Description
Position at Attindas - US
Attindas Hygiene Partnersdesigns manufactures and markets absorbent hygiene products. The company sells adult incontinence and infant diapers among other products into the healthcare retail and direct-to-consumer channels under brands including Attends Indas and Comfees as well as a wide range of private label brands for retailers.
Mission:We champion health dignity and comfort.
Vision:To be a global leader in absorbent hygiene by meeting consumers diverse needs through effective affordable and widely available personal care solutions.
Our Values:Personal Agile Innovative and Integrity
Job Summary:
A Process Specialist will identify and pursue opportunities for making products and processes more robust and reliable through project delivery process control systems implementation and personnel development. Analyze interpret and compile a variety of data to complete work requests and make recommendations for changes that promote continuous improvement. Prioritize loss reduction work and implement and improve process control systems. Utilize analytical troubleshooting skills to resolve process outages resulting in improved product machine and people performance.
Key responsibilities:
Project delivery
- Execute assigned projects and action items to meet goals related to safety schedule cost and engineering/operational success.
- Work with the project team to help define the scope estimate the cost identify the resources needed provide a timeline provide installation and operational support from a process perspective for product equipment and process changes.
- Prepare execute analyze results and prepare summary reports for phase 2 & 3 trial plans and qualification protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ).
- Train those impacted by the project and ensure changes are documented.
- Track open items through completion.
Unplanned troubleshooting
- Be a technical resource available for unplanned consultation training and aiding in the recovery/improvement of manufacturing and systems processes. Relevant systems: core forming adhesive systems vision systems web handling baggers etc.
- Be a point of contact for escalation of process related issues.
- Develop and document process controls
- Utilize appropriate tools/data to define measure and generate solutions to improve the capability of each process for achieving established Critical to Quality (CTQ) parameters and productivity targets.
- Analyze quality waste and downtime data to set priorities for improvement of the product and process.
Optimize processes
- Identify/lead improvements to equipment products materials resources procedures etc.
- Lead efforts with the Process Technicians to develop/improve standards and process controls.
- Lead / participate in cross-functional teams in continuous and reliability improvement projects and root cause analysis activities.
- Personnel development
- Develop and provide planned/structured training for others (e.g. Process Technicians) to increase overall competence and skill base.
RequiredQualifications:
- Required HS Diploma and minimum five years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills
- Experience with mechanical drive systems
- Experience in establishing and controlling process settings
- Strong background in adhesive systems air systems and bonding technologies
- Basic understanding of electrical components
- A basic knowledge of analytical troubleshooting
- A good knowledge of manufacturing plant support equipment
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (such as MS Word and Excel)
- Demonstrated proficiency to write work instructions create visual guides flow charts changeover checklists training materials etc.
Preferred Qualifications/Professional Experiences/Years of Experience:
- Technical Certification/Degree in one of the following fields: scientific engineering electronics mechanical or other similar field
- Maintenance and or Process Experience with High Speed Converting Equipment (Consumer Health Products)
- Green Belt (or higher) Certification in Lean Six Sigma
- Certified Manufacturing Engineer (SME) Certified Automation Professional (ISA) and/or Manufacturing Frontline Leader (MSI) Certification
- Project Management experience
- Knowledge of electro-mechanical equipment and systems
- Basic knowledge of facility support equipment
- Proficiency in use of Cause & Effect Diagrams FMEA flowchart/process maps process DOE etc.
- Knowledge of Mini Tab Python Matlab Quality Window MS Access Visual Basic Agilent VEE etc. and basic statistics is desired
- Demonstrated proficiency with project management software.
- Demonstrated proficiency in CAD software.
Attindas is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age race color sex (including gender identity or expression sexual orientation and pregnancy) marital status religion national origin genetic information disability or veteran status.