# Sr. Process Engineer

**Company**: FUCHS
**Location**: Harvey, IL
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $90,000 - $110,000 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Process Engineer to lead process improvement initiatives and drive operational excellence in our manufacturing facility.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in chemical or mechanical engineering and a proven track record of process optimisation, troubleshooting, and project management.

Responsibilities:

- Lead process improvement initiatives to enhance safety, quality, productivity, cost efficiency, and plant performance.

- Analyse, develop, optimise, and troubleshoot manufacturing processes using engineering principles, data analysis, and statistical methods.

- Design, evaluate, and implement process modifications, equipment upgrades, and capital projects.

- Develop and maintain process documentation, including SOPs, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), and process maps.

- Support new product introductions, process transfers, and scale-up activities in collaboration with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and R&D teams.

- Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions to resolve process, equipment, and quality issues.

- Drive continuous improvement efforts through waste reduction, bottleneck elimination, process standardisation, and operational excellence methodologies.

- Manage projects from concept through implementation, including scope development, timelines, performance metrics, and stakeholder communication.

- Support equipment qualification, validation activities, and process capability studies.

- Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to ensure equipment reliability, mechanical integrity, and effective asset utilisation.

- Provide technical expertise and training to operations personnel, technicians, and other engineering staff.

- Work with vendors and contractors to specify, evaluate, and procure equipment, materials, and services.

- Maintain compliance with safety, environmental, regulatory, and quality requirements while promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering discipline.

- Minimum of 5 years of process engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.

- Demonstrated experience in process optimisation, troubleshooting, and project management.

- Proficiency with process flow development, engineering calculations, and data analysis.

- Experience leading cross-functional teams and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

- Demonstrated hands-on experience working in or directly supporting manufacturing operations, including production troubleshooting, batch support, engineering trials, process improvement, process development or commercialisation.

- Experience with root cause analysis, Lean or Six Sigma, DOE, SPC, process capability and ISO systems.

- SAP experience is a plus.

- Strong communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills.

Benefits: FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow as professionals. The position also offers an excellent compensation package and a comprehensive suite of benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- process optimisation
- troubleshooting
- project management
- data analysis
- root cause analysis
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- DOE
- SPC
- process capability
- ISO systems

### Nice to have
- SAP

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