Process Engineer

CTS Corporation•Lisle, IL

22d•Onsite

About The Position

The Process Engineer reports directly to the Plant Manager and supports the Ceramic business. In this role, the Process Engineer makes technical decisions related to ceramic machining and provides technical direction to their team. The Process Engineer is responsible for achieving improvements in yield, scrap reduction, cycle time, throughput, equipment utilization, and manufacturing cost. They will use an array of tools (DOE, DMAIC) and general statistical analysis methods to drive improvements, and utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC), process capability analysis (Cp/Cpk), and data-driven decision making to monitor and improve process performance. This role leads equipment qualification, process validation, and capital improvement projects including equipment selection, justification, installation, and commissioning. The Process Engineer also leads continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen), provides recommendations for maintaining, diagnosing equipment inefficiencies, and upgrades to existing equipment or acquisition of new equipment as needed. They will perform time studies, root cause analysis, and trend analysis. This role works closely with the new product introduction team to efficiently and cost effectively introduce new products into manufacturing. The Process Engineer provides technical leadership and mentoring to operators and process technicians, and periodically reports progress and status on projects and processes to management in an oral and written manner. They use technical knowledge and ingenuity to resolve complex problems and provide technical leadership for their area of responsibility. Additionally, this role supports compliance with ISO 9001 quality management system requirements and participates in internal and external audits. Other related duties may be directed by management.

Requirements

Comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing is required
Ability to analyze and identify problems, develop appropriate solutions, and implement with available resources to complete complex assignments.
Ability to proactively develop new ideas/methodologies for continuous improvement.
Ability to interact with other professional staff throughout the organization.
B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, Chemical Engineering or Associate Degree with relevant experience is required.
5+ years of experience in processing equipment in a metallic or ceramic machining manufacturing environment is required.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of SAP is a plus
Knowledge of continuous improvement methods is a plus.

Responsibilities

Responsible for achieving improvements in yield, scrap reduction, cycle time, throughput, equipment utilization, and manufacturing cost.
Use an array of tools (DOE, DMAIC) and general statistical analysis methods to drive improvements
Utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC), process capability analysis (Cp/Cpk), and data-driven decision making to monitor and improve process performance.
Leads equipment qualification, process validation, and capital improvement projects including equipment selection, justification, installation, and commissioning.
Leads continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen)
Provides recommendations for maintaining, diagnosing equipment inefficiencies, and upgrades to existing equipment or acquisition of new equipment as needed.
Perform time studies, root cause analysis, and trend analysis.
Works closely with new product introduction team to efficiently and cost effectively introduce new products into manufacturing.
Provides technical leadership and mentoring to operators and process technicians.
Periodically reports progress and status on projects and processes to management in an oral and written manner.
Uses technical knowledge and ingenuity to resolve complex problems and provides technical leadership for their area of responsibility.
Supports compliance with ISO 9001 quality management system requirements and participates in internal and external audits.
Other related duties as directed by management.