Plant Engineer - Madisonville, Kentucky

You have a choice of where you want to work! We invite you along on our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people, like you, by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth.

Do your values align with ours? Accountability, Growth mindset, One team, Care and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere!

We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our team, safeguarding the environment, and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business. Are you with us?!?

We are looking for a Plant Engineer at our Madisonville, KY facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Adhere to all safety policies, OSHA regulations, ISO1400, QS9000 standards and policies
• Ensures all engineering and maintenance work completed meets Federal, State, and local codes of compliance.
• Plans, executes timely and on budget implementation of capital projects.
• Interfaces with insurance and risk assessment groups to ensure standard are in place to protect the well-being of employees and Plant infrastructure.
• Engineers and installs production systems and equipment configurations and any revisions.
• Works with Plant Manager and other Plant personnel to resolve process and equipment issues, often complex in nature.
• Supervise equipment and facilities modifications; direct work of Contract personnel.
• Recommends process improvement, including machine component layout and technical design.
• Ensure facility prints and drawings are up-to-date.
• Assist Environmental, Health and Safety function with technical issues and collaborate with other function as required
• Utilize Lean methodology to drive sustainable improvement (safety, quality, reliability, waste, productivity).
• Actively participates in continuous improvement processes and teams including the Safety Committee.
• Cooperate/Participate during cross training of personnel for efficiency optimization and personal multi-skills development;
• Performs other related projects and other duties as assigned.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Experience from manufacturing preferred (production, maintenance or engineering)
• Experience from project coordination or project management preferred
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Exercise a high degree of independent judgment and self-motivation while fostering a team atmosphere.
• Mechanical/mathematical aptitude.
• Solid troubleshooting skills.
• Sound communication skills both verbal and written.
• Interpersonal skills, strategic planning and influencing skills, problem solving, organizational and leadership skills.
• Requires the ability to use multiple computer programs/systems including MS Office Suite.
  
  

Physial Demands:

• Portion of the time will be spent on the manufacturing floor.
• Dedicated keyboard and computer screen work.
• The employee must possess the ability to see, hear, talk and use fingers to manipulate controls.
• The employee must be able to stand and walk on a variation of surfaces for long periods of time.
• Requires the ability to travel overnight
  
  

Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.

About Us.

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders. Our three divisions, Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2024 amounted to EUR 3.0 billion and we employ some 6,800 people.

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