Process Engineer

Magnera Corporation•Mooresville, NC

22d•Onsite

About The Position

The Process Engineer drives continuous improvement of manufacturing and operational processes to increase safety, quality, throughput, and cost efficiency. The role partners with production, quality, maintenance, and EHS to analyze end-to-end workflows, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions using Lean, Six Sigma, and statistical methods. It develops and optimizes standard operating procedures, process control plans, and KPIs, and leads trials, validations, and root-cause investigations to sustain performance. The engineer also helps direct process technicians’ efforts, establishes goals, and works to produce positive results. The role manages process reliability by working with customers to define product requirements and translating them into controllable process parameters. It assesses process capabilities, identifies and reports opportunities for reliability improvement, and collaborates with engineering, operations, maintenance, and manufacturing teams to recommend and justify equipment upgrades or modifications. The Process Engineer leads improvement projects, meetings, and Kaizen events, and reviews, contributes to, or approves process procedures. For specification reviews, the engineer coordinates production-order instructions with the Production Scheduler when specifications are new or changed, and monitors schedule reliability. In partnership with the Operations Manager, the role trains production team members in downtime Pareto analysis, process capability studies, and control-chart maintenance and analysis to reduce variation through assignable-cause identification and corrective action. The position is located in Mooresville, North Carolina. The work environment includes exposure to weather, dust, heat, humidity, odors, high noise, high-speed machinery, hot surfaces, and moving lift-truck traffic. Hearing protection is required. Physical activities include frequent standing, walking, sitting, handling tools or controls, reaching, stair climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and talking, hearing, and smelling. The role periodically lifts or moves up to 50 pounds and frequently lifts up to 25 pounds. It may require climbing up to 200 feet above ground level and frequently climbing up to three levels above floor level, as well as entering permit- and non-permit-required confined spaces.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in an Engineering field.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating, process, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write technical reports and routine correspondence and speak effectively before groups.
Ability to calculate figures associated with the process department.
Ability to solve practical problems and interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions in situations with limited standardization.
Understanding of the basic fundamentals of plastic and the processes behind its mechanics.
Familiarity with office equipment such as a computer, calculator, telephone, copier, and fax machine.
Self-directed and driven in a complex environment with change.
Ability to meet the described physical demands and work in the described manufacturing conditions.

Nice To Haves

Three years of prior relevant engineering experience in a manufacturing setting.
Previous supervision and project management experience.
Understanding of chemical properties within the plastic industry.
Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.

Responsibilities

Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing and operational processes to increase safety, quality, throughput, and cost efficiency.
Partner with production, quality, maintenance, and EHS to analyze workflows, identify bottlenecks, and implement process solutions using Lean, Six Sigma, and statistical methods.
Develop and optimize standard operating procedures, process control plans, and KPIs.
Lead trials, validations, and root-cause investigations to sustain performance.
Help direct process technicians and establish goals to produce positive results.
Work with customers to define product requirements and translate them into controllable process parameters.
Determine process capabilities for consistently meeting targets and customer product requirements.
Define and report opportunities for process reliability improvement.
Collaborate with the Process Engineering Manager, Operations Manager, Maintenance Manager, and manufacturing teams to recommend and justify equipment upgrades or modifications.
Identify and lead process improvement projects, meetings, Kaizen events, and other Engineering Department actions.
Review, provide input on, and/or approve process procedures.
Coordinate production-order instructions with the Production Scheduler for new or existing products when specifications are introduced or changed.
Monitor schedule reliability.
Work with the Operations Manager to train production team members in downtime Pareto analysis, process capability studies, and control-chart maintenance and analysis.
Work safely, follow safety rules, and report safety hazards immediately.