Process Engineer

TITLE : Process Engineer

OVERALL JOB DESCRIPTION

Provide self-directed support relative to the design and development of manufacturing equipment and processes. Identify opportunities and implement changes as it relates to reducing cost and improving quality throughout the manufacturing process.

PRIMARY DUTIES :

• Identify, develop, and lead product design projects to drive continual improvements in the areas of growth, expansion, and production capacity.
• Interact with tooling engineering and manufacturing engineering groups to validate product manufacturability.
• Develop performance specification and testing methodology to define and validate product performance.
• Interact with sales and customer contacts to define product requirements, specifications and functional requirements based on market or customer specific needs.
• Define and manage development and commercialization timelines. Communicate project timelines with business unit product managers, sales, customers, and manufacturing.
• Work with tooling engineering and operations engineering teams to define manufacturing strategy and capital plans required for product implementation.
• Coordinate prototyping activities, manufacturing trials and lab testing on products and prototypes.
• Maintain and update project reporting documentation. Participate in regular organizational project update meetings.
• Coordinate new product startups in the manufacturing plants and work with process engineering, plant staff and customers to validate product performance and customer acceptance.
• Establish set-up and processing parameters based on material and machine capabilities.
• Develop molding procedures to ensure consistent processing of product on all shifts.
• Monitor and review daily production efficiencies with Production Manager on machine / process to ensure consistent processing.
• Serve as the technical liaison between product engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and sales.

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