Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2023 revenue of approximately $9.2 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

Responsibilities

As a Site Engineer at Eastman, you'll support efforts in our manufacturing plants to improve process and equipment productivity and reliability. You will be assigned to a specific area of the plant and work with Maintenance, Engineering and Operations to identify, prioritize and execute improvement opportunities and to achieve reliability, failure elimination and cost reduction goals. This position also aids in support of the day-to-day operations and maintenance including covering operations as needed on a limited basis.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

Partner closely with operations to improve equipment availability and process reliability reducing unplanned production downtime

Lead projects that target reliability and maintainability issues, reduce cost and improve productivity

Drive continuous improvements and support all site HSES initiatives

Partner support for plant outages and shutdowns as requested

Understand and utilize Lean Six Sigma tools for problem solving and risk elimination

Identify and prioritize opportunities for reliability improvements by mining information from SAP, reliability systems and production logs

Manage the plant’s project engineering activities including working with plant leadership to develop the plant’s annual project plan (capital and large expense projects)

Track and oversee capital projects to insure project deliverables are achieved on time and on budget. Ability to recognize, understand problems and opportunities as they arise and develop solutions to keep projects on track to address these problems

Lead and manage Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations

Manage FMEA analyses on critical production assets

Provide reliability input to capital projects as requested

Provide technical leadership at all levels of the plant organization with special emphasis on interfacing with maintenance and operations

Guide problem solving teams to identify, design and implement improvements

Work safely and promote the Eastman safety vision

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university (Mechanical Engineering preferred)

5+ years experience in a chemical or manufacturing environment preferred

Experience in Capital Planning, Coordination, Management and Construction with a proven track record of delivering projects on schedule, on budget and on scope

Strong basic engineering and problem solving skills, with the desire to learn advanced reliability engineering principles

Maintenance experience desired

Understanding of engineering, safety environmental standards relevant to capital project management and construction

Capable of developing technical and manufacturing equipment specifications and detailed discipline specific work scopes

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience with root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies

Preferred experience managing equipment preventive and predictive maintenance plan with asset management software

Knowledge of common process equipment (pumps, fans, agitators, motors, valves, instrumentation etc.)

Basic knowledge of electrical power distribution systems

Understanding of common predictive and preventive measures

Must be highly-motivated, self-directed and able to manage own project portfolio

Desire and ability to work in the field with mechanics and operators as necessary in response to urgent critical equipment troubleshooting

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel and PowerPoint)

Effective group facilitation and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work with and lead cross-functional working teams

Service-oriented, customer-focused and strong analytical capabilities

Unwavering commitment to personnel and process safety

Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.

Eastman is committed to creating a powerfully diverse workforce and a broadly inclusive workplace, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.