Process Engineer

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead process department efforts to continuously improve manufacturing processes by documenting process characteristics in terms of quality and performance measurements, identifying and resolving bottleneck areas.
• Provide engineering solutions to process problems identified through the customer feedback and process performance measurement systems.
• The incumbent will support efforts to maintain and establish a higher level of communication and understanding between Production / QA / Engineering departments and its internal customers within the organization.
• Candidate is responsible for advanced applications of present technology to achieve critical business goals and for coordinating expert technical resources on applications in today’s technology.
• The candidate also provides the top “in-house” level of expertise and support on implemented technology.
• This position requires imaginative approaches, using the application of known technology to resolve a broader range of current problems.
• The position requires understanding the interactions between various processes to promote creativity and informed risk taking establish processes for continuous improvement.
• Development of Documented SOP’s and implementation of Best Practices into the facility.
• Complies with all OPEX (Operational Excellence) policies, procedures, and guidelines required of them in their current role; completes all required training, audits, and compliance tools.
• The incumbent helps provide a safe work place by assisting in developing, promoting and following practices which prevent injury and meet legal safety requirements.
• Follow all food safety guidelines while on the manufacturing floor.
• Report any deviation from food safety protocol to the functional responsible personnel.
• Each employee will complete required Quality / GMP / EHS / OPEX trainings and observations located on the EHS website as required on monthly / quarterly basis.
• Support our process management efforts to establish and document Standard Operating Procedures and Best Practices around manufacturing practices, which should include interaction with counterparts in other departments.
• Lead efforts to identify and solve safety concerns encountered during design and study of manufacturing processes.
• Apply tactical planning and provide input for strategic planning.
• Train / Coach in the appropriate use of problem solving and quality tools.
• Resource person to support equipment in all phases of the manufacturing operation to achieve proper and efficient running conditions in support of defined manufacturing milestone performance levels.
• Analyzes production data for appropriate problem solving and provides recommendations for performance improvements. Decision-making exercised in areas authorized.
• Investigate and identify areas for improvement regarding specific process metrics.
• Collaborates with quality and manufacturing engineering organization to enhance equipment standardization and performance.
• Utilizes SPC and process quality deployment techniques to enhance existing processes, reliability, scrap reduction, speed improvement, quality, process control, and process performance.
• Ability to prepare Standard Operating Procedures and Training Documents as needed, along with training production personnel across all crews.
• Understanding and ability to prepare thoroughly developed DOE’s (Design of Experiment) for determining best fit processing parameters.
• Determination of critical process parameters and development of tiered auditing to support process management initiatives.
• Incumbent will be a support team member in our 24 / 7 manufacturing environment and will be expected to be a resource in our priority driven help chain.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES