What’s the job?

We are seeking experienced, highly motivated, hands on, results oriented engineering professional. The incumbent pursues projects which require experience and judgment to deal with a variety of variables. Projects are designed to assist the plant and departments in improving safety, improving quality, improving service, increasing production, and/or reducing costs through process, product, equipment, materials and/or methods development and improvements. The position requires a broad based skill set ranging from hands-on troubleshooting of processes to leading different projects from commencement to completion.

Responsibilities include:

Provide leadership and/or project management within the facility or cross functionally in other teams as needed. Applies and promotes Lean Manufacturing techniques to continuously improve cycle times and process flows. Identifies, supports or directs the execution of improvement efforts to reduce waste in all manufacturing or business processes. Uses structured problem solving methodologies for data driven analysis and decisions. Contribute significantly to manufacturing improvement team activities utilizing continuous improvement methodologies. Documentation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training staff to perform processes correctly and safely. Develop start-up procedures and standard process monitors to ensure health of the line and identify out-of-control processes. Use a data driven approach to center line and footprint all equipment settings. Ability to use SolidWorks and read/ analyze/ interpret/ generate engineering drawings. Work closely with all departments on various plant priorities. Have a good understanding of the capitalization process for projects and ensure all projects are executed within the budgeted amount. Perform other duties as assigned by the Manager.