Process Engineer

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The Process Engineer is responsible for the development, oversight and improvement of all manufacturing processes within the respective product lines. Ensures that all processes accurately reflect the production practices, costing is adequate and quality requirements meets or exceeds customer specifications.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES .

• Develop, document and oversee the manufacturing process for respective product line, which includes development and implementation of OPC's, Routes & BOMs in cooperation with manufacturing and quality control to ensure that all applicable standards are met or exceeded.
• In conjunction with quality control and quality assurance to resolve nonconforming material issues, customer complaints, perform root cause investigations and implement operational corrective and preventative actions to solve technical, process and/or material/metallurgical issues related to quality, operations and processes.
• Apply statistics, engineering and team-building concepts to evaluate and improve processing costs and product yields.
• Provide technical support to customers in an effort to define product/process requirements or troubleshoot existing materials or applications.
• Identify process constraints / bottlenecks and work with operations to devise cost effective solutions.
• Recommend changes or upgrades to equipment, work methods, or other aspects of the process to improve efficiency and utilization of resources including labor, energy and raw materials.
• Provide process related training to production, quality, and metallurgical lab staff.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing to provide technical 'know how" of our products and/or processes.
• Partner with engineering staff to enhance expertise or our products and processes.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree preferably in Metallurgical engineering or Materials Science
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar or related metals manufacturing environment
• Direct experience with Thermo-Mechnical Process (TMP) such as rolling or forging, preferred.
• Certified Green Belt or Lean Manufacturing experience preferred
• SAP experience a plus
• CAD experience preferred
• Ability to communicate proficiently both orally and in writing using the English language
• This position may require the applicant to be licensed under certain United States laws and regulations
• Competencies include: Results orientation, Entrepreneurial Orientation, Analytical thinking, Taking initiative, Effective communication, Influencing others, Self-confidence

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The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion's determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion's business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

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