Process Engineer, Carbon Black - Franklin, LA

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Your Role at Cabot Cabot has an exciting opportunity for a Process Engineer to join the Technical Department at our carbon black facility in Franklin, LA.

A carbon black facility depends on Process Engineers who can bridge the gap between operations, technology, and continuous improvement. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex production challenges, driving plant performance, and making a visible impact on safety, quality, reliability, and profitability.

This is the ideal role for individuals who enjoy a diverse range of responsibilities while managing at least 1-2 assigned carbon black units. Your daily responsibilities may include process safety, involvement in R&D scale-ups, production quality enhancements, equipment maintenance, as well as capital projects to improve plant processes.

The Process Engineer will work on-site at the Franklin, LA plant working hands-on in the field and in an office setting.

How You Will Make an Impact As a Process Engineer, you will play a critical role in optimizing and supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the facility. Working alongside Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Quality, Safety, and Environmental teams, you'll apply engineering expertise to improve manufacturing performance, troubleshoot operational challenges, and lead initiatives that strengthen plant productivity and compliance.

This is a highly visible position that offers the opportunity to influence day-to-day operations while driving long-term improvements in process safety, product quality, equipment reliability, and cost performance. Given the right individual, this role can be a steppingstone to other areas of focus within the facility or other Cabot locations. If you are someone that enjoys seeing where their passions lie and pursuing them from there, then this is the role for you!

A successful candidate will be someone who can:

• Identify/Develop process improvements to lower off quality production (OQ), reduce costs, and increase productivity and equipment reliability.
• Assist Production to identify systematic causes of out-of-control key parameters, and determine Statistical Process Control (SPC) limits and control rules.
• Lead teams using a standard problem-solving approach.
• Support new product development. Develop and implement equipment, procedure, and process changes including design and implementation of improvement projects.
• Own assigned customer complaints: determine causes, develop corrective action plans, and work with technical service to ensure customer validation/closure occurs.
• Actively participate in Process Safety Management. Ensure all process changes are implemented according to Management of Change protocol, participate in Hazard Operability Studies, and apply all other elements of PSM into the daily job function.
• Provide support to the Capital projects group. Develop and implement plant-related Capital projects, including basic scoping and supporting the business case.

What Will You Bring to Cabot

• Bachelor/University degree in engineering (Preferable in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering)
• 2+ years’ related experience (in related manufacturing environment is preferred)
• Carbon black manufacturing experience preferred
• Ability to work in a fast-paced industrial manufacturing environment
• Technical Excellence. Basic knowledge of chemistry and chemical manufacturing. Understanding of Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools and principals. Experience with Analytical problem-solving methodologies (e.g., root cause analysis) as well as Quality Management principles.
• Communication & Presentation Skills. Ability to effectively engage in verbal and written communications that are timely, clear, and relevant to a broad range of stakeholders inside and outside the facility
• Excellent skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Data-driven decisions. Generates data, conducts analysis, and organizes and interprets data to establish and support changes and improvements
• Strong Safety Culture. Commitment to strictly comply with all SH&E procedures, standards, and regulations. Constantly strives for Excellence in the fields of sustainability, Safety, Health, and preservation of the Environment.
• Familiarity with topics such as Process Safety Management (PSM), safe work permitting, lockout/tagout, emergency response, and hazard recognition

How We’ll Support Your Success:

• Dynamic, Flexible, Hard-Working, Team Environment – We are a busy, collaborative, adaptive facility performing meaningful work.
• Career Advancement – Whether your interests lie in Operations, Quality, Technical, or R&D, this role can lead to work other areas of focus.
• Cutting-Edge Technology – Cabot is a proud leader of carbon black production and offers the opportunity to work with cutting edge R&D technology.
• Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits.
• Feedback – we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
• Support – you are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. We have a global team of engineers that are willing to help. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001 Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law. Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.