Performance Engineer - Chemical

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ATI is hiring a Performance Engineer for our Millersburg, OR facility in our Chemical Operations division. This division contains a continuous liquid-liquid extraction process, continuous, and batch chemical reactors that produce and purify specialty metals. This is an onsite position. This is a key role in analyzing and monitoring our overall equipment effectiveness and driving issues to resolution. You will identify improvements and implement effective solutions through collaboration with the appropriate functions and teams. This is the perfect role for someone with an engineering degree who wants to get an introduction into chemical manufacturing. 

 
Primary Responsibilities 

• Own and eliminate production losses, whether in utilization, yield, or uptime, to ensure effective solutions are implemented. 

• Evaluates and categorizes production losses for proper classification for targeted improvement efforts. 

• Record, analyze, and interpret production deviation data to determine trends and opportunities for performance improvement. 

• Determines and prioritizes corrective actions to close operational performance gaps. 

• Review daily operating logs to identify equipment reliability issues and collaborate with teams to address challenges. 

• Partner with reliability engineers to identify and address equipment losses to ensure long-term reliability improvements. 

• Works with the Capability Leader to determine solutions for mitigating losses due to operating discipline. 

• Monitors and analyzes the effectiveness of the reliability program to ensure performance targets are met and areas for improvement are addressed. 

• Lead criticality analysis for equipment within the area, focusing on high-priority equipment. 

• Identifies needs and resources for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and the appropriate level of investigation for issues that arise. 

• Provides input to turnaround scope for availability and equipment reliability opportunities that cannot be addressed during regular operations. 

• Evaluate improvement proposals to uncover their true value and alignment with business goals. 

• Provides subject matter expertise in support of key performance improvement initiatives.