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Aerospace Specialty Chemical - Facilities & Maintenance Engineer

PPG Industries, Inc
Shelby, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/9/2026

Aerospace Specialty Chemical - Facilities & Maintenance Engineer

Shelby, NC

Are you a dedicated and driven Facilities Engineer who is ready to take their career to new heights? PPG is looking for you to join our team, APPLY TODAY!

As the Aerospace Specialty Chemical - Facilities & Maintenance Engineer you will support our specialty chemical manufacturing facility in Shelby, NC. This is a key technical and leadership role responsible for supporting the plant throughout its life cycle-from construction and commissioning, through start-up and ramp-up, to ongoing operations. This position acts as the owner's representative during construction, leads vertical start-up activities, and manages capital expenditure (CAPEX) and small EHS, Maintenance and Productivity projects during steady-state operations. The role requires strong engineering expertise, project management capabilities, and effective coordination with multiple stakeholders to ensure the plant's successful delivery, safe start-up, and reliable operation.

You will work on-site at our Shelby, NC facility and during the Construction and Start-up phase you will report to the Project Engineering Manager. Post Start-up you will report to the Site Engineering Leader.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as PPG's representative during construction, reviewing plans, conducting inspections, coordinating with contractors, and ensuring compliance with design, safety, and regulatory standards.
  • Review and approve construction documentation, manage field project change notices, evaluate cost/time impacts of changes, and track budget against authorized modifications.
  • Provide regular status updates, monitor schedules for delays or constraints, manage punch lists for substantial completion, and recommend corrective actions to stakeholders.
  • Develop and execute vertical start-up plans, lead cross-functional teams, oversee system checks and safety reviews, and monitor plant performance during commissioning phases.
  • Coordinate troubleshooting activities, manage start-up documentation, facilitate training and knowledge transfer to operations personnel, and support the transition to steady-state operations.
  • Identify and prioritize capital projects, develop project scopes and budgets, manage execution including procurement and contractor oversight, and conduct risk assessments with mitigation plans.
  • Ensure adherence to company standards and safety regulations, coordinate project integration with ongoing operations, prepare project evaluations, and support plant reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree with a major in an Engineering specialty or a related discipline highly preferred.
  • Five (5) or more years of proven experience in industrial facility construction, commissioning, start-up, and operations required.
  • Strong knowledge of chemical process engineering, plant equipment, and safety standards preferred.
  • Demonstrated project management experience, including CAPEX project execution required.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Previous experience with project management and engineering software tools required.
  • Commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, and regulatory compliance.

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PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation & Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, and other Voluntary benefit offerings. Actual benefit offerings confirmed at the time of hire.

All offer amounts are dictated by length/breadth of applicable experience and current departmental pay equity.

About us:
Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow us @PPG on X.

At PPG we use AI in the hiring process to make the process more efficient. AI tools do not make hiring decisions. You can learn more by going to https://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

At PPG, we use AI in the hiring process to make it more efficient. AI tools do not make hiring decisions. You can learn more by visitinghttps://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.

O nas:

PPG: CHRONIMY I UPIKSZAMY WIAT

Dziki przywodztwu w dziedzinie innowacji, zrownowaonego rozwoju i kolorystyki, PPG pomaga klientom z brany przemysowej, transportowej, dobr konsumpcyjnych oraz budowlanej i posprzedaowej udoskonala wicej powierzchni na wicej sposobow ni jakakolwiek inna firma. Aby dowiedzie si wicej, odwied nas na stronie www.ppg.com i led @PPG na X.

The PPG Way 2030

Jestemy mistrzami w obsudze klienta

Proaktywni. Odwani. Godni zaufania. Wszystko, co robimy, zaczyna si od naszych

klientow. Suchamy, dziaamy szybko i nie przestajemy, dopoki nie rozwiemy ich

najwikszych wyzwa. Kiedy nasi klienci odnosz sukces, wszyscy roniemy.

Dziaamy wiadomie i szybko

Zwinni. Oparci na danych. Upowanieni do dziaania. Podejmujemy przemylane

ryzyko, aby wyprzedza konkurencj. Pracujemy szybko i proaktywnie, wykorzystujc

wysokiej jakoci dane do opracowywania rozwiza, ktore tworz warto.

Osigamy doskonao operacyjn

Produktywni. Wspopracujcy. Odpowiedzialni. Niezalenie od naszej roli identyfikujemy

problemy, bierzemy odpowiedzialno i zawsze dostarczamy rozwizania. Jestemy

zarowno proaktywni, jak i reagujcy, aby napdza cige doskonalenie i osiga wyniki.

Wspieramy naszych pracownikow pierwszej linii - twarze PPG dla naszych klientow.

Konkurujemy, by zwycia

Skoncentrowani na przyszoci. Zdeterminowani. Ambitni. Z pasj rozwijamy nasz

dziaalno i odnosimy sukcesy wraz z naszymi klientami. Dostarczamy wyniki, wdraamy nowe

technologie i wykorzystujemy zwinno oraz szybko jako nasze atuty.

Jestemy dumni z bycia czci PPG

Silni. Zjednoczeni. Peni pasji. Pracujemy bezpiecznie, dziaamy uczciwie i cenimy

ronorodno naszych perspektyw. witujemy osignicia i jestemy dumni z

pozytywnego wpywu, jaki wspolnie wywieramy, chronic i upikszajc wiat.

W PPG korzystamy ze sztucznej inteligencji w procesie rekrutacji, aby uczyni go bardziej efektywnym. Narzdzia AI nie podejmuj decyzji dotyczcych zatrudnienia. Wicej informacji mona znale na stronie https://careers.ppg.com/pl/pl/candidate-resources.

PPG zapewnia rowne szanse wszystkim kandydatom i pracownikom. Oferujemy moliwo rozwoju i budowania kariery w rodowisku, ktore zapewnia satysfakcjonujce miejsce pracy dla pracownikow, tworzy atmosfer cigego uczenia si oraz akceptuje pomysy i ronorodno innych. Wszyscy kwalifikujcy si kandydaci bd brani pod uwag przy zatrudnieniu bez wzgldu na pe, ci, ras, kolor skory, wyznanie, religi, pochodzenie narodowe, wiek, status niepenosprawnoci, stan cywilny, status weterana, orientacj seksualn, tosamo pciow lub jej wyraanie.

Jeli potrzebujesz dostosowania z powodu niepenosprawnoci, wylij wiadomo email na adres recruiting@ppg.com.

Zakresy wynagrodze i wiadczenia w PPG mog si roni w zalenoci od lokalizacji, co pozwala nam na konkurencyjne wynagradzanie pracownikow na ronych rynkach geograficznych. PPG uwzgldnia wiele czynnikow przy podejmowaniu decyzji dotyczcych wynagrodzenia, w tym midzy innymi umiejtnoci, dowiadczenie i szkolenia, kwalifikacje i wyksztacenie, licencje i certyfikaty oraz inne potrzeby organizacyjne. Mog mie zastosowanie rownie inne zachty.

Nasze programy wiadcze pracowniczych s zaprojektowane tak, aby wspiera zdrowie i dobre samopoczucie naszych pracownikow. Wszelkie ubezpieczenia i wiadczenia bd zgodne z warunkami obowizujcych planow oraz powizanych dokumentow regulujcych te plany. Szczegoy dotyczce wiadcze zostan omowione z Tob przez rekrutera podczas procesu zatrudnienia.

PPG ceni Twoj opini na temat naszego procesu rekrutacyjnego. Zachcamy Ci do odwiedzenia Glassdoor.com i przekazania opinii o procesie.


PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com. Pay Transparency poster: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_ English_formattedESQA508c.pdf
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