Process Engineer - Coatings

Job Summary:

The Process Engineer - Coatings supports the development, optimization, and scale-up of manufacturing processes across production and supply chain operations. This role applies engineering expertise to drive continuous improvement, enhance product quality, and increase operational efficiency.
Core Duties

- Technical resource for on-going production activities: establishing & improving production quality specifications, production support, documentation & analysis of production KPIs

- Responsible for reviewing safety and quality standards to ensure the Internal and External stakeholders are properly meeting these guidelines

- Leads quality improvement, yield improvement & corrective action projects with internal and external stakeholders

- Recommends manufacturing processes designed to be efficient, cost-effective, and to promote quality and reliability

- Assesses current equipment and processes and makes recommendations for changes. Helps to troubleshoot and repair equipment. Shows results in reports. May train personnel in equipment usage and processes

- Collaborate with research and development teams as technologies transition to pilot & scale-up environments to ensure a successful commercialization

Basic Qualifications

- BS in Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial or Materials Engineering or related field

- 2 years' experience in process engineering, production operations, and/or quality control environments

- Analytical skills for troubleshooting designs not working as planned, asking the right questions, and finding answers that work.

- Familiarity with statistics & hypothesis-driven problem-solving methodologies; for example: Six Sigma, DOE, 8D, DMAIC, Lean, etc.

- Interpersonal skills in developing positive working relationships with other employees working with the production process. Desire to lead projects with cross-functional stakeholders

- Process-orientation with an attention to detail

- Ability to travel 25-50%

Desired Qualifications

- Polymer films or coatings experience strongly preferred

- Tape, vinyl, plastics and paper coating experience

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