Process Engineer

$115,000 - $115,000/Yr

Roth Staffing Companies - Terre Haute, IN

Full-time - Mid Level

Terre Haute, IN

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Process Engineer role at Ultimate Staffing involves providing technical and process engineering services to support the Technical and Manufacturing departments in a growing manufacturing organization. The position focuses on the development and commercialization of new products while ensuring compliance with Environmental Health & Safety standards. The engineer will lead troubleshooting efforts, analyze production trials, and work closely with various departments to enhance product quality and resolve issues.

Responsibilities

• Support Environmental Health & Safety for the facility, following all current policies and procedures.
• Coordinate project orders with Production Planning to best fit production schedule with minimal impact to customer orders.
• Provide technical guidance to maintenance operations to make improvements and resolve issues based on process knowledge.
• Lead change for troubleshooting production and process problems; communicate with manufacturing, quality, and technical teams regarding run problems; investigate root causes and recommend corrective actions.
• Review data and trial reports from technical for products being developed and report concerns and results to the appropriate department managers.
• Act as Production Trial owner, coordinating production trials and providing accurate feedback to Trial owners, Manufacturing, Technical Manager, and Marketing.
• Analyze trial quality, output, and waste data to determine trial effectiveness and specification commercialization.
• Monitor and improve product quality; resolve quality issues and disposition quarantined product.
• Research assignable causes of customer complaints and work closely with customers to resolve and prevent quality issues.
• Regularly visit customers and coordinate operator visits to customers.
• Write, perform, analyze, and report on trials, scale-ups, and validations for the manufacturing processes; make recommendations based on trials.
• Generate and gather ideas for product enhancements, cost savings, and new products from various sources; effectively communicate with Sales, Marketing, and Customers.
• Provide suggestions for product enhancements to R&D engineers to improve manufacturing results based on process experience.
• Operate as a 'go-to' for other Engineers, operations, and maintenance for solutions to process or quality issues.
• Assess current processes to identify areas for improvement and make recommendations to management.
• Target and resolve repetitive customer claim issues by collaborating with customers and manufacturing.
• Lead continuous improvement teams to deliver process and business improvements.
• Identify and resolve issues impacting data aspects through root cause analysis and corrective action management related to specification impacts across all operation resources and departments.
• Develop and commercialize new and improved products; develop specifications for new products and update existing specifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field or relevant work experience.
• 7+ years experience in an engineering or process role.
• Training and experience in Lean manufacturing methodologies.
• Solid computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, and the ability to quickly learn job-specific software.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with trade journals, trade shows, technical seminars, and management seminars.
• Contacts with equipment suppliers and raw material suppliers.
• Professional development classes in communication and conflict resolution.

Benefits

• Competitive salary between $80-$115K depending on experience.
• In-office role with a standard work schedule of Mon-Fri 8am-5pm.