Process Engineer

Reynolds Consumer Products•Richmond, VA

2d•$85,000 - $95,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join Reynolds Consumer Products …and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. Are looking to build a strong career? Then we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opening for a Process Engineer located at our facility in Bellwood, VA. Responsibilities Your Role: The Process Engineer role is responsible for supporting manufacturing by defining, assessing, managing, implementing, improving, or revising processes. The Process Engineer will work toward the goal of improving safety, efficiency of operations, and the consistency of product quality. The individual will monitor the effectiveness of processes and equipment by quantifying performance results through data analysis, field observations, and feedback from the manufacturing team on the floor and presenting the findings to management. This position will provide technical critical thinking skills and direction to drive continuous improvement and solve chronic process and equipment issues. The role is responsible for creating, updating, and training of standardized work processes for current state and future expansion. Ultimately, your work will ensure processes are running smoothly and efficiently within the facility. You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen! Provide technical problem-solving skills and direction to drive continuous improvement and solve chronic process, equipment, and design issues. Interact closely with the Production and Maintenance groups to champion or assist in implementation and scale up of new processes and improvement initiatives. Gather and analyze data from various sources to identify and/or quantify improvement opportunities and present findings to management in a clear and concise form. Ensure process stability/capability and drive process improvement through DOE, SOC, standard work training, and other CI methods. Prioritize and implement improvement initiatives in productivity, safety, cost, and quality. Support the Lean Manufacturing philosophy and use of Lean tools. Confer information with vendors and management personnel regarding purchases, procedures, product specifications, manufacturing capabilities, and project status. Provide analytical critical thinking skills, teamwork, communications, organization/prioritization, time management, initiative, innovation, and attention to detail. Work directly with corporate OPEX team and the Sales/Marketing group. Initiate improvement ideas and present to management for review. Ultimately, you will make our processes more efficient and productive, which will have a direct impact on the Company! You will love it here if… You put safety first, always You listen, learn, and evolve You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

Requirements

B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering.
2-4 years of applicable technical experience required.
Excellent mechanical aptitude and technical skills.
Excellent task management and work prioritization skills with self-accountability to SMART goals for being self-driven.
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Knowledge of process-related standards.
5S and Lean experience.
Mechanical aptitude and excellent technical, analytical and problem-solving skills (Root Cause analysis techniques required).

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in Printing, Packaging, Nylon film, blown film extrusion or film converting
Power BI experience.
PLC Programming experience.
5S and Lean experience.
REDZone experience.
Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature?
Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on?
Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
Customer Centricity: Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first?
Growth Mindset: Do you focus on progress rather than perfection?
Continuous Improvement: Are you never satisfied with the status quo?

Responsibilities

Provide technical problem-solving skills and direction to drive continuous improvement and solve chronic process, equipment, and design issues.
Interact closely with the Production and Maintenance groups to champion or assist in implementation and scale up of new processes and improvement initiatives.
Gather and analyze data from various sources to identify and/or quantify improvement opportunities and present findings to management in a clear and concise form.
Ensure process stability/capability and drive process improvement through DOE, SOC, standard work training, and other CI methods.
Prioritize and implement improvement initiatives in productivity, safety, cost, and quality.
Support the Lean Manufacturing philosophy and use of Lean tools.
Confer information with vendors and management personnel regarding purchases, procedures, product specifications, manufacturing capabilities, and project status.
Provide analytical critical thinking skills, teamwork, communications, organization/prioritization, time management, initiative, innovation, and attention to detail.
Work directly with corporate OPEX team and the Sales/Marketing group.
Initiate improvement ideas and present to management for review.