Plant Manufacturing Engineer Jobs

Plant Manufacturing Engineer, Sparks NV, Tekni-Plex

Why Work for us?

With Company Values like Innovation, Integrity and Trust and Employee Fulfillment, Tekni-Plex offers every employee around the world the opportunity to stretch, grow and succeed every day. Our employees are challenged to bring new ideas to the table, jump in and get involved and make an impact. Tekni-Plex has a proud history and a compelling future. Behind every great Tekni-Plex product is a team of dedicated employees who are truly making a difference for our customers and who are Tekni-Proud!

JOB OPPORTUNITY:

The Engineer will plan, direct, coordinate and execute activities to ensure that manufacturing operations on each shift meet company standards as to, quality, safety, cost and profitability. The position requires troubleshooting and optimization on all lines. The process Engineer will report directly to the Plant Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Work with sales and production to evaluate, analyze, and determine process improvements that impact the “bottom line” and which have the best ROI.
• Provide manufacturing support to Production, Tech Ops, and R&D teams in the design and development of new processes and products. With a focus on manufacturability and process integration, the individual offers a manufacturing perspective to the product development team.
• Compose, execute, and approve Process Validation protocols and reports.
• Use tools and knowledge to work closely with Technical Experts to improve current process capabilities.
• Partner with Quality to improve and streamline Process Validation runs.
• Work closely with production to coordinate manufacturing builds.

Requirements:

• Experience in new product/process development is strongly preferred.
• A solid knowledge of plastics is preferred.
• Experience in extrusion is preferred.
• Preferred background includes experience in more than one of the following areas: Medical device manufacturing, extrusion, rapid product development, creative design and hands-on prototyping, process development, design for manufacturing, and project management.