Regional Manufacturing Process Engineer

Position overview

The Regional Manufacturing Process Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams in multiple facilities, including operations, engineering, and quality assurance, to develop and implement best practices. This role will be responsible for establishing and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs), analyzing production data, and identifying areas for optimization. Additionally, this role will be responsible for training and mentoring manufacturing teams to ensure adherence to quality standards and safety protocols. This position will be responsible for recipe development and control in order to lead to reduction in our process variation.

Key responsibilities

• Use statistical methods to interpret manufacturing data. Responsible for reduction and control ofprocess variation. - Utilize a data-driven approach to identify opportunities within the facility. Useroot cause analysis to determine any process or quality issues.

• Recipe control and development. - Supervision and control of resin formulation. - Oversee themanufacturing process in multiple locations within the region.

• Direct and develop operational methods, including standard operating procedures and productrecipes. - Manage ECNs (Engineer Change Notices), properly documenting changes in processes andprocedures.

• Generate, lead, and execute continuous and/or step change improvements. - Responsible forproduct and process development through recipe creation if needed. - Participate in CAPEX byrunning trials, developing equipment requirements, performing engineering analyses.

• Develop and maintain vendor relationships in collaboration with Procurement team. - Teachprinciples of process control, data analysis, waste reduction, material flow, reduced inventory/leadtime.

• Drive programs and processes, including audits, for meeting daily KPI’s – Availability, Performance,Quality. - Manage conformance to ISO systems relating to extrusion department.

• Participate in plant safety activities and accountability. Actively promote safety culture in facility.

• Data analytics and analysis for the Regional Team. - Perform other duties as determined by themanagement of Solmax.

Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field.

• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering and process control experience.

• Strong leadership and team management abilities.

• Strong engineering, mathematical, analytical, project leadership, and communication.

• Extensive knowledge of extrusion, data analysis, statistics & Statistical Process Control, TotalProductive Maintenance, quality systems, Lean systems, and formalized project management.

• Record of success leading and/or providing key contributions to programs for qualityassurance, process and product development & commercialization, continuous improvement,raw materials, and equipment vendor technical management.

• Significant skill in coaching and collaborating with manufacturing associates to solve problems and improve operations.

• Polymers and nonwoven fabrics technologies experience.

Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Vision insurance

• Dental insurance

• Disability insurance

• 401(k)