Atlas Roofing Corporation, a privately owned company, established in 1982, is an international and multi-divisional manufacturer of roofing, sheathing, facer, and insulation product solutions.
From a single asphalt shingle manufacturing facility in 1982, Atlas has grown to 36 facilities in North America providing worldwide product distribution. Today, products from the company's four major divisions, Polyiso Roof & Wall Insulation, Shingle & Underlayment, Molded Products, and Web Technologies, are manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities and shipped from our network of manufacturing plants and distribution facilities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It's amazing how our customer-first philosophy has grown on our clients.
Atlas Roof Shingles & Underlayments is seeking a Product Engineer for the Hampton, GA facility.
Product Engineer Job Duties & Responsibilities (include travel requirements)
- Assist in inspection and testing of all finished products and raw material to ensure they meet Atlas and auditing agency specifications.
- Process Root/Cause analysis to determine/eliminate reasons for complaints.
- Performs calibrations on production and lab equipment.
- Assists with product/process improvement projects by collecting, analyzing, and reporting results.
- Helps maintain current test methods and assists in developing and implementing new test methods as necessary to help prevent complaints.
- Check material for defects and monitor product changes.
- Test facer material to ensure that no defective material reaches foam plants or the consumer.
- Keep reports and records results of all tests performed in PeopleSoft and Access.
- Performs claims analysis to accurately determine the disposition of claims.
- Accompany the QC Manager and/or R&D Director on claims visits as necessary (travel as needed to view jobs to complete work assignments).
- Maintain good working relationship with production supervisors and work with supervisors in solving problems resulting in defective material.
- Performs data entry to accurately maintain a history on the finished product physical properties and raw material performance, which provides traceability and the ability to report results.
- Assists in maintaining the consumer services claims process by reporting findings.
- Lead meetings for reporting on productions and sales on root cause and findings.
- Analyze data to determine conclusions through report writing.
- Develop procedures and programs to prevent/minimize complaints.
- Assist in master data for product development to ensure high quality data input.
- New Product Development (Idea Committee) gatekeeper and data collection during meetings.
- Help to manage programs that are implemented through the idea committee.
Product Engineer Supervisory Responsibility
- Will manage an internal lab tech and possible 3rd party contractors
Product Engineer Education and/or Experience
- Bachelor's degree in science or engineering
- Construction material science is required
- 2 years of experience in roofing manufacturing or paper manufacturing, preferred
Product Engineer Skills & Abilities:
- PC Literate, ability to effectively utilize Excel (spreadsheet), Word, email, Power Point, and MiniTab.
- Ability to learn quickly and retain a large amount of detail regarding customer and products.
- Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to deal effectively with changes in customer orders, notifying production if already in process.
- Ability to communicate clearly (both orally and written) to personnel from a variety of functional areas.
- Ability to enter, manipulate and retrieve data from the computer.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of personnel.
- Professional presentation to represent Atlas Roofing to customers and the public.
- Fluent in English (Reading, Writing, Speaking).
- Advanced math skills (Able to do statistical analysis).
- Identifies concepts and issues of a problem.
- Applies sound judgment and reason to a solution.
- Provides relevant and timely information in a clear manner.
- Openly communicates and shares ideas and opinions and encourages others to do so.
- Services both the internal and external customers and provide superior services and value to all customers.
- Responsible for resolving customer issues and responds in a timely manner.
- Generates new ideas and strategies and provides innovative solutions to problems.
- Responsible for following through on projects in a timely manner.
- Anticipates what needs to be done and proceeds without direction.
- Promotes a climate of involvement, cooperation and teamwork.
- Provides a positive example of leadership.
- Ability to plan a work schedule while establishing goals and priorities
- Acts fairly in business dealings.
Total Compensation
- Atlas Roofing Corporation offers a competitive compensation and vacation/holiday package as well as a comprehensive benefits program including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D/LTD insurance, 401k and Medical & Dependent Care Spending Accounts
Atlas Roofing Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
No calls or agencies please.