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Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?\nAre you always solving?\nThen we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.\nAshland has an exciting opportunity for a Production Engineerto join ourAshland LLCbusiness at our Columbus, OH plant. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the manufacturing function. This position will report to the Production Manager.\nThe responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:\nProvide technical support for manufacturing personnel for process troubleshooting, safety, and quality at a 24/7 GMP batch facility producing APIs and intermediates, personal care products, and specialty chemicals\nWork collaboratively with site and corporate R&D staff to scale new chemistries from lab scale to plant scale\nSupport site engineering in the design and implementation of capital projects and support new equipment coming on-line\nCollect and analyze data from processes to help make decisions regarding batch quality and yield.\nWork cross-functionally with site quality, maintenance, and materials departments to meet strategic production goals in a safe and timely manner\nSupport Process Safety Management efforts by participating in Process Hazard Analyses, submitting Management of Change requests, updating and improving operating procedures, and recommending and implementing process changes when appropriate\nSupport Production Manager and staff with ongoing continuous improvement efforts\nEstimated travel of 10% to support site projects and gain on-the-job training as necessary\nIn order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:\nA minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering\n1-5 years of experience in a chemical manufacturing setting\nA strong technical background in organic chemistry and unit operations\nThe following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:\nPrevious experience working in a GMP and/or PSM facility\nSix Sigma yellow or green belt certification with experience in experimental design and analysis\nThird party recruiters and agencies (“Agency”) should not contact employees of Ashland or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent by an Agency to a hiring manager, recruiter or submitted to Ashland’s career portal are considered unsolicited and property of Ashland. Ashland will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, unless the Agency has a signed contract with Ashland’s Human Resources/Procurement department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.\nIn more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.\nAt Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.\nNot only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.\nAshland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. 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