PROCESS ENGINEER

Position Overview

The Process Engineer will drive process reliability (PR) improvement and waste reduction through the development and maintenance of documentation capturing best operating practices in the plant. The key objective is to reduce variation in operating methods, thereby improving the reliability and repeatability of processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering support and project engineering guidance to filling, processing, and/or support departments under the direction of the Plant Continuous Improvement Manager
• Lead a team of Technicians to maintain and create standard documentation for the various operations in the plant ensuring uniformity across departments
• Develop department operating procedures and line machinery training manuals, standard operating procedures, standard control procedures, all run documents including baseline audit sheets, changeover documents, shutdown procedures, startup procedures, and operational cleaning procedures, line capability
• Document for new projects and maintain annually for ongoing systems
• Work with Project Engineering to set appropriate documentation standards for vendors and contractors that will facilitate ease of use in developing training documentation for plant staff
• Coach and develop a team of Technicians to improve their skills allowing them to be more effective team members
• Focus on cost reduction programs, process improvements, and engineering service requests as well as evaluation and recommendation of process capital improvements and automation

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical and Industrial)
• A minimum of one year of relevant production/engineering experience. Relevant co-op/internship experience will be considered.
• Proficiency in the application of statistical methods.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Access, Project, PowerPoint, Word)
• Demonstrated leadership capability, ability to influence others and professional maturity.
• Effective communication (both oral and written) skills with demonstrated ability to present ideas without formal authority
• Ability to exercise good judgment in high pressure, sensitive situations.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours and days as needed to meet business demands
• Experience working collaboratively in a team-based environment
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• SAP, Adobe Acrobat Writer experience & working knowledge of PLC, CAD system and Shop Floor integration
• Knowledge and experience with plant operations, packaging and processing equipment.
• Experience developing and writing procedures with cross functional teams.
• Ability to proactively lead and coach teams to solve problems, multi-task, deliver continuous improvement initiatives, establish sound operating procedures, automatic downtime monitoring and other improvement systems.
• Knowledge and experience with TPM