POSITION: Process Engineer
PAY RATE: Salary
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
SHIFT: M-F
Purpose and role of job:
Provide technical leadership on assigned lines with similar technology. With Product Development, Production, Planning, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and Project Engineering, provides technical leadership and support to achieve required new products and product improvements; manufacturing cost & quality improvements; and manufacturing equipment utilization, reliability, speeds, scrap rates, and efficiency goals.
Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:
- Works closely with Production, Planning, QA, & Maintenance to meet daily production goals, priorities, coverage and special projects.
- Provides technical leadership for continuous improvement projects on his/her assigned lines for improvements in efficiency, scrap, speeds, quality, and safety.
- Leads and/or assists PD & QA on new product / process improvement and materials trials on his/her assigned production lines while minimizing production impacts.
- Maintains, audits, and updates as needed “Good Run” documentation, insuring process conditions and measurements are defined, documented, and shared with operators.
- Works closely with production supervisor on his/her assigned lines to provide focused daily direction and technical support to crews and maintenance.
- For new lines/equipment within his/her assigned technology, may lead the process definition on new production lines and major equipment and the startup, insuring all process “Good Run” conditions and measurements are defined, documented, and shared with operators.
- Insures OSHA and company procedural compliance in assigned lines activities.
- Flexibility to meet the business needs of a 24/7 operation.
Education and experience requirements:
- Qualified four year degree in Chemical, Electrical, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in high speed paper converting or web based film/paper/non-woven fabric manufacturing operations, or equivalent experience
** The most qualified candidate will be selected for the position**
First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.
First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.