Process Engineer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for continually monitoring, measuring and improving process control, influencing department cost of production, quality metric analysis and schedule attainment in support of plant financial plan.
• Develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods and processes within capital budget.
• Interact with production team, sales, customer service and executive staff concerning product design, specifications and tooling to ensure consistent production
• Communicate with vendors, suppliers and customers to determine critical raw material properties and product specifications.   Create the specifications, requirements and guidelines for the procurement of equipment, materials and/or component parts.
• Perform engineering tests and evaluations of materials and products according to customer specification and quality standards needed to produce manufacturable products.
• Communicate throughout the organization regarding manufacturing capability, production schedules and ability to achieve production throughput at acceptable quality levels. 
• Apply statistical methods to determine process capability and demonstrate process control.
• Apply strong problem solving skills to improve manufacturing processes, overall efficiency and profitability.
• Write, implement and educate production team to work instructions for all manufacturing processes.
• Work with Customer Operations and Production Management to resolve customer, process and/or raw material issues impacting product performance or manufacturability.
• Positively influence at all levels within and outside the organization.
• Clearly communicate project status, risks, and scope creep with impact to all stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Ability to work safely in an industrial environment; must be able to assess and minimize risk potential of new chemistries and processes
• Excellent project management and organizational skills required to develop detailed project timelines with key milestones and deliverables
• Works well in team environment and possess the excellent interpersonal and communication skills needed to work effectively in cross-functional teams to drive project from lab-to-commercial scale

Demonstrate safe practices; maintain a safe and orderly production environment

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Strong technical background in polymer science/chemistry with demonstrated track record of supporting a manufacturing environment.   
• Minimum two years of work experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to establish process controls to achieve customer and internal product quality and lead time requirements.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems via root cause analysis (5 whys, pareto, SPC, six sigma and Lean tools) 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 

• 8 year’s industrial, 3 year’s supervisory experience in project management and PM tools (FMEA, RACI, Microsoft Project, Stage Gate, etc.)
• BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Chemical Engineering or Material Science 
• Results-oriented, displays a strong bias for action, takes ownership for projects and is serious about delivering on commitments.
• Strong technical and organizing skills. 
• Good interpersonal and communications skills, both written and verbal.

Self-starter; takes the initiative and is able to perform job functions with a minimum level of both technical and administrative supervision.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to lift/carry a minimum of 50lbs. frequently