Process Analytics Engineer
Kaneka North America, Pasadena, TX, United States
Overview
Kaneka Americas Holding is part of Kaneka Corporation, a global specialty chemicals and materials company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. With a history spanning more than 75 years, Kaneka develops high‑quality products across chemicals, polymers, health care, nutrition, and advanced materials. Our work emphasizes innovation, safety, and responsible manufacturing.
In North America, Kaneka operates manufacturing and business facilities that serve customers regionally and globally. We collaborate to produce materials and solutions used in a wide range of applications—from industrial and construction products to health‑ and wellness‑focused innovations. We strive to maintain high standards for quality, environmental responsibility, and workplace safety.
At Kaneka Americas Holding, we believe our people make the difference. We aim to create a workplace where employees are supported, encouraged to grow, and empowered to contribute meaningfully. If you’re looking for an opportunity to build your career with a company that values teamwork, integrity, and continuous improvement, we invite you to explore a future with Kaneka.
What You Can Expect
A safety‑focused, people‑first workplace
Meaningful work that supports essential industries and products
Opportunities to learn, grow, and expand your skills
Collaboration across teams, functions, and regions
A company that values quality, responsibility, and continuous improvement
Our Culture & Values
Our culture is built on respect, collaboration, and a commitment to doing things the right way. Safety, quality, and integrity guide how we work every day—whether supporting manufacturing operations, serving customers, or developing new solutions. We value open communication, thoughtful problem‑solving, and ongoing learning. Long‑term success comes from investing in our people, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing across teams. Employees are empowered to take ownership, contribute ideas, and grow in an environment that values accountability and respect.
Why Work Here
Kaneka Americas Holding offers a long‑term perspective and a clear sense of purpose, with opportunities to contribute to meaningful work while building a stable and rewarding career.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Analytics and Reporting: Build and deploy process manufacturing statistical and predictive models; conduct data exploration to identify opportunities or risks; investigate data quality, integrity, and controls; draw conclusions and provide actionable insights.
Research and analyze plant issues; develop anomaly detection solutions to provide predictive insights to end users to ensure process safety and safe plant operations.
Collaborate with Seeq, DataPARC, and other programs; become a site in‑house expert; identify new use cases and program them; expand real‑time data use and multivariate models in manufacturing.
Determine value cases for rarely used data streams and advance use cases via proof‑of‑concept projects aligned with DX goals; partner with the DX Technical Project Manager on data management roadmaps.
Engage with Business/Production teams to identify, analyze, and propose value‑driven use cases; build use cases on the Analytics platform.
Provide trainings on data analytics technologies for technicians, researchers, and engineers as required.
Standards
Lead BI development to deliver stable, high‑quality, rapid reports and dashboards that provide business value; work cross‑organizationally to ensure data solutions are secure, efficient, and aligned with DX Enterprise Standards.
Ensure professional and smooth integration of analytics value into operations.
Consultation
Drive adoption of analytics tools and ensure data integrity; provide subject‑matter expertise and consultation on data aspects of new or changing DX solutions.
Transfer knowledge to stakeholders about improvements and how they are achieved; support teamwork and use of data and dashboards for business decisions.
Identify, analyze, prioritize, and implement improvement opportunities based on their value to the organization.
Capability Maturity
Champion data solutions to enhance value and close gaps; automate and continuously improve core data functions such as collection, extraction, transformation, quality validation, and control; collaborate with stakeholders to ensure data and BI capabilities and data quality.
Assess, test, and implement new or upgraded software; assist with strategic decisions on new systems; help form data management and governance processes within the data engineering team.
Other duties as assigned.
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Empathy
Positive Attitude
Excellent Communication Skills
Flexibility / Adaptability
Interpersonal Skills
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Kaneka Americas Holding is part of Kaneka Corporation, a global specialty chemicals and materials company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. With a history spanning more than 75 years, Kaneka develops high‑quality products across chemicals, polymers, health care, nutrition, and advanced materials. Our work emphasizes innovation, safety, and responsible manufacturing.
In North America, Kaneka operates manufacturing and business facilities that serve customers regionally and globally. We collaborate to produce materials and solutions used in a wide range of applications—from industrial and construction products to health‑ and wellness‑focused innovations. We strive to maintain high standards for quality, environmental responsibility, and workplace safety.
At Kaneka Americas Holding, we believe our people make the difference. We aim to create a workplace where employees are supported, encouraged to grow, and empowered to contribute meaningfully. If you’re looking for an opportunity to build your career with a company that values teamwork, integrity, and continuous improvement, we invite you to explore a future with Kaneka.
What You Can Expect
A safety‑focused, people‑first workplace
Meaningful work that supports essential industries and products
Opportunities to learn, grow, and expand your skills
Collaboration across teams, functions, and regions
A company that values quality, responsibility, and continuous improvement
Our Culture & Values
Our culture is built on respect, collaboration, and a commitment to doing things the right way. Safety, quality, and integrity guide how we work every day—whether supporting manufacturing operations, serving customers, or developing new solutions. We value open communication, thoughtful problem‑solving, and ongoing learning. Long‑term success comes from investing in our people, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing across teams. Employees are empowered to take ownership, contribute ideas, and grow in an environment that values accountability and respect.
Why Work Here
Kaneka Americas Holding offers a long‑term perspective and a clear sense of purpose, with opportunities to contribute to meaningful work while building a stable and rewarding career.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Analytics and Reporting: Build and deploy process manufacturing statistical and predictive models; conduct data exploration to identify opportunities or risks; investigate data quality, integrity, and controls; draw conclusions and provide actionable insights.
Research and analyze plant issues; develop anomaly detection solutions to provide predictive insights to end users to ensure process safety and safe plant operations.
Collaborate with Seeq, DataPARC, and other programs; become a site in‑house expert; identify new use cases and program them; expand real‑time data use and multivariate models in manufacturing.
Determine value cases for rarely used data streams and advance use cases via proof‑of‑concept projects aligned with DX goals; partner with the DX Technical Project Manager on data management roadmaps.
Engage with Business/Production teams to identify, analyze, and propose value‑driven use cases; build use cases on the Analytics platform.
Provide trainings on data analytics technologies for technicians, researchers, and engineers as required.
Standards
Lead BI development to deliver stable, high‑quality, rapid reports and dashboards that provide business value; work cross‑organizationally to ensure data solutions are secure, efficient, and aligned with DX Enterprise Standards.
Ensure professional and smooth integration of analytics value into operations.
Consultation
Drive adoption of analytics tools and ensure data integrity; provide subject‑matter expertise and consultation on data aspects of new or changing DX solutions.
Transfer knowledge to stakeholders about improvements and how they are achieved; support teamwork and use of data and dashboards for business decisions.
Identify, analyze, prioritize, and implement improvement opportunities based on their value to the organization.
Capability Maturity
Champion data solutions to enhance value and close gaps; automate and continuously improve core data functions such as collection, extraction, transformation, quality validation, and control; collaborate with stakeholders to ensure data and BI capabilities and data quality.
Assess, test, and implement new or upgraded software; assist with strategic decisions on new systems; help form data management and governance processes within the data engineering team.
Other duties as assigned.
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Empathy
Positive Attitude
Excellent Communication Skills
Flexibility / Adaptability
Interpersonal Skills
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