Process Engineer

About the position

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Process Engineer! This role is based at our Molding & Extrusion plant in Huntsville, Alabama, and will report to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with plant personnel on troubleshooting, problem solving and improvement projects related to the extrusion & molding process and associated sub-processes.
• Analyze, identify and lead opportunities for improvement in terms of productivity, quality, scrap reduction, safety, etc.
• Contribute to documenting the equipment performance, materials evolution, production processes and experimental data for corporate learnings preservation.
• Contribute to defining equipment and tooling specs for new products or enhanced capacity to the state-of-the-art setups.
• Evaluate the new developments and offerings in terms of extrusion and downstream equipment and tooling.
• Assist the plant in mapping their production processes, analyze these processes for optimization and improvement opportunities, standardize these processes to the best practices.
• Collaborate with the plant in reviewing, developing and/or adapting training material related to the extrusion & molding process and associated sub-processes.
• Participate in Innovation projects (new products) as process specialist.

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering or other Technical Background
• 5+ years of experience in plastics Extrusion processing
• Hands-on experience in both Extrusion and Injection Molding Processing is a huge asset
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Proven track record of continuous improvement accomplishments
• Excellent communication and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Results driven, detail oriented and able to multi-task effectively