Manufacturing Engineer - Polymer Chemistry

Hexcel•Salt Lake, UT

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Hexcel is a global leader in advanced composites technology, including carbon fiber, woven reinforcements, resins, prepregs, honeycombs, and engineered core and composite structures. The company is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer - Polymer Chemistry for its Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Matrix location. This role involves supporting operations to meet targets in safety, quality, material usage, yield, delivery, and throughput. The engineer will analyze manufacturing techniques, troubleshoot processes, and implement corrective actions. They will also be involved in directing equipment repairs and upgrades, developing continuous improvement plans, and documenting processes. A key aspect of the role is evaluating processing conditions and material properties, managing process conditions to meet requirements, and investigating non-conformances using root cause analysis. The position also includes developing processing conditions for new equipment and materials, training operations personnel, driving improvements in material performance and capability, and providing design criteria for facility improvements. The engineer will be responsible for new equipment start-up exercises and tests.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required in Chemical Engineering with emphasis in Polymer Chemistry and/or a degree in Polymer Chemistry/Science.
Minimum of 5 years of experience focused on polymer chemistry.
Possesses a deep understanding of fundamental physical/chemical properties and structure-property relationships.
Ability to conduct complex chemical experiments.
Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to work both as an individual contributor and as a cross-functional team member managing multiple projects.
Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills.
Current computer literacy including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Project, Visio and PowerPoint.
Eligible candidates must be a: U.S. citizen, U.S. national, person lawfully admitted for permanent residence, temporary resident under sections 210(a) or 245(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, person admitted in refugee status, or person granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

PhD preferred in Chemical Engineering with emphasis in Polymer Chemistry and/or a degree in Polymer Chemistry/Science.
Experience with epoxy, phenolic, and bismaleimide (BMI) resins is highly preferred.
Experience in resin, prepreg or other continuous process industry preferred.
Experience in Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma continuous improvement program, green and black belt preferred.
Experience with SPC and other statistical techniques preferred.

Responsibilities

Support operations in achieving area safety, quality, material usage variance, yield, on time delivery and throughput targets.
Analyze and interpret resin, film and prepreg manufacturing techniques, procedures and processing conditions.
Troubleshoot manufacturing process problems and implement corrective measure.
Assist in directing equipment repairs and upgrades.
Develop and execute continuous improvement plans for resin mix, film or prepreg processes.
Write and maintain detailed procedures and specifications to document resin mix, film or prepreg processes.
Evaluate resin, film and prepreg processing conditions and resultant material properties and troubleshoot as necessary utilizing SPC techniques.
Assume full responsibility for managing process conditions to meet Process Control Document requirements and mechanical and physical properties.
Investigate material non-conformances utilizing root cause analysis techniques and implement corrective actions to prevent future failures.
Develop and implement resin, film and prepreg processing conditions for new equipment and/or new materials.
Provide training as necessary to operations personnel.
Drive improvements in material performance and improve Capability (Cpk and Ppk).
Provide concise design criteria and process constraints for facility expansions or improvements and assume responsibility for all new or improved equipment start up exercises and tests.