New Process Introduction (NPI) Engineer

Responsibilities

• Understand and Deploy processes into production that have been developed in an R&D setting.
• The process may or may not be fully industrialized upon transfer and the team will be responsible to industrialize at an efficient pace.
• Develop/Translate process documentation relating to the new or modified processes.
• Industrialize processes to the point that they are meeting defined productivity and process yield targets before transferring to plant production.
• Organize and manage new process rollout on a machine by machine basis coordinating modifications to equipment/software/recipes etc…
• Travel to other manufacturing sites several times per year (Travel typically less than 10%).
• Provide guidance or suggestions to other departments (operations, maintenance) as it relates to the process area.
• Define and implement improvement projects that reduce cost and or improve product quality.
• Collaborate with engineers at other international Prysmian plants to resolve complex process problems.
• Become a lead contributor of the global process control team with a desire to generate change.
• Comply with all applicable safety procedures and ISO14001 EMS guidelines.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in high pressure situations with tight timelines.
• Excellent communication & presentation skills.
• Querying and analyzing large sets of data to make data driven decisions.
• Develop and lead the plant’s culture of continuous process improvement.

Requirements

• 2 years minimum of experience
• B.S. in Engineering
• Capability to travel to other factories in Europe to understand and master new processes
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex process flow and machines
• Become the subject matter expert in the assigned process area
• Demonstrate capability to independently prioritize tasks to make progress on short term and long-term initiatives
• Able to work with global teams whose native language is not always English
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal oversight

Preferred

• 5 years of experience in a process and/or development engineering role
• Demonstrated capability to introduce and/or industrialize a new processes
• Experience in the optical fiber manufacturing industry (Deposition/Overclad/Fiber Draw processes)
• Ability and desire to provide leadership for process technicians
• Fluent in French
• Experience with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab
• Uses DMAIC/CI tools to structure and execute projects