Process Engineer

Description:

As a world leader in telecom cable systems, the Prysmian Group’s Claremont fiber manufacturing plant is seeking a highly motivated, self-starter, developing leader to join the engineering department to support the manufacturing of optical fiber. This individual will evaluate, troubleshoot, and conduct process control and improvement activities on a daily basis and through long-term projects.

Requirements:

• B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Materials, Mechanical, Glass Science, Ceramic, or Metallurgical Engineering) from an ABET accredited institution.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a complex manufacturing process or an internship experience in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Ability to understand complex process flow and machinery.
• Desire to become a subject matter expert in the assigned process area.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to prioritize tasks to make progress on short term and long term initiatives.
• Exhibit engagement, involvement and curiosity about other departments or process areas outside of immediate assigned area.
• Ability to influence people or departments outside of direct process area.
• Comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams and across different departments.
• Demonstrated ability to work in high pressure situations.
• Demonstrated ability to improve a situation.
• Initiative to take on large or many different responsibilities and initiative to anticipate problems or seek improvements without being prompted.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in Excel.
• Proficiency PowerPoint.
• Detail and quality oriented.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Demonstrated excellent organizational skills.
• Comfortable speaking to large audiences.
• Experience working with large sets of data and making data driven decisions.
• Ability to make analytical decision.
• Ability to contribute to the team’s culture of continuous process changes and improvements.
• Ability to work with little supervision.
• Ability to work independently.

Preferred:

• 3-5 years experience in complex manufacturing environment.
• B.S/M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Glass Science, Ceramic or Metallurgical Engineering.
• Experience with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab or SAS.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor manufacturing processes on a daily basis to identify trends and out-of-control situations and provide solutions according to urgency and importance.
• Be the leader in the process area responsible for yields, documentation, procedures, tracking data, and technical innovation.
• Prioritize issues to make meaningful impacts on the process yields and productivity.
• Develop or maintain performance indicators on a weekly or monthly basis to ensure the process is meeting quality and productivity targets.
• Perform root cause analysis on reasons for trends, equipment issues- importantly repeat equipment issues, and process drifts.
• Provide data and explanations to other process engineers, lead operators, process technicians, and other departments in order to maintain process stability.
• Report on a weekly basis a summary of process changes, developments, improvements, project progress to the engineering manager.
• Work with operators to identify process problems and also provide occasional process training.
• Work with technicians to identify equipment problems and also provide training.
• Write process documentation and update procedures.
• Be on call on a pre-determined rotating schedule and occasionally provide off hours support.
• Lead improvement projects in the facility.
• Identify cost reduction projects and work with the team to implement them.
• Implement process changes or new products as directed by R&D.
• Collaborate with engineers at other international Prysmian plants to resolve process problems or make process improvements.
• Become a contributing member of the global process control team with a desire to generate change.
• Comply with all applicable safety procedures and ISO14001 EMS guidelines.