Manufacturing Process Engineering Manager

Avient • Avon Lake, OH

14h

About The Position

The Manufacturing Process Engineering Manager leads key initiatives to optimize and continuously improve manufacturing processes to ensure efficient, cost-effective production that meets the highest standards of quality and safety. This role serves as the plant’s primary technical liaison, driving process innovation, reducing defects, supporting customer requirements, and maintaining ISO certification. The position also involves leading and developing a team of engineers, collaborating cross-functionally, and implementing sustainable solutions that enhance operational performance.

Requirements

• Leads key initiatives to optimize and continuously improve manufacturing processes.
• Ensures efficient, cost-effective production that meets the highest standards of quality and safety.
• Serves as the plant’s primary technical liaison.
• Drives process innovation.
• Reduces defects.
• Supports customer requirements.
• Maintains ISO certification.
• Leads and develops a team of engineers.
• Collaborates cross-functionally.
• Implements sustainable solutions that enhance operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, and communicate manufacturing processes to ensure safe, cost-effective, and efficient production.
• Monitor process performance and implement improvements to drive cost savings, efficiency gains, and quality enhancement.
• Participate in design reviews to strengthen manufacturability and long-term process capability.
• Troubleshoot process and equipment issues; coordinate with maintenance, production, and support teams to implement sustainable solutions.
• Coordinate installation, validation, and updates for new or modified processes.
• Ensure process conditions are controlled and monitored according to specification for consistent product performance.
• Ensure process changes follow established MSA/CSA sequences and documentation workflows.
• Evaluate training needs and deliver process-related training to production employees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees