Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for initiating and implementing technical improvements, preventing, and resolving technical problems, and assessing the capabilities of the processes. The manufacturing engineer will provide all aspects of technical leadership in the improvement of manufacturing processes, manufacturing equipment efficiencies, productivity, and quality to ensure our products meet customer needs. Additionally, this position drives process standardization by focusing on enhancing production operators and maintenance technician equipment knowledge through Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) processes. Reports to: Plant Technical Leader. Span of Control: No direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Driving a Strong Safety Culture: Live the OC Safety Stand and adhere to Employee Safety Responsibilities; utilize technical knowledge to provide a safe and secure work environment for all employees, contractors, and visitors; lead and support safety initiatives and processes to drive towards zero recordable injuries.
• Provide Technical Leadership for Processes Improvements and Controls: Conduct process audits to review Critical Product Characteristics and Critical Process Variables and implement sustainable corrective actions for process shifts or upsets; determine process consistency and capability (Cpk); implement control charting schemes for Critical Process Variables based on ISBMS and S&T specifications; develop and implement Operator Control Plans to ensure that all products meet specifications at the lowest cost; identify and eliminate common causes of product and process variation; analyze product and process data, provide feedback and make recommendations to optimize performance; partner with S&T and TPM resources to identify and implement process improvements and best practices; implement corrective actions for issues surfaced through quality complaints and hold tags; coach, counsel, and train all employees on process control; establish processes for all critical tasks and audit for adherence and compliance; partner with maintenance to resolve equipment issues; identify and request capital funding for equipment, modifications, etc.
• Coach, Train, Mentor Equipment Operators and Maintenance Technicians on Key Process Components: Educate primary employees in the manufacturing process and process control procedures; partner with Maintenance to develop and implement TPM plans for equipment to ensure employee understanding and ownership.
• Partner with Product Technical Leaders to develop Product Specifications that are achievable and capable in the manufacturing environment; partner with Product Stewards to ensure all BOM and raw materials match the manufacturing specifications, raw material specifications and are tied back to internal cost standards.
• Provide Technical Leadership and Project Management: Improve Product Quality, Equipment Uptime, and Line Utilization; utilize TPM methodologies to problem solve process issues and increase equipment reliability, process capability, and improve product quality; identify, understand, and teach others the Critical Product Characteristics required to provide customers with a quality product; develop and implement procedures and systems to ensure products consistently meet or exceed customer expectations; lead experiments and trials for new and existing products to ensure they meet customer’s fitness for use; apply sound engineering practices towards the completion of improvement projects.
• Provide Technical Leadership for Products, Processes, and Equipment: Understand current manufacturing process capability, drive to reduce variation, and ensure product quality and consistency to improve the overall customer experience; continuously improve manufacturing productivity through process technology (density, piece job, spinner, and operating efficiency, direct materials, energy, transportation, and labor); serve as liaison and leader for product and process trials within the plant by developing trial plan, communicating with trial stakeholders, and ensuring execution of the trial; drive incremental process development and implement process improvements; maintain and assist in the development and documentation of process standards to meet manufacturing specifications; network with plants, Science and Technology (S&T), and other relevant work groups to leverage technical knowledge for identification and rapid deployment of best practices; participate in the scope development and execution of all major projects, including rebuilds, to ensure safety, performance, schedule, and cost goals of the projects are met or exceeded.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field; TPM training and experience (or similar methodology); 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Preferred Experience: Background in continuous manufacturing, technical insulation, and general manufacturing leadership.

Skills

• General knowledge of glass melting, binder formulation, fiberizing, forming, cure, and packaging processes preferred.
• General knowledge of Root Cause Failure Analysis or equivalent process.