Summary:The Processing Engineer position is responsible for supporting all manufacturing processes in the plant and for customers.Responsibilities:
- The Process Engineer is responsible for utilizing sound engineering practices to troubleshoot and resolve process issues, acting as a process expert for internal and external customers and implementing systemic improvement efforts in order to enhance quality and reduce production costs.
- Utilizes sound engineering practices to quickly resolve process issues on the production floor and minimize downtime.
- Drive and implement continuous improvement efforts to improve operational efficiency and manufacturing consistency.
- Provide process expertise to internal and external customers to utilize and expand the intellectual property of the business.
Essential Job Functions:
- Acts as a mentor to train and develop capable, independent line operators, lab technicians, and Process/Engineering Technicians/Interns.
- Serves as a technical resource for customers and internal stakeholders to implement new processes and resolve production related issues.
- Provides guidance and direction to Production Managers, Line Operators, and technicians to ensure on-time completion of assigned tasks.
- Provides ongoing technical assistance and training on hardware processing to the Production Operators
- Assists in evaluating project feasibility and alignment with VST capabilities; coordinates conceptual production processes to validate/reject feasibility.
- Designing tooling and racks for chemical processing of manufactured components made in various configurations and base materials.
- Working with pumps, rectifiers, and other equipment to optimize process efficiencies
- Utilizes Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) to assess the reliability, safety, performance, and risk of new processes; determines likelihood of risk mitigation based on analysis.
- Drives production process implementation and manages the transition into production to drive timely processing and project completion; troubleshoots technical and process related issues as needed.
- Troubleshoots and conducts root cause analysis of project, production, and chemical bath process related issues to minimize production downtime; ensures the Operations Manager and General Manager is kept abreast of progress and aware of process changes.
- Generates project reports to allow internal stakeholders to effectively manage projects to budget and defined timelines.
- Assists in conducting post-mortem project analysis to continuously improve project performance and duration.
- Evaluates and validates vendor's capabilities, quality, reliability, and reputation to meet Valence Surface Technologies requirements; ensure vendors have clarity on project needs, expectations, and process changes.
- Assists in identifying and implements continuous improvements opportunities with regards to processes
- Accurately documents time allocation to evaluate production trends and identify continuous improvement opportunities; makes recommendations to the management team.
Qualifications
- B.S. Degree in Engineering or Equivalent Experience
- Results-oriented with process ownership commitment and ability to prioritize.
- Demonstrated proficiency with problem solving tools: 5 Whys, Is / Is Not, Pareto Diagrams, Design of Experiments, FMEA
- Demonstrated ability to read and interpret specifications, prints and other technical documents.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Programs