Operations Engineer

Jobinhalt

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Description

At BASF, we create chemistry through the power of connected minds. By balancing economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, we are building a more sustainable future through chemistry. As the world’s leading chemical company, we help our customers in nearly every industry meet the current and future needs of society through science and innovation. We achieve this through our commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence, which gives us the opportunity to set and deliver on ambitious, long-term goals.

We provide a challenging and rewarding work environment with a strong emphasis on process safety, as well as the safety of our employees and the communities we operate in and are always working to form the best team—especially from within, through an emphasis on lifelong learning and development. This allows for our employees to innovate and generate new ideas, put them into action, and gain insights from them to further advance our collective expertise.

And we are constantly striving to become an even better place to work. BASF has been recognized as a 2020 Best Employer for Diversity by Forbes. We strongly support the spirit of collaboration through effectively involving team members and colleagues from other relevant units when developing and executing strategies and projects. Come join us on our journey to create solutions for a sustainable future!

JR. Project Engineer () - Windsor, ON

Where the Chemistry Happens

As the Project Engineer (jr) at the Windsor Paint Plant, you will provide Technical leadership of a diversely managed capital portfolio and execution team and sitewide project management support services for plant projects.

Your primary responsibilities include the safe and effective execution of small and medium capital projects, while managing all stakeholder expectations including support for the development and implementation of capital projects consistent with requirements as defined by the site and region, as well as all appropriate related contracting strategies. You will support the development and implementation of all capital strategies in alignment with targets established by Asset Management and BU Capital Planning. You will work closely with the OD’s/key stakeholders to proactively develop and deliver the agreed project portfolio. Additionally, you will implement steering FT based on Business needs and work with the OD and BU KAM managers to review and prioritize service demand and collect monthly feedback.

Formula for Success

Leveraging your education in Engineering and your experience as a Project Manager and discipline engineer, you will manage the capital project portfolio (small to medium size projects execution) and provide project controls services (e.g. estimating, scheduling, cost controlling, document control, etc.) to the Manufacturing areas at the site.

Displaying your continuous improvement mindset and commitment to LEAN or similar process improvement methodologies, you will lead the organization’s continuous improvement activities by fostering innovation and facilitating change that drives improvement in the planning and execution of capital projects at the site.

Demonstrating your strong focus and understanding of Occupational and Process Safety programs and relevant Environmental Regulatory / Compliance programs that impact manufacturing Sites, you will ensure the application of all safety rules, assuring Engineering personnel are aware of and employing safe working practices and promoting safety programs and behaviors.

Your ability to interact and communicate at a high competency level in manufacturing technical discussions will be essential as you participate in regional teams to develop and optimize technical engineering execution, reliability, and work processes.

• Leveraging your extensive educational background in Chemical Engineering or a related field, along with your plant/project engineering operations experience, you will lead capital investment project teams by providing direction in the support of critical tasks such as engineering, process evaluations development, operating procedures, equipment selection, and project support.
• Your strong fundamental knowledge of Engineering and Science will be a valued asset as you will champion project scope development and ensure basic engineering completeness while applying techniques that add value.
• Your excellent project management skills will be essential as you will manage multiple small- and medium-size projects that vary in scope and complexity.
• Your commitment to safety will be critical as you will be relied on to maintain a safe and productive workplace and ensure compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and technical standards.
• Utilizing your extensive communication and presentation skills, you will lead the development of project technical packages that include P&IDs, equipment layouts, specifications of components in full compliance with applicable industry standards.
  

Driving strategic decisions for the business, you will generate RFQ packages for competitive bidding, review of vendor submittals, and work with Procurement to purchase necessary equipment.

Qualifications

Leadership Expectations- As a leader at BASF, you will play a key role in creating value for the company through people. Our top candidate will be expected to enable greater personal success among our employees through quality people development, coaching, and performance management. Leaders at BASF are role models to help employees develop the competencies needed to implement BASF’s strategy. Our expectation is that leaders will coach and develop team members to reach their full potential, and support relevant development assignments, opportunities and moves while motivating and challenging employees to drive high performance. Our leaders must be committed to "hiring the best" internally and externally at the same time they are creating an inclusive environment which embraces and derives value from diversity. Finally, a leader at BASF must establish and support our safety culture in which all accidents are preventable.

Create Your Own Chemistry- What We Offer You

Adding value to our customers begins with adding value to you. You@BASF is the suite of benefits, perks, programs and unique opportunities we offer to support you—the whole you—in all stages of your life and career. With you@BASF, you create your own chemistry.

The total rewards that you receive as a BASF employee go way beyond a paycheck. From competitive health and insurance plans, to robust retirement benefits that include company-matching contributions, to making sure you never stop learning, we believe investing in you is investing in our success. Working for a large, global organization, you’ll have a chance to grow professionally and personally, expand your network and build a rewarding and dynamic career.

BASF provides interesting and challenging learning and development opportunities to help you make the most of your talents and your job.