Continuous Improvement Engineer

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Position Summary: Albemarle is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to design and standardize processes, communicate improvement models, and lead optimization projects. Key Highlights: 1. Process design and standardization for continuous improvement 2. Leadership in optimization and gap-reduction projects 3. Knowledge transfer on management tools **Continuous Improvement Engineer (1 vacancy)** **Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Engineers, and related disciplines** ============================================================================================== ### **CONTACT INFORMATION** **Company:** Albemarle **Economic Activity:** Extraction of minerals for fertilizer and chemical manufacturing n.e.c. **Company Description:** We are one of the world’s largest lithium producers, with a presence in Chile for over 40 years, and—alongside Corfo—pioneered the development of the country’s lithium industry. ### **DESCRIPTION** Albemarle is hiring a Continuous Improvement Engineer for La Negra, Antofagasta, on an administrative shift. Your responsibilities will include: Designing processes and improvements jointly with leaders of each respective process, ensuring changes and improvements are standardized across processes. Communicating, disseminating, and confirming the continuous improvement model and management tools, ensuring knowledge transfer and application in employees’ daily work. Ensuring communication and dissemination strategies for the continuous improvement model and management tools, guaranteeing knowledge transfer and application in employees’ routine work. Ensuring implementation of continuous improvement projects aligned with the general needs, strengths, and weaknesses of the areas involved, including training local leaders and their teams in continuous improvement tools. This drives cost optimization, reduction of competency and behavioral gaps. Ensuring adherence to management methodologies and tools according to organizational strategy, and leading improvement initiative management—including evaluating organizational progress and maturity against the continuous improvement model. What You Bring: Mandatory: Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Civil Engineering, or related degree. Advanced proficiency in Office 365 (Power BI, Excel, SharePoint). Knowledge of industrial chemical processes, management statistics and KPIs, critical process variables and costs, and operational excellence methodologies and tools. Minimum 2 years of experience in similar roles. Preferred: Class B Driver’s License. (Desirable) Intermediate English (able to read texts and understand conversations). (Desirable) Antofagasta, Antofagasta 05/08/2026 \- 09/09/2026 Confidential Full-time ### **REQUIREMENTS REQUESTED** **Educational Level:** **Experience:** 5 years ### **CHARACTERISTICS** **Contract Type:** Indefinite-term contract **Offered Position Level:** Professional **Source of Offer:** WEB **Professional Practice Internship Offer:** No **Suitable for the following employment groups:** Persons with disabilities View job requirements