Position Summary And Purpose
This position is for a full-time, on-site Process
Engineer. The Process Engineer will be tasked with optimizing production processes, ensuring product quality, and spearheading continuous improvement efforts to boost
efficiency and competitiveness by up-to-date tools.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Process Optimization: Continuously monitor and analyze the extrusion process
parameters such as temperature, pressure, speed, and material flow to identify opportunities for optimization and efficiency improvement.
- Troubleshooting: Investigate and troubleshoot any problems or defects in the
process, such as material inconsistencies, or equipment malfunctions, and implement corrective actions to address them.
- New Product Development: Work closely with product development teams to
develop and test new products, including conducting trials, adjusting process parameters, and providing feedback on feasibility and manufacturability.
- Documentation and Reporting: Maintain detailed records of process parameters,
production data, and quality control metrics, and generate reports to track performance, identify trends, and communicate findings .
- Complete time studies to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements.
- Coordinate continuous improvement and production process refinement efforts.
- Responsibilities related to ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.
- Establish and monitor process safety compliance / CI
Preferred Qualifications:
- 35 years’ experience as a Process Engineer or similar role
- Strong background in the involvement in process improvement initiatives like Lean or Six Sigma.
- Lean tool experience VSM, TPM, Std Work
- Proficient in Std work, process capacity, operator/operation balancing
- SPC, data analysis, project management experience preferred
- Crossfunctional teamwork with departments like production, quality, and maintenance.
- Proficient in structured problem solving (5 whys, 5Ms, A3, ect)
- TPM (maintenance and operatorbased PM)
- Drive process compliance
Education and Training:
- Bachelor's degree in field of Engineering
- At least 2years in a manufacturing setting
Process Engineer - Position Description
Physical Demands And Working Conditions
The Process Engineer position requires regular standing and walking. There will be some stooping, squatting or kneeling, reaching, bending. There will be regular lifting of 50pounds. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to see, talk, and hear. The employee will work in a noisy and dusty environment and may be exposed to heat or cold.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all associated responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions. Tosaf USA reserves the right to change, amend, add, delete, and otherwise assign any and all duties, responsibilities, and position titles as it deems necessary to meet the needs of the business.