Process Engineer

About the role

The Process Engineer at Materion is responsible for developing, overseeing, and improving manufacturing processes within the respective product lines. This includes the development and implementation of Operational Procedures and Control (OPC), Routes, and Bill of Materials (BOM) in collaboration with manufacturing and quality control to ensure adherence to standards. The role involves resolving non-conforming material issues, customer complaints, performing root cause investigations, and implementing corrective and preventive actions to address technical, process, and material/metallurgical issues related to quality, operations, and processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and oversee the manufacturing process for respective product lines, including the development and implementation of OPC's, Routes & BOMs in cooperation with manufacturing and quality control to ensure that all applicable standards are met or exceeded.
• Apply statistics, engineering, and team-building concepts to evaluate and improve processing costs and product yields.
• Provide technical support to customers in defining product/process requirements or troubleshooting existing materials or applications.
• Identify process constraints/bottlenecks and work with operations to devise cost-effective solutions.
• Recommend changes or upgrades to equipment, work methods, or other aspects of the process to improve efficiency and utilization of resources including labor, energy, and raw materials.
• Provide process-related training to production, quality, and metallurgical lab staff.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing to provide technical 'know-how' of our products and/or processes.
• Partner with engineering staff to enhance expertise or our products and processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree preferably in Metallurgical engineering or Materials Science
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar or related metals manufacturing environment
• Direct experience with Thermo-Mechanical Process (TMP) such as rolling or forging, preferred
• Certified Green Belt or Lean Manufacturing experience preferred
• SAP experience a plus
• CAD experience preferred

Competencies

• Results orientation
• Entrepreneurial Orientation
• Analytical thinking
• Taking initiative
• Effective communication
• Influencing others
• Self-confidence

Qualifications

• Export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
• Compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding consideration of unemployment status in hiring decisions.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the job posting.