Senior Process Engineer --- DIRECT HIRE/PERMANENT!

Manpower Engineering is exclusively partnering with an established, industry leading and growing company in Sheboygan, WI on a highly visible and direct hire/permanent Senior Process Engineer position that’s available due to continued growth and offers strong professional development and growth opportunities.

The company has enjoyed 29 years of continued success and is financially sound and positioned for continued growth. They’re a customer-driven manufacturer providing premium value and innovative polymer solutions in North America. Our client is a technology-driven company that focuses on optimizing quality, driving efficiency, and ultimate value to their customers’ products. The company’s dedication and investment in research and development has resulted in the fastest go-to-market solutions for their customers. Their global R&D facilities are customer responsive, with outstanding formulation chemists, and extensive analytical laboratory capabilities. Our client’s formulations are validated in the real world by real life application testing. Delivering exceptional technical performance. That is the essence of their brand.

• Compensation Plan: Depending on qualifications/experience, this opportunity can offer up to a base salary of $140,000 plus yearly bonus.
• Full Benefits Package (including but not limited to): Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation time and holidays, etc.
• Relocation assistance is available.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Process Engineer:

• Improves the safety, efficiency, and reliability of production processes and equipment through the application of engineering principles.
• Facilitates trials, equipment upgrades, and new equipment installations with careful planning, documentation, and communication.
• Supports production and maintenance through root cause analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Work with manufacturing departments to improve current production processes. Improvements would include, but not be limited to productivity improvements, set up time reductions, overall efficiencies improvements, and/or scrap reduction initiatives.
• Assist in providing technical support as it applies to changes to the production process.
• Work with subsidiary manufacturing departments as liaison to assist in the implementation of suggested improvement to the process and production procedures.
• Assist with the launches of new and/or different production projects.
• Specify new equipment and upgrade requirements alongside the maintenance team and third-party vendors.
• Assess the processability of new products through production scale trials.
• Commission new lines and equipment.
• Work with related departments to implement work instructions and routines.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve safety, reliability, and efficiency challenges facing production and maintenance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Industrial Engineering , or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Experience as a Process Engineer or in a related position.
• Project management experience is a plus.
• Experience with plastics is a plus – experience with technology of plastics compounding and extruding is a plus.
• Experience with electrical and mechanical systems is a plus.
• CAD experience is a plus.
• Experience with Safety and Environmental Laws is a plus.
• Experience with Statistical Data Analysis is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to effectively communicate with and support multiple departments including R&D, sales, production, production personnel, etc.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to keep information readily available for review.
• Capable of performing under pressure and keeping track of multiple issues simultaneously.
• Ability to work different hours to accommodate plant requirements.