PT Lead Engineered Materials

Job Summary:

Lubrizol’s process technology team reimagines what is possible, delivering safe and sustainable solutions to drive business value and create a competitive advantage. As the Engineered Materials Process Technology team lead, you will play a critical role in developing next generation manufacturing processes and high-performance engineering teams leveraging latest technologies, creativity, engineering and unit operation fundamentals and contemporary development methodologies.

You will drive our Most Effective Technology process, METp, which has three levels, Base=what we have today, Plus=the best we can do today and Prime=what we believe is possible.  Primary focus will be on best-in-class technology, METPlus and Prime for Engineered Materials while partnering with global operations teams to maximize METBase performance. In addition, you will identify and progress global productivity and continuous improvement initiatives.  You will lead the process scale up of new products, Tolling and Regional Localization support.

An effective candidate for this role should have a good working knowledge of Engineered Resins and Polymer chemistry and basic processing knowledge. 

You will attract and develop the next generation of process development engineers.

You will support the adherence and application of program management fundaments for all activities where resources are deployed to ensure results align with business expectations.

You will work with the global cross-functional team to develop effective partnerships and standard work practices to ensure we deliver on the potential and opportunity as One Lubrizol.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Leads the Global Engineered Polymer Process Technology team:

• • • Work with global business and operations teams to align on process technology and productivity initiatives.
    • Manage engineering team and cross-functional engagements to achieve business objectives.
    • Make the Process Technologies purpose statement a reality, driving performance and continuous improvement.
    • Identify technologies, partnerships, methodologies to stimulate our thinking, elevate our practices, accelerate learning to enable step changes in performance.
    • Drives standardization and effectiveness of best practice operational, technology development and transfer, and project management processes across all global Engineered polymers manufacturing locations.

Develop and Implement Most Effective Technology Processes and Lead Global Productivity initiatives

• • • Partner with R&D and 3rd parties (Tollers) to develop METPlus and Prime pipelines, state of the art process technologies and fundamental process capabilities.
    • Develop MET dashboards, Metrics/KPIs to quantity performance, potential with investment and improvement with development.  Deliver identified value in MET dashboard available by upgrading facilities.
    • Identify technologies required for pilot process improvements and partner with broader Manufacturing Technology teams to secure necessary equipment and pilot process to enable accelerated learning.
    • Lead scale-up activities with special focus on generating required data confirming product and process quality and capability.
    • Embrace Lean and Design for Six Sigma initiatives to ensure data driven and systematic approaches to driving improvements and especially that effective controls are implemented to maintain gains.
    • Lead product and process FMEAs to ensure effective management of risk, ensuring all process risks and operator health and safety risks are mitigated during lab, pilot plant and plant work.
    • Accountable for compliance and execution of Technology License Agreements with external partners as appropriate.
    • Partner with plant operations to create an effective process to surface and prioritize global productivity and continuous improvement opportunities.
    • Lead execution of focus projects while also understanding where else insights gained can be leveraged elsewhere.

Develop 21st Century Engineer global engineering team to enable accelerated learning and business results

• • • Work with Lubrizol’s R&D teams for opportunities to enhance engineer capability through Digitization, AI and Generative AI
    • Work to enhance member and teams’ creativity and agility through development of effective brainstorming skills.
    • Foster lean start-up thinking and team mindsets with focus on minimally viable products and effective build, measure, learn cycles of learning.
    • Drive superior teaming and facilitation skills ensuring desired stakeholder experiences
    • Ensure team are grounded in core engineering fundamentals, core unit operation expertise and engineering skills and risk assessment (FMEA)
    • Work to elevate Six Sigma competencies to include Process Mapping, Measurement System Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Process Capability/Control Charts, Multi-variate analysis/Components of Variation, Design of Experiments, House of Quality and Statistical Tools
  • Ensures high competency and demonstrated proficiency in applying first principles of chemistry and engineering, formal and organized problem solving, application of statistics and design of experiments, project management and execution, and technical documentation and report writing.
    • Lead the hiring and development of Engineering talent.

Provides Manufacturing Plant Support:

• • • Work to support and ensure operations teams are achieving global METBase performance standards.
    • Supports localization efforts as required.

 Provide Regional PT Leadership:

• • • Leverage in-region presence to support/lead PT in-region deliverables

Skills, Experience, and Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent from an accredited university.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in chemical manufacturing and/or process development.
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing Engineers
• Knowledge of Engineered resin, polymers chemistry and manufacturing processes. 
• cPVC process knowledge, for resin and compound
• Demonstrated success in driving change and delivering results in a matrix organization.
• Record developing teams to deliver on their potential.
• Excellent communication and networking skills.
• Sound project management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills.
• Exhibits a continuous improvement mindset.

Considered a Plus:

• Advanced degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
• Subject matter expertise in Engineered Polymers including chemistry, manufacturing processes, and unit operations.
• TPU design and processing experience
• DMAIC or DFSS Six Sigma certification, green belt or black belt coupled with credible practical application
• Certifications in project management (e.g. PMP)