Process Engineer
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Job Description
We are Techmer PM the worlds foremost materials design firm creating custom polymers that make up essential products. Through our longstanding partnerships with processors original equipment manufacturers and product designers weve worked for decades to tackle manufacturing and business challenges through sustainable futureminded solutions.
We are currently seeking a Process Engineer for our Clinton Tennessee facility. This position will be on 1st shift MondayFriday.
Benefits include:
- Eligible for medical benefits on your first day!
- High deductible health plan offering that includes up to $1000 towards your Health Savings Account (HSA) per year.
- Free Teledoc membership included when you enroll in medical benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program which includes 5 free counseling sessions per year and access to free legal guidance
- 401(k) with 6 company match. You are 100 vested from Day 1 of contribution
- Free investment consultative services for your 401(k) plan.
- Company paid disability and life insurance
- 10 vacation days per year (prorated your first year)
- 10 companypaid holidays
- 2 weeks of parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement with up to a $20000 lifetime maximum
- Annual salary reviews and bonus opportunities
- Hourly employees are paid weekly
Job Purpose:
The positions will support the need for improving the manufacturing cost component of profitability of all products and to optimize existing products for increased productivity and quality.
Key Responsibilities:
Manufacturing Cost Management
- Ensures gross profit goals are achieved or exceeded on each product.
- Works with Manufacturing Manager to optimizes process (rates and change over) for each product.
- Maximizes profitability through reducing manufacturing cost and increasing efficiencies.
- Communicates with Sales regarding products that did not meet gross profit goals to look for solutions to bring in line with profitability metrics.
- Participates in the GP review meetings by investigating root causes and applying corrective actions.
- Run trials to develop improved processing methods that increase velocity and or reduce manufacturing cost or RMC
Existing Product/Process Improvement
- Performs daily Pre and Post production review of all manufactured products to ensure we have stable processes.
- Reviews new formulas from Lab that are outside of the formulation guidelines to ensure they are manufacturable or recommend changes if they are not.
- Implements plans to minimize process problems through new equipment trials.
- Coordinates Trial efforts with Corporate Process Engineering Manager.
- Assists in the development of training of operators on new processes.
- Investigates product complaints and determines root cause and corrective action if it was process related.
- Implements methods to meet annual manufacturing targets/goals.
- Supports Critical runs as needed
New Product Development Management
- Plans and designs manufacturing processes within the
- organizations facilities.
- Facilitates trials to develop new products in the lab and in the
- manufacturing plant.
- Approves products to be run in production.
- Coordinates with Technical Service to optimize formulation guidelines based on our equipment and process capabilities that result in profitable processable formulas conducive to manufacturing.
- Plans and runs trials of new products and documents results and updates manufacturing guidelines based on findings.
Equipment Improvement Management
- Determines the parts and tools needed to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specifications.
- Maintains current extrusion parts inventory and determines annual spare parts needs for corporate bid.
- Assists with annual assessment of wear on current equipment and determines what parts are needed to be replaced.
- Investigates equipment upgrades for process improvement and completes A3s and Capital Expense proposal as well as runs trials at vendors location
Education/Experience:
- BS in Engineering discipline preferred Mechanical Industrial or Polymer preferred.
- More than 3 years of experience in extrusion of engineered compounds or more than 5 years of relevant experience
Skills/Knowledge/Ability:
- Computer literacy and proficiency including Microsoft Office suite.
- Good communication and presentation skills required.
- Proven ability to develop detailed organized logical process development plans in the past.
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles.
Employment Type
Full-Time
