Process Engineer

Durcon•Taylor, TX

16h•Onsite

About The Position

The Process Engineer is responsible for continuously monitoring, measuring, and improving process control, impacting department production costs, quality metric analysis, and schedule attainment to support the plant's financial plan. This role involves developing, evaluating, and enhancing manufacturing methods and processes within the capital budget. The engineer will interact with various internal teams (production, sales, customer service, executive staff) and external parties (vendors, suppliers, customers) regarding product design, specifications, tooling, raw material properties, and product specifications. Key aspects include creating specifications for equipment and materials, performing engineering tests, communicating manufacturing capabilities, applying statistical methods for process control, and utilizing problem-solving skills to improve efficiency and profitability. The position also involves writing and implementing work instructions, resolving customer and raw material issues, and effectively communicating project status and risks to stakeholders. The role requires working safely in an industrial environment, assessing and minimizing risks, and demonstrating strong project management, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills within cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Strong technical background in polymer science/chemistry with demonstrated track record of supporting a manufacturing environment.
Minimum two years of work experience in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to establish process controls to achieve customer and internal product quality and lead time requirements.
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems via root cause analysis (5 whys, pareto, SPC, six sigma and Lean tools).
8+ year’s industrial experience.
3+ year’s supervisory experience in project management and PM tools (FMEA, RACI, Microsoft Project, Stage Gate, etc.).
BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Chemical Engineering or Material Science.
Results-oriented, displays a strong bias for action, takes ownership for projects and is serious about delivering on commitments.
Strong technical and organizing skills.
Good interpersonal and communications skills, both written and verbal.
Self-starter; takes the initiative and is able to perform job functions with a minimum level of both technical and administrative supervision.

Responsibilities

Responsible for continually monitoring, measuring and improving process control, influencing department cost of production, quality metric analysis and schedule attainment in support of plant financial plan.
Develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods and processes within capital budget.
Interact with production team, sales, customer service and executive staff concerning product design, specifications and tooling to ensure consistent production.
Communicate with vendors, suppliers and customers to determine critical raw material properties and product specifications.
Create the specifications, requirements and guidelines for the procurement of equipment, materials and/or component parts.
Perform engineering tests and evaluations of materials and products according to customer specification and quality standards needed to produce manufacturable products.
Communicate throughout the organization regarding manufacturing capability, production schedules and ability to achieve production throughput at acceptable quality levels.
Apply statistical methods to determine process capability and demonstrate process control.
Apply strong problem solving skills to improve manufacturing processes, overall efficiency and profitability.
Write, implement and educate production team to work instructions for all manufacturing processes.
Work with Customer Operations and Production Management to resolve customer, process and/or raw material issues impacting product performance or manufacturability.
Positively influence at all levels within and outside the organization.
Clearly communicate project status, risks, and scope creep with impact to all stakeholders on a regular basis.
Ability to work safely in an industrial environment; must be able to assess and minimize risk potential of new chemistries and processes.
Excellent project management and organizational skills required to develop detailed project timelines with key milestones and deliverables.
Works well in team environment and possess the excellent interpersonal and communication skills needed to work effectively in cross-functional teams to drive project from lab-to-commercial scale.
Demonstrate safe practices; maintain a safe and orderly production environment.