoses and documents root causes of asset utilization losses in the facility.
• Understands why specific procedure steps and precautions are needed and keeps a strong field presence to reinforce the importance.
• Conducts daily review of logbook and alarm history to better understand the plant operation and stay engaged with daily activities.
• Maintains, owns, and reviews daily Key Process Indicators (KPI)/ trends to ensure optimum performance.
• Responds urgently to plant issues and emergencies.
• Acts as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and drives implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions.
Qualifications
• A master's degree in chemical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering or Material Science / Metallurgical Engineer.
• You have recently finished your master's studies (Fresh Graduate).
• You have 0-2 years of experience.
• You are fluent in English and Spanish.
• You need to be flexible to move to production or improvement engineer as a minimum and better if capable of moving to TES roles in the future.
• You are able to start as of December/January 2023/2024 (exact date will be discussed).
Preferred Skills
• You have good technical and interpersonal skill set, innovative, flexible and open-minded in a lifelong learning environment.
• You are a team player, and you can adapt easily in multicultural and fast paced environments.
Salary: between 40K and 60K