Process Engineer

Revere Copper Products, Inc•City of Rome, NY

21d•$74,900 - $105,500

About The Position

Due to growth and internal development, we are now looking to hire additional resources for our Quality Assurance Team! This role involves providing process engineering support and education to operators and supervisors in the Bar Mill, Cast Shop, and Rolling Mill, with limited support to Architectural Services. The position will monitor, control, and recommend improvements to various manufacturing processes and equipment, specify processing steps and parameters to meet customer product requirements, and lead projects focused on continuous improvement of production processes.

Requirements

Provide process engineering support and education to operators and supervisors in the Bar Mill, Cast Shop, and Rolling Mill.
Provide limited support to Architectural Services.
Monitor, control and make recommendations for improvements to various phases of manufacturing processes and equipment.
Specify processing steps and processing parameters to manufacture Rolled Products to meet customer product requirements.
Leads projects focused on continuous improvement of production processes.
Investigate production process needs.
Coordinate and implement projects and action plans.
Review customer requirements and specifications against manufacturing capabilities.
Assure process used to manufacture product meets or exceed customer expectations.
Evaluate Customer Inquiries for manufacturability and advise Customer Support and Marketing of unusual requirements that would affect lead-time and production cost/efficiency.
Determine alternative processing options to best utilize available capacity on mill machinery.
Utilize Process Engineering Methods to Create and Modify: Product Masters, Process Masters, Customer (Testing) Element Files, Packaging Instructions, New Material Request Documentation for new and experimental materials used in processing and/or testing.
Analyze and respond to customer complaints and corrective action requests.
Apply Technical applications of Process Engineering.
Perform Capability and Control Statistical Studies internally and externally.
Complete and maintain various APQP demands, including PPAP’s, Capability Studies, Part Warrants, Gaging R&R, Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEA/FMEA’s, etc.
Use various diagnostic equipment and tools to monitor various Process Parameters.
Perform simple laboratory testing such as pH, Hardness, Conductivity.
Conduct process walks to observe material, processes, and operators.
Create disposition of Non-compliant Product.
Lead /participate in Mill Tours to visiting Customers, Vendors, and Community Members.
Attend Architectural trade shows.
Attend periodic meetings with Operations, Quality, and Sales & Marketing.
Attends Weekly Reliability and Maintenance Planning Meetings and Backlog Meetings.
Creates and Modifies Job Instructions, Quality Assurance Plans, JIB’s, OJT’s etc. within Revere Document Control System.
Initiates New Material Request Documentation for new and experimental materials used in processing and/or testing.
Participates in Audits by Independent 3rd Parties and Customers.
Perform Internal Audits, write audit findings, lead discussions at Audit Closing Meetings.
Performs metallographic investigations on various samples to help determine root cause of defects when necessary.
Reports Key Process and Product Metrics to various levels of the organization.
Uses various diagnostic equipment and tools to monitor different Process Parameters. These include; dimensional gauging tools, thermometric devices, process data recording devices, hand-held tools, hand-held Profilometers, etc.

Nice To Haves

Provide limited support to Architectural Services.
Attend Architectural trade shows.

Responsibilities

Investigate production process needs.
Coordinate and implement projects and action plans.
Review customer requirements and specifications against manufacturing capabilities.
Assure process used to manufacture product meets or exceed customer expectations.
Evaluate Customer Inquiries for manufacturability and advise Customer Support and Marketing of unusual requirements that would affect lead-time and production cost/efficiency.
Review and make recommendation for changes to Revere ASTM/CDA representative on various documentation and standards as requested.
Determine alternative processing options to best utilize available capacity on mill machinery.
Utilize Process Engineering Methods to Create and Modify: Product Masters, Process Masters, Customer (Testing) Element Files, Packaging Instructions, New Material Request Documentation for new and experimental materials used in processing and/or testing.
Analyze and respond to customer complaints and corrective action requests: Reports Root Cause and Corrective Actions on Customer Complaints, Refer off-quality products to affected Customers through Customer Support, Visit Customers, outside Processors and MRO Vendors plants as necessary.
Apply Technical applications of Process Engineering: Perform Capability and Control Statistical Studies internally and externally.
Complete and maintain various APQP demands, including PPAP’s, Capability Studies, Part Warrants, Gaging R&R, Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEA/FMEA’s, etc.
Use various diagnostic equipment and tools to monitor various Process Parameters.
Perform simple laboratory testing such as pH, Hardness, Conductivity.
Conduct process walks to observe material, processes, and operators.
Create disposition of Non-compliant Product.
Lead /participate in Mill Tours to visiting Customers, Vendors, and Community Members.
Attend Architectural trade shows.
Attend periodic meetings with Operations, Quality, and Sales & Marketing.
Attends Weekly Reliability and Maintenance Planning Meetings and Backlog Meetings.
Completes and maintains various APQP demands, including PPAP’s, Capability Studies, Part Warrants, Gaging R&R, Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEA/FMEA’s, etc.
Creates and Modifies Job Instructions, Quality Assurance Plans, JIB’s, OJT’s etc. within Revere Document Control System.
Initiates New Material Request Documentation for new and experimental materials used in processing and/or testing.
Participates in Audits by Independent 3rd Parties and Customers.
Perform Internal Audits, write audit findings, lead discussions at Audit Closing Meetings.
Performs metallographic investigations on various samples to help determine root cause of defects when necessary.
Reports Key Process and Product Metrics to various levels of the organization.
Uses various diagnostic equipment and tools to monitor different Process Parameters. These include; dimensional gauging tools, thermometric devices, process data recording devices, hand-held tools, hand-held Profilometers, etc.