Basic Scope/Purpose: (The job’s primary purpose or contribution to the department or organization.)

Endeavor to reduce process variation and improve process efficiency, create product drawings and provide information needed for quoting and manufacturing of new products. Leads process trials, process improvement initiatives, efforts to standardize tooling, run specifications, and procedures, and support efforts to improve production equipment.

Principal Accountabilities: (The job’s essential or most important functions and responsibilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Improving process efficiency, increasing throughput, reducing scrap, and reducing product set-up time.

• Using and support process standards, collecting and analyzing data needed for continuous improvement initiatives across multiple product categories.

• Lead product and process development efforts by running trials and writing reports.

• Support the production staff with process troubleshooting.

• Collaborate effectively within a core engineering team, and across other functional areas.

• Implement programs for monitoring and maintaining the major process inputs including, but not limited to; machinery and tooling, raw materials, processing conditions, process specifications, line set-ups, etc.

• Lead continuous improvement projects and initiatives.

• Identify sources of process variability through DOE/6-Sigma and implement controls to minimize or eliminate variation.

• Actively manage run specifications to establish and ensure consistency and to optimize throughput.

• Analyze process routings and product information and use this information to optimize throughput across all production lines.

• Suggest changes to product geometry and product performance that may improve process efficiency.

• Support product development by leading activities for trial runs of new products. This may include coordination with tooling engineering, production management, product engineering, etc.

• Support the production staff with process troubleshooting.

• Assist production operators when needed.

• Drive activity needed to manage the life-cycle of products

• Generate product prints, manufacturing routings, material specifications, and tool design.

• Coordinate with other disciplines to collect and compile all drawings and information needed to fully release new parts to production.

• Manage the life-cycle of parts to production using the engineering control system.

• Support product management by providing information and data as needed.

• Support activities needed to qualify new materials, new suppliers, etc.

• Promote Fenner Precision Polymers Values and Behaviors at all times.

Environmental, Health & Safety Accountabilities: (The level of safety accountability needed to successfully accomplish the essential duties of this job.

· Learn and follow EHS policies, rules and work instructions

• Attend required EHS training

• Wear the required PPE at all times

• Take personal responsibility for keeping yourself and your co-workers and visitors free from injury by participating in and/or conducting risk assessments, work place inspections, corrective actions and safety observations

• Report incidents, near miss, unsafe conditions, unsafe acts and other hazards in the work place. STOP WORK when imminent danger is present

• Maintain work area in a neat and orderly fashion and keep equipment in proper working condition.

Education and/or Relative Experience: (The level of education and/or experience needed to successfully accomplish the essential duties of this job.)(Also show level of education needed for Career Progression)

· Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

• Education and/training related to process and project engineering is required

• Proven skills in AutoCAD and SolidWorks required

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations (The licenses, certificates or registrations that are required to perform the essential duties of this job.)

· Must be willing to work towards a Six Sigma Green belt

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)