Manufacturing Process Engineer

• High-volume food packaging operation is expanding and hiring for a Manufacturing Process Engineer to work for an organization that is essential and fast growing
• Our client is family oriented and understands the importance of work-life balance, promoting within and proving a team culture
• Local candidates only

 

Summary:

• Perform functions to develop, maintain, and specify manufacturing processes to manufacture existing and new company product lines in a safe and efficient basis repeatably.
• Which includes working with operations to develop methods to streamline processes, improve process flow, develop test equipment, and turn-keying manufacturing processes for new products.

 

Responsibilities:

• Be an active member of the Production/ Efficiency Team seeking to identify, develop, and implement cost reduction opportunities throughout the factory and product lines.
• The SME for Manufacturing Engineering techniques and principles related to equipment, products, and processes
• Provide project management oversight of assigned manufacturing projects.
• Monitor and analyze production cost data to prioritize efforts to significantly reduce and control costs, increase production efficiencies (parts per hour), and increase throughput.
• Identify all critical to quality (CTQ) processes and parameters and provide procedures, sign offs, product documentation, and training to production operators.
• Interface with maintenance department for equipment troubleshooting, upkeep, PM’s and process improvements to increase output
• Able to work productively with minimal supervision.
• Conduct time studies by using both the observation and video method.
• Identify opportunities to remove non-value-added steps in processes.
• Daily review of throughput, immediate investigation and action to correct suspect areas.
• Work alongside management to increase production.
• Confer with management regarding procedures, manufacturing capabilities, and project status.
• Create standard work documents that capture best practices for production processes.
• Preform manufacturing audits, focusing on process or cost variation.
• Create/update manufacturing reports that capture the company’s KPI (Key performance indicator).

 

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree required.  Ideally degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or other Engineering related degrees.  MBA or Masters degree is a plus
• 2+ years of experience as a process manufacturing engineer utilizing automated / sophistical / robotic equipment; prefer high-speed packaging, foods, plastics, or other related manufacturing industries
• Must be electrically and mechanically proficient; able to troubleshoot breakdowns and read blueprints, CAD drawings and electrical schematics to support engineering and maintenance troubleshooting
• Through understanding of how to lead, manage and oversee projects such as streamlining processes, capital projects, installations, validations, lean manufacturing and other related projects
• Experience with using root cause analysis and statistical software; Minitab and strong MS office experience preferred  
• Initiative to drive changes, work independently and make an impact to improve processes, standard operating procedures and improve KPI’s / metrics