Sr Production Engineer
Date: Jul 2, 2025
Location: Baltimore, MD, US, 21226
Company: W. R. Grace & Co.
Annual Wage Range: $98,273.60 - $135,126.20
Other Compensation: Eligibility for the Short-Term Incentive program and other applicable bonuses
Benefits: U.S. Employee Benefits Summary (grace.com)
Final salary and compensation will be based on several factors including candidate qualifications and experience, geographical location, market, and business considerations.
Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals and solutions that enable industries to enhance modern life. Our customers use our catalysts, engineered materials, process technologies and fine chemicals to manufacture everyday products – like renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals and food packaging – better, faster and smarter. Our thousands of employees work to harness the power of science for a better world at our global headquarters in Columbia, MD and locations worldwide. For more information, visit Grace.com.
Job Description
Grace is globally recognized for our leadership and the Senior Production Engineer works with some of our industries smartest and most inquisitive people. It is the ideal place to expand your knowledge, mentor early-career engineers and make ambitious strides in your career.
The Senior Production Engineer is part of the Advanced Refining Technologies (ART) Hydroprocessing Plant Team. They provide operating support to the process line and make a significant contribution to achieving production goals.
The Senior Engineer monitors, analyzes and controls quality working collaboratively with the operations team to optimize the Plant’s stream rate, uptime and yield. They play an integral role in Curtis Bay environmental, health and safety initiatives including achieving compliance with EHS policy. They are extremely organized, detail oriented and accurate while multi-tasking and prioritizing competing demands.
This role is on-site in Curtis Bay, Baltimore, MD and reports to the Operations Manager.
Responsibilities
- Prepare operating conditions, interpret process results, and recommend corrective actions to optimize plant operations.
- Develop expertise in all Hydroprocessing and intermediate plant processes and equipment to become a primary resource for troubleshooting, identifying improvement opportunities, and driving continuous improvement changes to improve area OEE metrics.
- Identify yield, analyze, and reduce yield loss for Extrusion Operations to improve production volume
- Mentor and guide area engineers on safety, chemical, and other engineering principles
- Identify and support scoping of process improvement or productivity projects.
- Execute commissioning and startup activities, including PHA, PSSR, MOC, writing SOPs/work instructions, and providing training to other plant personnel.
- Support month end closing processes, audits, and responses to customer complaints.
- Lead data driven RCCA for process deviations, downtime, EHS and quality events.
Physical Requirements and Environment
- Must be willing to wear PPE (Personal Protective equipment) including but not limited to hard hat, protective eyewear, steel-toed boots, hearing protection, Level A suit, full face respirator
- Must be able to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb stairs and ladders over 100 ft.
- Ability to work in a high hazard environment, including adverse weather conditions, elevated spaces, confined spaces, extreme temperatures, and noisy surroundings.
- Ability to follow safety protocols and standards working in a pilot plant facility with highly hazardous materials
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or another technical field
- 5+ years’ experience in an 24/7 industrial manufacturing environment, chemical manufacturing preferred
- Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA)
- Continuous Improvement education or experience, e.g. LEAN, Six Sigma
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelors in Chemical Engineering
- Experience in chemical manufacturing
- Proven expertise troubleshooting production issues
- Experience leveraging data driven analysis to enhance manufacturing processes
- EHS compliance experience
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Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Grace Wellness Program
- Flexible Workplace
- Retirement Plans
- 401(k) Company Match
- Paid Vacation and Holidays
- Parental Leave (salaried only)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Company Donation Match Program
- U.S. Employee Benefits Summary (grace.com)
Grace is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Grace via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Grace. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Grace as a result of the referral or through other means.
Nearest Major Market: Baltimore