Process Engineer

Job Title: Process Engineer

Location: Delaware, OH

Primary Job Functions:

• Responsible for developing and evaluating processes and configuring manufacturing systems to reduce cost, improve sustainability and develop best practices within the production process and within all support department processes.

Essential Job Functions

• Designs and develops manufacturing processes required to meet customer’s product specifications and develops the standards, tools, information, bill of materials, usage, etc. required to manufacture these products.
• Investigates properties and treatments of metals to develop and/or improve methods of manufacturing. Work cross functionally with Engineering and Manufacturing staff on improving process design and eliminate/reduce process variation.
• Leads and assists Design Engineers in the development of product design proposals, process requirements, and related technical data. Lead and assist Process Engineers in the development of innovative solutions to process proposals for existing and new manufacturing processes.
• Responsible for specially assigned product development project.
• Maintains reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiencies, yields, costs, and changeovers.
• Leads and assists Lean, 5S, Continuous Improvement and Value Streams Improvement initiatives throughout the facility along with standardize material and information flow, accuracy, and transparency.
• Designs machines, machine modifications, and various tolling prints for internal and external fabrication.
• Assists Quality Control in the development of material tests and in the root cause analysis of material problems, customer rejects, vendor rejects, and advise on corrective action responses.
• Creates, approves, implement, and maintains up-to-date procedures to assure compliance with quality Certification requirements in performing the job responsibilities.
• Assists Purchasing with development of purchasing specifications as they relate to materials and assist Sales with early product/prototype development and cost analysis.
• Responsible for communicating and reporting on specific projects, their progress, and expected completion to Manager and Engineering team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical preferred).
• 1 – 3 years experience required.
• Experience with APQP, PFEMA, Control plans, and customer negotiations.
• Experience with 3D design (AutoCAD / Autodesk Inventor preferred).
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing (value stream mapping, 5S, kaizen, OEE, etc.).
• Green or Yellow Belt in Six Sigma is a plus.
• Experience with ISO/TS 16949 and AIAG Core Tools is a plus.
• Experience in metallurgy or a lab environment is a plus.

Non-Essential Job Functions

• This is not an all-inclusive job description and there will be at times, as assigned, job requirements that this position holder will be asked to perform not referenced in this job description.