Process Engineer

Laborup • Morristown, TN

13d • $80,000 - $85,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re hiring Process Engineers to join our polymer compounding manufacturing team. You’ll spend most of your day on the production floor leading trials, troubleshooting manufacturing issues, improving throughput, and helping launch new products. This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll work directly with operators, supervisors, and maintenance to solve real production problems, not sit behind a desk designing processes that someone else has to implement. As we continue investing in new equipment, new production lines, and new products, we’re looking for experienced engineers who want to own their processes, mentor younger engineers, and build long-term careers with a stable company that gives engineers the freedom to make decisions and improve the plant.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience
• Root cause analysis and troubleshooting experience
• Hands-on manufacturing process improvement
• Comfortable working primarily on the production floor
• Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

• Mechanical, Chemical, Polymer, or Industrial Engineering degree
• Polymer, plastics, or compounding experience
• Continuous manufacturing experience
• Experience leading production trials
• Smaller manufacturing environment with broad ownership
• Experience mentoring junior engineers

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot production issues alongside operators and supervisors.
• Lead trials for new products, raw materials, and equipment.
• Reduce scrap, downtime, and transition times.
• Investigate production problems and implement permanent solutions.
• Review daily production data and identify process drift.
• Maintain formulas, production structures, and operating standards.
• Support products from development through production.
• Mentor junior engineers and train production personnel on new processes.

Benefits

• Annual bonus eligibility
• 100% company-paid family medical, dental & vision

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior