Project Engineer - Manufacturing Innovation
Full-time
Wickliffe, OH, USA
Shape the Future with Us.
Job Type: Full-time / On-site
Shift + Hours: 1st Shift
Travel: As needed to NA manufacturing sites
How You'll Make an Impact
At Lubrizol, we're transforming manufacturing through advanced process analytics and digital innovation. As a Process Analytics Technology Project Engineer, you will help accelerate the deployment of cutting-edge in-line analytical technologies that improve process reliability, product quality, safety, and sustainability across our global manufacturing network.
As a Project Engineer, you'll lead projects from concept through startup, partnering with Operations, Engineering, Automation, Quality, and Process Technology teams to bring innovative analytical solutions into production environments. You'll also help develop next-generation pilot capabilities that enable rapid testing, validation, and scale-up of emerging technologies. By advancing Lubrizol's Most Effective Technology (MET) strategy, you'll directly influence operational excellence and the future of manufacturing innovation.
In this role, you will:
- Lead process analyzer projects from opportunity identification through commissioning, startup, and operational handoff.
- Partner with manufacturing sites to define project scope, technical requirements, budgets, schedules, and execution strategies that deliver measurable business value.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including Engineering, Operations, Automation, Quality, Process Technology, vendors, and contractors to ensure successful project delivery.
- Drive analyzer selection, system integration, procurement, construction, controls integration, commissioning, and startup activities while maintaining visibility to project cost, quality, and schedule.
- Develop flexible pilot-facility capabilities that accelerate technology validation, model development, and manufacturing scale-up.
- Establish instrumentation, data collection, and analyzer deployment standards that can be leveraged across future capital projects.
- Identify and mitigate technical and project risks while providing effective communication and leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support deployment of technologies that reduce reliance on manual sampling, improve process control, and enable data-driven manufacturing decisions.
Required Qualifications that Enable Your Success
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Five or more years of experience leading capital, manufacturing, process, or project engineering initiatives within chemical manufacturing or a comparable industrial environment.
- Demonstrated success managing projects from concept development through design, construction, commissioning, startup, and operational handover.
- Knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM), engineering standards, industrial codes, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience working with instrumentation, process controls, automation systems, industrial contractors, and commissioning activities.
- Strong project management, stakeholder management, vendor management, and risk management capabilities.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills with the ability to influence across a matrix organization.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a proven track record of delivering results.
- Ability to travel to Lubrizol manufacturing facilities as needed to support project execution and startup activities.
Preferred Qualifications that Drive You Forward
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or formal project management training.
- Experience with process analyzers, spectroscopy, industrial instrumentation, automation systems, data platforms, or analyzer integration within chemical manufacturing.
- Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), or DMAIC certification with demonstrated application.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Your Work Environment
This role may involve working in office, laboratory, pilot plant, and manufacturing environments. Team members may be exposed to operating equipment, process systems, and active production areas while supporting projects and technology deployment.
- Collaborative and safety-focused culture
- Combination of office-based and field-based project activities
- Travel to manufacturing and pilot facilities as required
- Use of appropriate personal protective equipment in designated operating areas
We continuously invest in our facilities and technologies to ensure they support your well-being, productivity, and growth. If you require reasonable accommodation, we are committed to working with you to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.
Benefits that Empower You
- Competitive salary and performance-based incentives
- Comprehensive healthcare and wellness programs
- Retirement savings and company contribution opportunities
- Paid time off and work-life support programs
- Career development, learning, and advancement opportunities
- Inclusive culture
Learn more at https://benefits.lubrizol.com!
Lubrizol: Imagined for Life. Enabled by Science. ™ Delivered by You.
For nearly 100 years, The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, has been at the forefront of innovation to enhance everyday life, advance mobility, and make the modern world work better. Our specialty chemistry solutions—from engine oils, performance coatings, and skincare to medical devices and plumbing systems —are powered by the expertise, passion, and commitment of people like you.
We tackle the world’s toughest challenges with science-based solutions, deeply understanding our customers to deliver innovative chemistry and differentiated value. Our inclusive culture, dedication to safety, and incredible global talent drive our success. Our solutions meet the evolving needs of the modern world—brought to life by science and, most importantly, delivered by you.
Whether you're in the lab, on the production floor, or in the office, you'll be part of a team around the world that empowers you to think boldly, drive results, and contribute to solutions that shape a better, more sustainable future.
We win because of you. Let’s build the future together.
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