Plant Engineer

As a Plant Engineer at Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between.  With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World. 

It’s Better with Bakelite.

Plant Engineer: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World

• You’ll ensure compliance. As a Plant Engineer, you will be responsible for providing technical support and leadership to the plant for reliability improvement activities and assist with the mechanical integrity program.  You will also ensure the plants adhere to engineering best practices relative to ASME, API, company engineering standards and other codes and standards that apply.
• You’ll engage in strategic collaboration. You will be essential in working closely with Operations and Maintenance personnel to evaluate, develop and implement cost effective reliability improvements at the site.
• You’ll play a critical role in the success of our plant. This position is responsible for developing the scope of work, cost estimates, project economics and schedules for reliability, mechanical and routine capital projects. You will be a Process Hazard Analysis (PHAs) and Management of Change (MOCs) team player.

It's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You

• You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.
• We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development.
• Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet.
• Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities.
• We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.

Life in Beaver Creek (Grayling): Located in northern central Michigan, Grayling is just a few hours from the state’s largest cities, including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.

• Grayling is surrounded by scenic rivers, forests and state parks, with lots of opportunities for outdoor recreation, including fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking, snow sports and more. Grayling is noted as the "Canoe Capital of the World” and is the starting point for the Au Sable River Canoe Marathon, one of three races that constitute canoe racing's Triple Crown.
• Grayling is just a day trip away from picturesque Traverse City or the Great Lakes that surround the state.
• Love to travel? You’ll be close to the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, so you can hop a flight to anywhere in the world.
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What Does a Typical Day Look Like? Here are your primary responsibilities:

• Responsible for reliability improvement of “bad actors”. Regularly engage Mechanics and Operators to learn, optimize and troubleshoot equipment and process issues.
• Champion and lead process and plant improvement initiatives. Conceive, design, obtain funding, and manage installation of improvement projects within scope.
• Support Production and Maintenance troubleshooting efforts including data gathering and automation tools.
• Participate in equipment and process upset investigations, including root cause failure analysis.
• Participate in Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs) and in Reliability Improvement Teams. Support PSM Management Systems.

• Ensure that company Safe Work Practices are properly followed. Ensure that assigned compliance items are properly completed.
• Ensure OSHA PSM standards, including Management of Change (MOCs) are properly followed and PFDs, P&IDs, and Electrical One-Line Diagrams are up to date and accurate.

What is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities):

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a minimum of 5 years of plant engineering or similar experience. Chemical manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong technical equipment understanding and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills; strong technical IT knowledge with CMMS system experience.
• Demonstrated ability to read and draw standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings (P&ID, PFD, and Electrical One-Line Diagrams and Isometrics).
• Working knowledge of mechanical integrity inspection methods, programs and program management including knowledge of API 510, 620, 650, 653, ASME Section VIII - Division 1, and ASME B31.3.
• Working knowledge of RCFA and FMEA methods, preventative and predictive maintenance methods, including vibration analysis, ultrasonic thickness testing, lube oil analysis, and infrared thermography.
• Excellent computer skills and experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Are you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world?  Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.

We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law. 

In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E-Verify.  For additional details, click HERE.

If currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.