Solugen · 5 days ago
Production Engineer
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expSolugen is a groundbreaking technology company focused on decarbonizing the physical world through its innovative Bioforge® manufacturing platform. The Production Engineer will optimize manufacturing assets, lead process improvements, and execute capital projects to enhance productivity and safety within the company's chemical production facility.
BiotechnologyChemicalGreenTechManufacturing
Responsibilities
Optimize plant Overall Equipment Efficiency by working closely with Operators, Logistics, and Procurement
Support and lead commissioning, start-up, and operation of new technologies and processes that have potential to improve productivity, reduce costs, produce new products, and/or enhance safety performance
Provide operational and engineering support to the operations team for Solugen’s primary chemical production facility, the Bioforge®
Develop documentation relating to safe start-up, operation, and shutdown of both new and existing assets
Identify and implement manufacturing improvement projects (up to $5M in capital spend)
Propose and support rating adding, rate protecting, compliance and surveillance investment opportunities
Manage equipment failures and conduct root cause analysis
Provide mentorship and coaching to team members – including early career engineers and operators
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field (Chemical or Mechanical preferred)
5-10+ years full-time experience working as a Production Engineer at a chemical facility
Projects experience, working w/ multi-discipline teams and experience managing multiple small projects simultaneously within a capital program or turnaround desired
Ability to conduct field walks at project sites and facilities
Ability to lift and carry up to (25) lbs
Company
Solugen
Solugen is a carbon negative moleucle factory that replaces petroleum-based products with plant-derived substitutes.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (1)
2021 (2)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$855.77MKey Investors
US Department of EnergyFounders FundRefactor
2024-06-13Debt Financing· $213.6M
2022-10-28Series D· $200M
2021-09-09Series C· $357M
Leadership Team
Gaurab Chakrabarti
CEO/Co-Founder
Sean Hunt
CTO
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