Engineer, Process (Plant)

Cooper Standard•New Philadelphia, OH

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for special projects and related engineering assistance in support of manufacturing operations. This role involves utilizing engineering disciplines to troubleshoot shop floor activities, improve shop floor throughput, and reduce costs. The Process Engineer will interact with Divisional Engineering on new jobs related to PPAP and process items, communicate foreseen issues with the Technical Manager, and initiate job specifications for new jobs. They will also obtain and fashion samples for Boundary Boards and other process documentation, coordinate and perform initial trial runs on new processes and equipment, and initiate improvements to existing systems. The role processes machinery and equipment to support manufacturing functions and operations, creates bill of materials, process flows, and PFMEA, and estimates production times, staffing requirements, and related costs. The Process Engineer may also make customer visitations, interact with plant engineer, industrial engineering, quality manager, and plant chemist, and work with raw material suppliers on quality-related problems. They will stay abreast of technology improvements, recommend and justify equipment and process implementation for cost reduction, and work on continuous improvement programs and cost reduction projects. Maintaining job records, statistically analyzing gathered data, and making recommendations based on analysis are also key responsibilities. The role may involve working with the laboratory for material and product testing and evaluations, and working closely with shift supervisors and department managers to ensure proper quality operations during new job start-ups. Assistance to the plant technical manager on assigned projects is also required. Occasional performance of duties other than those specified may be required.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in an engineering discipline with 4 years of process engineering experience, or equivalent combination of less education and more related process engineering experience.
Ability to focus and lead multi-disciplinary task teams and have previous experience in supervision in manufacturing.
Excellent knowledge of manufacturing parts and processes.
Will interact with all levels of management and must be able to communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

Utilize engineering disciplines to trouble shoot shop floor activities and improve shop floor through put to reduce costs.
Interacts with Divisional Engineering on new jobs related to PPAP and process items.
Communicates foreseen issues with Technical Manager for discussion and possible resolution.
Initiates job specifications for new jobs and provides this information to the New Job Specification Coordinator for entry into the Electronic Specification System.
Obtains and fashions samples for Boundary Boards and other process documentation.
Coordinates and performs initial trial runs on new processes and equipment. Notes and tracks issues for resolution.
Initiates improvements to existing systems.
Processes machinery and equipment to support manufacturing functions and operations.
Creates or constructs bill of materials, process flows and process failure mode effective analysis (PFMEA)
Estimates production times, staffing requirements and related costs to provide information for management decision
May make customer visitations for job product related involvement.
Interacts with plant engineer, industrial engineering, quality manager and plant chemist on job related functions.
May work with raw material suppliers on quality oriented problems.
Keeps abreast of technology improvements, recommends and justifies implementation of equipment and process establishing cost reduction improvements.
Works on continuous improvement programs and cost reduction projects.
Maintains job records as required.
Statistically analyzes gathered data in test runs and makes recommendations based upon analysis.
May work with laboratory in conducting material and product test and evaluations.
Works closely with shift supervisors and department managers to insure proper quality operations of materials and equipment on new job start-up.
Provides assistance to plant technical manager on assigned projects.
May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.