Lead Process Engineer (Extraction and Distillation)
$119,000–$149,000 year
On-siteColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Lead Process Engineer (Extraction and Distillation) at Entegris to join a cross-functional team; drive commissioning and qualification of membrane production processes, develop scalable distillation and extraction workflows, and lead process improvements to increase yield, capacity, and efficiency. Responsibilities include validating membrane products, guiding installation and commissioning of new production-scale equipment following IQ/OQ protocols, leveraging DOE, SPC, and data mining to optimize processes, ensuring operation readiness of a new manufacturing line, and providing documentation support (drawings, SOPs, test procedures). The role requires hands-on manufacturing leadership, collaboration with Operations, R&D, Quality, and EH&S, and the ability to manage sustaining manufacturing support, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives, with flexibility to travel and support start-up needs.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. or M.S. in Chemical Engineering or related technical discipline
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with a significant amount of time leading processes and/or continuous improvement initiatives
- Hands-on experience with complex large-scale distillation equipment
- Understanding of vacuum systems and chemical extraction concepts
- Experience reading and following P&ID diagrams and automation/controls
- Six Sigma certifications and experience in statistical data analysis (MINITAB or similar) for data-driven decisions
- Experience with IQ/OQ/PQ protocols
- Experience in lean manufacturing
- Strong hands-on and analytical problem-solving skills
- Ability to adapt to changing responsibilities quickly based on business needs
- Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to travel (one week to Bedford, MA) and support 24/7 manufacturing operations with flexible start times
- Demonstrated proficiency in Statistical Process Control, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Validation & Qualification processes
- Subject matter expertise on distillation processes (preferred)
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification (preferred)
- Experience qualifying new facilities, equipment, processes, or products (preferred)
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