Process Engineer

Process Engineer

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company dedicated to improving well-being through our products and solutions, essentials for everyday life.

You may not know Essity, but we are a global leading hygiene and health company, with corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. We are a corporate leader when it comes to sustainability and have strong values – our Essity Beliefs & Behaviors – which drive our amazing culture. Our products improve the lives of people who use them, as we break barriers to well-being.

Through world-class supply chain performance, we enable the delivery of business needs to meet local demands. Our Global Supply Chain business unit has approximately 17,000 employees, working from 54 production sites in 19 countries. We supply hygiene products for our business areas Consumer Tissue (Toilet paper, Household towels, Handkerchiefs, Facial tissues, Wet wipes and Napkins), Professional Hygiene (TORK) and Personal Care (Incontinence Products, Feminine Care and Baby Care). The unit was formed on June 1, 2019 by merging the two entities Supply Chain Development and Global Manufacturing. Prior to 2019, the unit operated in two separate entities, known as GHS Tissue and GHS Personal Care.

Who We Are

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

At Essity: This Is What We Do

About the Role

Essity Manufacturing Professional Hygiene North America is currently seeking a Process Engineer for our manufacturing facility in Menasha, WI.

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

What You Will Do

• Maintains a process for daily water and effluent testing for Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP), maintains or can achieve a lab certification or license for all such testing;
• Responsible for the identification, planning, and implementation of wastewater treatment and environmental process improvement initiatives, under the direction of the Utilities Resource Support Team Leader;
• May prepare and help maintain reports for Essity’s internal use;
• Will obtain and/or maintain current Wastewater Operators Certification;
• Routinely completing and submitting required reports (annual, quarterly & monthly);
• Updating plans and/or water process procedures as required by permits;
• Continuous Education - Attending trade organization meetings in order to maintain network of environmental contacts and in order to stay abreast of changes in state and federal environmental regulations;
• Supports and leads continuous improvement projects such as reductions in fresh water usage, Total Suspended Solids, Total Phosphorous and BOD discharge;
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) implementation across waste water treatment process to improve troubleshooting and decision making process;
• Provide support to Utilities to help ensure continuous and efficient operations, uninterrupted service to Paper Mill and Deinking operations and to ensure environmental parameters are in compliance;
• Lead and manage capital projects;
• Demonstrates leadership in the prevention of pollution, compliance with applicable legal and other requirements, and continual improvement of environmental performance especially in the areas of recognized Environmental Significant Aspects and Essity’s established corporate sustainability goals;
• Practice commitment to the philosophy that QRESH stewardship is everyone’s responsibility;
• Leads the creation of training materials such as SOP’s, control strategies and supports implementation of CI within operator training and qualification;
• Supports energy isolation processes and improvements (LOTO) along with other safety related activities in the WWTP and boiler house areas;
• Leads and maintains a process control system such as centerlining across the department;
• Routinely interacts with other production departments to support and build process improvement strategies.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Paper Science, Environmental, Biology, or other related engineering field preferred, or equivalent experience;
• Minimum of 5 years of process engineering experience a strongly preferred;
• Water treatment and related process experience preferred;
• Project Management or Continuous Improvement methodologies experience preferred;
• Skilled in Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and Power Point;
• Ability to lead teams through change and improvement;
• Ability to work and communicate with outside resources: OEM representatives, vendors, contractors, service companies;
• Problem solving and root cause analysis skills.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.