Arxada is a global specialty chemicals business that’s committed to solving the world’s toughest preservation challenges through better science. [With a proud history of innovation dating back more than a century], we aim to help our customers develop more sustainable solutions that protect and maintain the health and wellbeing of people and extend the life of vital infrastructure while working to reduce our and our customers’ ecological footprint.

Sustainable preservation is one of our top priorities. We are making significant strategic investments that will not only decrease our own environmental footprint, but also help customers adapt to long-term environmental and social change through the development of cleaner, greener solutions.

Arxada is looking for a Project Engineer in our Rochester, NY plant. Arxada Rochester produces chemical ingredients for the home care, preservation, and personal care markets. Provide project engineering for the site, as well as providing expertise to production units by overseeing process performance and implementing necessary improvements.

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for supporting the Arxada Chemicals philosophy, “The Vision is Zero” in his/her job routine. Works to attain the purpose, “Zero injuries, Zero process incidents, Zero distribution incidents, and Zero environmental incidents”.
• Supports our “Product Stewardship” initiative to ensure the health, safety, and environmental performance of our products throughout the products’ life cycle.
• Responsible for the management of project development from initial inquiry to project execution. Typically works on larger projects, ranging from $10K to $10MM. (At times, in conjunction with Global Engineering.)
• Responsible for the planning, monitoring and executing of the defined capital project scope, ensuring cost, timing and quality objectives are met within a PSM and GMP environment. Ensure schedule is adhered to during the life of the project.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting on project milestones and providing appropriate status reports to management, stakeholders, and customers.
• Accountability to resolve any project issues and proactively resolve problems throughout the life of the project.
• Overall responsibility for managing contractors for the site. Including, but not limited, safety performance, auditing to good engineering practices, etc.
• Supports operations, engineering and maintenance with technical expertise and/or advice.
• Participates and lead interdisciplinary reviews on all new and existing projects, including but not limited to: Process, P&ID, Hazop’s, PHA’s, MI, etc.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, mechanical Engineering or related field of study
• 1-4 years’ experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Executes projects as required on time and on budget.
• Takes personal accountability for defining and implementing his/her own development and supports others to do same.
• Support GMP production, comply with processes, procedures, instructions as needed to support all Arxada Quality systems.

Salary range for this position dependent upon experience, education, and other factors: $76,000 - $110,000 annually, plus benefits and bonus.

Arxada has world class offering in two distinct areas:

Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats posed by microorganisms to people and planet through five distinct business lines including Professional Hygiene, Home & Personal Care, Wood Protection, Paints & Coatings and Material Protection.

Nutrition, Care & Environmental (NCE), meanwhile, provides materials used to manufacture composites for electronics, aerospace, and other markets, as well as vitamins and nutritional ingredients, chemicals and performance intermediates, and raw materials for a wide range of high-performance applications.

Arxada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.