Process Engineer

Location:

Commerce

For over 150 years, we’ve been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we’re proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

At Sibelco, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We’re looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you’re seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations. Together, we can shape the future.

The Process Engineer is a highly visible role responsible for driving continuous improvement and operational excellence across a cluster of glass recycling plants. This position serves as the process expert, owning and optimizing optical sortation machines, monitoring plant processes, and analyzing data to recommend and implement improvements. Reporting directly to the Director of Operations for the cluster, the Process Engineer collaborates closely with Plant Managers, Maintenance, and Reliability teams to ensure exceptional plant performance, quality, and customer satisfaction.

+ Oversee and optimize the performance of optical sortation machines and other critical plant processes. + Establish baseline performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities. + Monitor and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for plant performance, including yield, throughput, uptime, and quality.

+ Analyze operational data to identify trends, process inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement. + Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports for the cluster. + Provide actionable insights to Plant Managers and the Director of Operations to drive strategic decision-making.

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Continuous Improvement Initiatives:

+ Lead and support continuous improvement projects aimed at enhancing plant performance and achieving operational excellence. + Collaborate with Plant Managers to implement root cause analyses and countermeasures for process failures.

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Quality Management:

+ Manage and maintain the quality system within the cluster, ensuring product specifications are consistently met or exceeded. + Work closely with Plant Managers to uphold and improve quality standards across all facilities.

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Cross-Functional Collaboration:

+ Partner with Maintenance and Reliability teams to ensure equipment is maintained and optimized for maximum efficiency and performance. + Collaborate with Plant Managers to develop and execute capital projects that support growth through improved yield, throughput, and quality.

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Support & Leadership:

+ Act as a key resource for Plant Managers, providing technical expertise and process knowledge to address operational challenges. + Drive cultural change by fostering a mindset of continuous improvement and accountability at all plant levels.

Financial Accountability

People Accountability

Organizational Positioning Enter a simplified org chart of where the position is situated in the organization. Responsibilities

Process Engineering Activities

Process Design

Process Audit

Support

Continuous improvement

Knowledge Management

Competencies

Decision Making

Planning & Prioritizing

Optimizes Work Processes

Collaborates

Drives Engagement

Integrity & Trust

(Technical) Capabilities

Industry knowledge

Expert understanding of glass processing. Working Knowledge of optical sorters, basic troubleshooting.

Engineering

Focused expertise in process engineering

Project Management

Ability to plan, execute and evaluate a project.

Operational Excellence

Knows and practice Lean & Six Sigma tools. Understand assets and labour productivity, efficient use of the energy and value driven maintenance and assets management principles.

People skills

Efficient and clear verbal and visual communication skills.

ICT skills

Basic knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Databases, CAD, …

Safety

Knowledge of Sibelco's safety regulations and ensure activities are in compliance with those regulations.

Behavioral skills

Open minded

Team player

Pro-active

Able to work independently

Self-motivated

Communication skills

Organisational & analytical skills

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Internal

With Whom Nature of Contacts/ Communication

Director cluster Operations

Manager Operations

Production Operations

Hierarchy, Collaboration

Operations cluster

Collaboration, support

Engineering function

Collaboration, support

Sustainability cluster staff

Ad hoc

Health & Safety country staff

Ad hoc

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External

With Whom

External Engineers

Collaboration, Supervision

Suppliers, Contractors

Ad hoc

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