R&D Engineer

Prysmian is the world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry. Each year, the company manufacturers thousands of miles of underground and submarine cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, as well as medium low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure sectors. We also produce a comprehensive range of optical fibers, copper cables and connectivity for voice, video and data transmission for the telecommunication sector.

We are 30,000 employees, across 50+ countries. Everyone at Prysmian has the potential to make their mark; because whatever you do, wherever you are based, you will be part of a company that is helping transform the world around us. Make Your Mark at Prysmian!

The Claremont Fiber plant is seeking talented engineers to lead the transfer and industrialization of new processes developed by the optical fiber research and development team. The candidate will need to oversee the deployment of these processes into the standard production of the factory. The processes will vary in level of maturity, and it is the responsibility of the industrialization team with support from R&D to successfully and efficiently implement them.

Responsibilities:

• Understand and Deploy processes into production that have been developed in an R&D setting. The process may or may not be fully industrialized upon transfer and the team will be responsible to industrialize at an efficient pace.
• Develop/Translate process documentation relating to the new or modified processes.
• Industrialize processes to the point that they are meeting defined productivity and process yield targets before transferring to plant production.
• Organize and manage new process rollout on a machine-by-machine basis coordinating modification to equipment/software/recipes etc.
• Travel to other manufacturing sites several times per year (Travel typically less than 10%).
• Provide guidance or suggestions to other departments (operations, maintenance) as it relates to the process area.
• Define and implement improvement projects that reduce cost and or improve product quality.
• Collaborate with engineers at other international Prysmian plants to resolve complex process problems.
• Become a lead contributor of the global process control team with a desire to generate change.
• Comply with all applicable safety procedures and ISO14001 EMS guidelines.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in high pressure situations with tight timelines.
• Excellent communication & presentation skills.
• Querying and analyzing large sets of data to make data driven decisions.
• Develop and lead the plant’s culture of continuous process improvement.
• Report directly to R&D Leadership team in Douvrin, France.

Requirements:

• 2 years minimum of experience.
• B.S. in Engineering.
• Capability to travel to other factories in Europe to understand and master new processes.
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex process flow and machines.
• Become the subject matter expert in the assigned process area.
• Demonstrate capability to independently prioritize tasks to make progress on short term and long-term initiatives.
• Ability to work with global teams whose native language is not always English.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal oversight.

Preferred:

• 5 years of experience in a process and/or development engineering role.
• Demonstrated capability to introduce and/or industrialize a new processes.
• Experience in the optical fiber manufacturing industry (Deposition/Overclad/Fiber Draw processes).
• Ability and desire to provide leadership for process technicians.
• Fluent in French.
• Experience with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab.
• Uses DMAIC/CI tools to structure and execute projects.