MSA, The Safety Company Chemical Process Engineer (On-site) US-PA-Cranberry Twp Requisition ID: 2024-7689 Type: Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Operations (MissionOPS) Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following

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• * Maintain a high level of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) standards when managing and working with chemicals and chemical processes.
• * Provide expertise and recommendations for chemical related issues including waste profiling.
• * Support the facility with processing electrochemical, catalytic bead combustible and infrared gas detecting sensors.
• * Solve technical processing issues through i nvestigating, planning, and conducting experiments, DOEs, analyzing, v alidating improvements, and d ocumenting new process standards.
• * Maintain a working k nowledge/experience of hazardous chemicals.
• * Ability to develop processes and assembly methods to meet or exceed product cost and design targets and improve quality.
• * Support Beta build planning, coordination, execution through manufacturing, initial test, data analysis and delivery to engineering.
• * Design and optimize chemical processes for ultra-high purity gas chemical manufacturing systems.
• * Develop engineering documents (Process Flow/Instrumentation/Specs/etc.).
• * Lead as the technical expert to process improvements and failure investigations.
• * Collect and assess research and process data to document and statistical control of production operations and process development.
• * Provide process expertise for proposed design changes, improvements.
• * Support system and process parameter setup, verification, and release to production.
• * Analyze data from internal and external customer related issues providing technical support and failure investigation.
• * Analyze customer's specifications and requirements for implementation into manufacturing processes.
• * Give technical presentations to staff and customers as required.

Special knowledge, skills and abilities required:

This position will be involved in chemistry related tasks and must have demonstrated experience and skills in the areas noted below:

• * Process knowledge of chemicals and chemical processing
• * Electrochemical processing knowledge and experience.
• * Catalytic combustible bead processing knowledge and experience.
• * Infrared gas detecting sensors processing knowledge and experience.
• * Leadership skills to coach, mentor and provide technical guidance to various engineering disciplines and technicians.

Special knowledge, skills and abilities preferred:

• * Devel op and support a behavior-based safety environment.
• * Experience leading cost savings efforts in a production environment.
• * Support and implement the MSA Business System.
• * Ability to use Six Sigma Green Belt training, project experience and Minitab.
• * Acquire a working knowledge of adhesives.
• * Experience with small-scale resistance welding.
• * Experience with heat sealing.
• * Experience with SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.

Qualif cations

Education Required

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• * BS degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry, Physics, Chemistry, or related discipline, from an ABET accredited program.

Education and Experience Preferred

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• * MS or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry, Physics, or Chemistry.
• * Two or more years of hands-on experience with the design, fabrication, testing, and performance of catalysts / sorbents and/or resistive thermal sensors.

Career Levels

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This position is available at three different career levels depending on experience and education. MS Degree may be substituted for up to 2 years of relevant experience.

• * Level l : 3 years relevant experience.
• * Level ll : 5 years relevant experience.

• * Level lll : 7 years relevant experience.

   

   

MSA is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to providing a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. As such, it is MSA's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of the person's age, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, Equal Employment Opportunity/M/F/disability/protected veteran status PI238732516