Process Engineer
Location: Endicott, NY
Fulltime opportunity
The Process Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes to ensure efficiency, quality, and safety. They analyze production methods, identify areas for improvement, and develop solutions to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and minimize waste in line with organizational goals and industry standards.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Process Design and Development: Design and develop manufacturing processes, workflows, and procedures to optimize efficiency, productivity, and quality.
- Process Optimization: Continuously evaluate existing processes and systems to identify opportunities for improvement, such as reducing cycle times, minimizing waste, and enhancing product quality.
- Troubleshooting and Problem-Solving: Investigate production issues, equipment malfunctions, and quality deviations to diagnose root causes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Equipment Selection and Implementation: Select and implement appropriate machinery, tools, and equipment to support efficient and reliable manufacturing operations.
- Process Validation and Verification: Conduct validation studies and experiments to ensure that manufacturing processes meet regulatory requirements, quality standards, and customer specifications.
- Documentation and Reporting: Document process changes, procedures, and specifications accurately. Generate reports, data analyses, and documentation to communicate findings, recommendations, and progress to stakeholders.
- Project Management: Manage projects related to process improvement, equipment upgrades, new product introductions, or capacity expansions from conception to implementation, ensuring timely completion and successful outcomes.
- Training and Knowledge Transfer: Provide training and guidance to production personnel on new processes, equipment, and procedures to ensure proper implementation and adherence to standards.
- Provide value to our customers by using Lean tools and concepts to identify and eliminate waste in all forms (scrap/rework, transportation, motion, waiting, inventory, over production, over processing, and under-utilization of people). Uses systemic thinking by seeing processes from end to end and works to challenge the status quo to eliminate the root cause of problems. Is involved in individual and/or team activities that involve using Lean tools and concepts to improve the flow of information and material.
Education:
- A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field, preferably; chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or manufacturing engineering.
Experience:
- 3 years prior experience in manufacturing or a machine shop environment
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in engineering principles, process design, and manufacturing methodologies.
- Problem Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify inefficiencies, troubleshoot technical issues, and develop effective solutions to improve manufacturing processes.