PROCESS ENGINEER

OVERALL JOB DESCRIPTION

Provide self-directed support relative to the design and development of manufacturing equipment and processes. Identify opportunities and implement changes as it relates to reducing cost and improving quality throughout the manufacturing process.

PRIMARY DUTIES :

• Identify, develop, and lead product design projects to drive continual improvements in the areas of growth, expansion, and production capacity.
• Interact with tooling engineering and manufacturing engineering groups to validate product manufacturability.
• Develop performance specification and testing methodology to define and validate product performance.
• Interact with sales and customer contacts to define product requirements, specifications and functional requirements based on market or customer specific needs.
• Define and manage development and commercialization timelines. Communicate project timelines with business unit product managers, sales, customers, and manufacturing.
• Work with tooling engineering and operations engineering teams to define manufacturing strategy and capital plans required for product implementation.
• Coordinate prototyping activities, manufacturing trials and lab testing on products and prototypes.
• Maintain and update project reporting documentation. Participate in regular organizational project update meetings.
• Coordinate new product startups in the manufacturing plants and work with process engineering, plant staff and customers to validate product performance and customer acceptance.
• Establish set-up and processing parameters based on material and machine capabilities.
• Develop molding procedures to ensure consistent processing of product on all shifts.
• Monitor and review daily production efficiencies with Production Manager on machine/process to ensure consistent processing.
• Serve as the technical liaison between product engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and sales.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.
• Five to ten years' experience in process engineering methods.
• Demonstrated success in managing complex projects with limited direction.
• Project management and/or project leadership knowledge.
• Experience in the manufacturing and design for thermoforming and sheet extrusion.
• Understanding of tooling and machining practices for thermoforming.
• Ability to understand big picture and customer related business issues.
• Ability to visualize and effectively communicate research results.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

STANDING: Must be able to spend time watching machine and worker processes; must be able to go to all areas of the building to meet with different departments.


BENDING: Will need to bend in order to evaluate machinery, often at awkward angles.


REACHING: Will need to reach into machinery which may be down, straight ahead, or overhead, in order to do set-up and troubleshooting.


LIFTING: Must be able to lift up to forty pounds.


MANUAL Must be able to use hand tools to do installations and adjustments on equipment.

DEXTERITY: Must be able to make fine accurate machine adjustments.


VISUAL: Must be able to see small flaws in product and small deviations in machine process.


SPEECH: Must be able to communicate with co-workers.


HEARING: Must be able to listen for machine malfunctions and hear operators over the noise of the machines.