Lead Process Engineer

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The Polymerics Manufacturing Team has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Process Engineer with a focus on Continuous Improvement and Productivity. This position will drive continuous and step-change improvements in the manufacturing plant across EH&S, Quality, Productivity, and Reliability.

The candidate will be responsible for:

• Works with multifunctional teams to optimize operations/processes to meet Business and plant goals (Environmental, Health & Safety, Production, Quality, Productivity, Cost, reliability)

• Helps to drive continuous improvement mindset on the production floor through relationship building, trainings, projects, and kaizen events

• Provides technical expertise and strategic direction to improve our competitive advantage for one or more technology areas

• Works closely with Operations Area Managers, Operators, and Polymerics Process Engineers to capture and execute improvement efforts

• Acts as point person to collaborate with Manufacturing Technology group, Product Quality group, and Global Technology Guardian to ensure successful new technology introduction, qualification, and transfer to manufacturing

• Monitors scheduling and downtime metrics to identify areas of improvement

• Analyzes SPC data to identify and lead continuous improvement projects focused on variation reduction

• Supports unit-wide Operational Excellence conformance

• Serve as analyst for productivity software and reporting tools, liaison between development teams and operations floor

• Provides technical consultation to others during process upsets and assume a leadership role in technical project teams

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and present valid conclusions to diverse audiences

• Ability to create and deliver concise and compelling presentations

• Facilitates/participates in root cause investigations to prevent recurrence of unplanned events and coaches others to learn these skills

• Identifies and evaluates improvement opportunities in operations and reliability

• Mentorship of early career Process Engineers, serve as one of the Focal Points for Co-Ops

• Manage Continuous Improvement program and project savings metrics

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering 

• Green Belt Certification preferred

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience (manufacturing, reliability, engineering, etc.)

• The ability to strategize and lead from the front, able to take a "hands-on" approach with operators, technicians, and engineers to drive change and get results

• Influential leadership capacity

• The ability to solve problems and prioritize and execute multiple tasks simultaneously

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work closely with operations, maintenance, and other functional groups

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