Process Engineer

POSITION PURPOSE

The primary purpose of this role is to support improvement of existing processes, design, install, configure and maintain manufacturing systems to reduce costs, improve equipment reliability, and develop best practices within the production process.

Essential Functions And Basic Duties

• Follow all safety policies, procedures, and practices.
• Must keep work area clean and safe.
• Understanding and daily practice of 5S.
• Communicate with all Operations and Maintenance personnel.
• Follow all food safety and consumer safety policies, procedures, and practices.
• Participate in GMP and food safety training.
• Reports all food safety concerns with urgency.
• Support production and maintenance in improving process reliability and performance.

Key success factors

• Reduce equipment downtime and scrap.
• Improve line performance and quality throughput.
• Reduce changeover times.
• Improve the plant's overall approach to preventive and predictive maintenance.

Support and develop production and/or maintenance projects for the plant in Extrusion and Converting Departments

• Provide guidance to maintenance team on assigned tasks and projects.
• Facilitate process/continuous improvement.
• Identify cost-savings and process improvement projects and move them from the concept to implementation.
• Drive continuous improvement by developing and implementing systems and process improvements that optimize all phases of the productions process; be actively involved in the development and implementation of long-term improvement plans.

Create and maintain process flow, PFMEA, Standard Operating Procedures and line capability and performance documentation

• Develop and maintain error proofing methodologies.
• Support, cost, estimate and document all engineering changes.
• Initiate actions to prevent the occurrence of any quality non-conformances related to product, process, and systems.
• Provide technical inputs for incident investigation, root cause analysis and corrective action.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree (Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related Technical Discipline).
• 5-10+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing environment preferred.
• 5+ years of Blown Film Extrusion experience highly preferred.
• Strong mechanical, electrical and manufacturing process skills/experience.
• Must have experience supporting and leading Lean manufacturing activities.
• Analytical skills and understanding of problem-solving techniques/tools.
• Data-driven, disciplined, objective and detail oriented.
• Strong communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a business partner, “see the big picture,” and work through ambiguity and change.
• Advanced computer knowledge with MS Office applications (Excel, Access, etc.) and other computer tools and software.

Company Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance.
• A variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health.

Community Engagement

• At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important.
• We prioritize support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs.
• We encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

• Constant opportunities for advancement.
• From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning.
• Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Equal Employment Opportunity

• Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.