Process Engineer

Position Description:

The Process Engineer will be responsible for supporting, developing, and improving current manufacturing processes and procedures. The ideal candidate will have experience with extrusion manufacturing, machine design, polymer-related materials science, and chemical processes.

Position Requirements:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Document processes and procedures.
• Identify problem areas for improvement and present action plans to achieve desired results.
• Optimize processes in an extrusion manufacturing facility to improve run efficiencies, product quality, and provide reductions in product defects and material waste.
• Track and maintain various process metrics.
• Extrusion supervision, planning, and scheduling responsibilities.
• New equipment research and recommendations.
• Adapt existing processes to new materials to support new products.
• Interface with vendors and customers as required.
• Support the Operations group on a daily basis.
• Other tasks as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or science. BS in plastics engineering or polymer science preferred.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in extrusion, machine design, polymer-related materials science, and chemical processes is a plus.
• Strong reasoning skills and ability to analyze problems, collect and interpret data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Capability of using a computer for data analysis and acquisition, word processing, spreadsheet operation, email communication, and database management.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision toward the attainment of goals.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Good judgment and the ability to interact with employees, co-workers, and managers at all levels of the organization, along with outside vendors and customers.