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Plastipak Careers
Address , Westland
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary
Expires 2023-09-17
Posted at 8 months ago
Job Description
Position Description:
The CI Engineer is responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction by establishing procedures, monitoring process input and output capabilities, and leading continuous improvement activities. They will verify preform, bottle and label requirements are met in a safe, accurate, and timely manner to ensure reduction of produced defective product and defect-free product shipments. They will direct and coordinate activities related to customer complaints, SPC, and Continuous Improvement.

Responsibilities:
  • Initiates corrective actions per company requirements and works with operations teams to validate effective measures are implemented to prevent future reoccurrence of similar issues
  • Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
  • Manages Global Change Control Team to ensure any process, machine or material changes are properly documented, verified and validated throughout the conversion process
  • Establishes and maintains good relationships with customers by visiting customer plants for qualification of new materials, quality concerns, and periodic meetings.
  • Responsible for managing site qualifications and specified projects, communicating results throughout the organization
  • Responsible for reporting food safety issues to personnel with authority to initiate action.
  • Conducts studies using statistical and analytical tools, such as DOEs and Gauge R&Rs, to ensure measurement accuracy, and process & machine capability.
  • Leads site Continuous Improvement Team
  • Uses problem solving tools such as fish bone diagrams, 5-Why analysis, etc… to ensure true root cause is identified and corrected.
  • Devises sampling procedures to confirm Critical To Function (CTF) requirements are documented, specifications are met and process control is sustained.
  • Develops work instructions for relevant job tasks associated with products, processes, and testing requirements.
  • Analyzes and interprets SPC data to understand process input and output variation as it relates to process capability. Responsible for initiating action when processes are out of control or out of spec.
Qualifications
  • Capable of interpreting SPC charts (i.e histograms, pareto charts, X-MR, X-Bar/R charts, etc.)
  • Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
  • Associates or Bachelor’s degree in related field.
  • Frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • Willing to travel when given short notice should there be any customer quality problems
  • Strong understanding of basic SPC analysis (ppk / cpk, std deviation, UCL / LCL, etc.)
  • Must regularly lift and/or move up to fifteen pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds.
  • Self-motivated
  • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
  • Multi-task and handle multiple problems without routine management supervision
  • Ability to lead cross functional teams in root cause investigations and Continuous Improvement activities
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  • Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.
  • Minimum 1-3 years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment
  • Understanding of basic manufacturing principles; i.e. GMP, Lean, 5S, 6-Sigma etc.
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