Process Engineer Job in Sidney 45365, Ohio US

 

ADVANCED COMPOSITES, INC.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

 

Position Summary

The primary purpose is to establish a processing environment that is capable of handling large volumes of quality plastic materials.  The processing environment must be able to fulfill the customer’s requirements in both quality and productivity.  This is achieved by looking for constant improvements to the current system.

 

The Process Engineer works to support Manufacturing by providing engineering suggestions, solutions, and process improvements.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

 

·           Recommends Process settings to improve or maintain the current process capability

·           Establish Process conditions for new equipment and processes.

·           Maintains records of process and trial conditions

·           Recommends process equipment and improvement to existing process equipment.  Also analyzes and creates cost justifications for such equipment or changes.

·           Reviews and approves the process section of Production Work Orders

·           Maintains the extruder barrel and screw for all extrusion lines.

·         To work continually to improve the processing of all materials on all machines to ensure a quality product with maximum amount of production.

·         Assist production personnel in troubleshooting of equipment as required.

·           Represents Advanced Composites Inc. with Suppliers, Vendors and Regulatory Agencies at Local, State and Federal levels in a professional, moral and ethical business manner.

·           Prepares and presents reports to Management on process capability and history.

·           Supports the overall Manufacturing effort by being a positive, committed, contributing team member providing engineering expertise and experience.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities

·         N/A

 

Required Competencies

·         Customer Satisfaction (external and internal)

·         Safety Health

·         Environment

·         Integrity / Ethical Behavior

·         Communication

·         Innovation

·         Job Skill / Knowledge

·         Initiative / Proactive

·         Creative Problem Solving

·         Judgment

·         Effective Collaboration

·         Attendance / Punctuality

·         Cost Consciousness

·         Strategic Thinking

·         Leadership

·         Ability to apply inductive and deductive reasoning

·         Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide and use algebra to manipulate equations and solve for one or more variables. 

·         Must have the ability to convert units, compute ratio, rates, percent, and have an understanding of statistical process control.

·         Must understand normal distribution and probability, and have the ability to solve multiple problems at the same time using modern problem solving skills.

·         Ability to read and write in effective manner, and communicate verbally on a one on one basis, or with a group of people.

 

Performance Standards

 

Technical Skills and knowledge

·         Have basic knowledge of engineering principles in order to perform the calculations listed under “Essential Duties and Responsibilities”.            

·         Understand general plant operations – process, product, and infrastructure.

 

Physical Demands

·         While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and stand for long periods, read and interpret volumes of information. 

·         Person must operate a keyboard for data entry, walk, and use hands, eyes, and fingers to visually analyze product.

·         Work Environment

·         While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles.

·         The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places and vibration.

·         The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock.

·         The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

 

Experience, Education/Training and License

·         Must be technically oriented and have a wide range of knowledge involving polymeric materials and processing equipment.

·         Must posses the ability to generate reports and statistical control charts on a computer. 

·         Must have a bachelor’s degree in plastics engineering or other fields that are similar in nature, with a minimum of two years of experience.

 

Disclaimer

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the position described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the competencies, technical skills/knowledge, and the others required for this position.  Rather, they are intended only to describe general nature of the position.