Process Engineer Jobs

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Job Summary

With a focus on continuous improvement this position develops and maintains an overall knowledge of the facility's processes and products. This position also evaluates those processes and products to make recommendations to improve quality, productivity, safety, and costs.

Essential Functions

• Studies, evaluates, and recommends changes in the production process to assure improved quality and increased production while delivering a competitive advantage in personnel, materials, and utilities.
• Develops and performs experimental process tests with respect to quality, method, cost, production efficiency, etc., and summarizes results with detailed reporting.
• Assists the departmental manager and other personnel with technical advice and specification interpretation to assure quality production. Advise their supervisor and affected departmental manager when manufacturing specifications are not followed.
• Identify trends in process variations as part of establishing a continuous improvement monitoring system.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures for new process improvements as well as new operations.
• Maintain and update quality programs (ISO, Six Sigma)
• Relieves production supervision and performs related duties as needed.
• Monitor processes to ensure that manufacturing specifications and procedures are adhered to.

COMPETENCIES

• Able to work well without close supervision and make effective decisions.
• Strong math and science skills required.
• Very strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Supervisory skills, including the ability to direct, coach, motivate, evaluate, and discipline.
• Very strong analysis/problem solving skills. Six Sigma +Lean Green Belt certified a plus.
• Good customer service skills.
• Must be able to encourage and foster teamwork, including the ability to persuade others to provide necessary information / data for process evaluation.
• Excellent organizational skills.

Required

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs and Minitab are a plus.
• 4-year college degree in Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial or Materials Engineering.