What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Process Engineer - $85K+ position at Shawmut Corporation?
Description
The Manufacturing Process Engineer is responsible for supporting, optimizing, and sustaining manufacturing processes while actively leading and supporting production personnel. This role plays a key part in product launches, process development, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure quality, efficiency, and cost targets are achieved.
Responsibilities
Production Support & Floor Leadership
The Manufacturing Process Engineer is responsible for supporting, optimizing, and sustaining manufacturing processes while actively leading and supporting production personnel. This role plays a key part in product launches, process development, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure quality, efficiency, and cost targets are achieved.
Responsibilities
Production Support & Floor Leadership
- Monitor and maintain manufacturing processes using statistical techniques and process expertise to ensure stability and control.
- Actively support, train, and lead production floor personnel.
- Provide hands-on troubleshooting support for daily production issues.
- Train operators on in-process checks and documentation.
- Promote root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
- Participate in preventive maintenance initiatives.
- Lead investigations and corrective actions for nonconformance.
- Maintain and improve machine setup parameter databases.
- Develop optimized setups for new and existing products.
- Lead initiatives for scrap, cost, and variation reduction.
- Design and implement process trials.
- Support process capability monitoring.
- Support product launch activities with Product Engineering.
- Create and refine setups for launch orders.
- Monitor launch activity across operations.
- Provide structured feedback and optimize processes.
- Support scale-up and complete handover documentation.
- Create and maintain Process Work Instructions (PWIs).
- Ensure documentation accuracy and standardization.
- Perform data collection and analysis.
- Execute capability studies and evaluations using statistical tools.
- Track and report launch metrics.
- Support pre-production orders.
- Coordinate testing with labs.
- Participate in GP12 containment.
- Collaborate on customer issues and corrective actions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or Chemical).
- 5 years of engineering experience.
- Strong troubleshooting skills.
- Experience working with production teams.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Knowledge of SPC and root cause analysis.
- Experience with JMP or Minitab preferred.
- Mechanical aptitude.
Salary : $85,000