Process Engineer

JOB PURPOSE or JOB DESCRIPTION: 

Responsible for improving production processes to ensure operational efficiency, product quality, and cost effectiveness. This role will lead cross-functional teams to optimize manufacturing workflows, implement continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards. The position plays a key role in developing best practices, training team members, and supporting daily operations to meet production targets. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Partner with the Operations Management team to plan, coordinate, and implement improvement projects.
• Collaborate with supervisors, engineers, and maintenance to resolve production bottlenecks and improve efficiency.
• Coordinate with cross-functional departments to ensure timely and effective project execution, including follow-up after adjustments to verify results and provide ongoing support.
• Provide consistent updates and progress reports to the leadership team from project initiation through completion.
• Support employee training initiatives, including equipment operation, safety, and CNC router programming.
• Develop and maintain standardized operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure consistency and repeatability in production processes.
• Serve as a Production Supervisor when needed, leading crews to meet production goals.
• Assist with CNC router programming and ensure proper utilization of programming standards.
• Oversee the tooling procurement and utilization of various routers throughout the facility.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance to maintain compliance with company and customer requirements.
• Recommend and communicate process improvements that promote continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Responsibilities 

• Utilize various hand tools.
• Practice and model proper safety rules and procedures. Wear proper PPE equipment as required for the area including a full protective suit and respirator. Be familiar with SDS requirements. 
• Report to and be ready to work at the scheduled start time

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Provide guidance to other employees throughout the management of projects. 

COMPETENCIES: 

• Communication: Articulate complex matters and effectively express ideas and information in a clear and organized manner so it is understood by others, both orally and in writing. Speak professionally with various levels of individuals to build strong professional relationships.
• Professional Judgement: Use critical thinking, analysis, and assessment of implications, identification of patterns, making connections of underlying issues, and the ownership of the outcome.
• Managing Performance: Take responsibility for one’s own or one’s employee’s performance, by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.
• Business Acumen: Understand business implications of decisions; work through business situations resulting in positive outcomes and improved financial performance.
• Judgement and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent. 

Experience and/or Training:  

• 1 year of experience in the wood furniture and manufacturing industry.
• Leadership experience and capabilities.
• Experience in successfully executing a project in its entirety. 
• Working knowledge of necessary industry-related tools.

Licenses/Certificates: None 

Technology/Equipment: High-level experience with computer operating systems, such as Microsoft, Word, and Excel. Learn Insight 2020. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

Education: Bachelor’s degree in field related to wood furniture and manufacturing. 

Experience and/or Training: 1 year in a leadership role. Experience with tooling, routers, and basic hand tools, i.e. expanders, etc. 

Licenses/Certificates: None 

Technology/Equipment: Familiarity with using Insight 2020 

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS: 

Able to sit or stand for long periods of time. Walking, speaking, hearing, seeing. Listen and observe the environment for hazard prevention. Use hands for tools and typing. Occasionally lift up to 50 lbs. Able to bend, twist, turn. 

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: 

Indoor Production environment, hot in Summer, temperature controlled in Winter. Moving machinery, i.e. forklifts, moveable cards, etc. Uneven ground where cart tracks are identified. Air is dusty in some areas that may require additional PPE. Sound level decibels vary, with some areas requiring protection. Office area temperature controlled in all seasons, clean air and sound level decibels lower than 85.