Manufacturing Process Engineer-Slitting, Assembly & Packaging

Job purpose

The Process Engineer is responsible for improving the safety, reliability, capability, quality, throughput, yield, and cost performance of manufacturing processes and equipment across Slitting and Packaging operations. This is a hands-on manufacturing engineering role combining process engineering, mechanical engineering, equipment design, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement
. The Process Engineer will work directly with Operations, Maintenance, Process Engineering Technicians, Quality, OEMs, and other Engineering resources to diagnose complex equipment and process problems, develop permanent engineering countermeasures, improve equipment design, and establish sustainable manufacturing standards. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable working on the production floor diagnosing equipment performance, analyzing process data, developing mechanical designs in CAD, leading Root Cause Analysis, time studies and managing longer-term engineering projects.

This position serves as a technical escalation point for Slitting and Packaging and provides engineering-level direction and support to Process Engineering Technicians and other technical resources.

• Serve as a process and equipment Subject Matter Expert for assigned Slitting, Packaging, automation, and ancillary manufacturing systems.
• Maintain a regular and structured presence on the manufacturing floor to develop machine-level understanding and identify opportunities related to safety, quality, reliability, throughput, yield, and cost.
• Establish operating parameters, process controls, setup standards, and technical requirements necessary to maintain stable and repeatable production.
• Observe production runs, evaluate machine behavior, and identify process or equipment conditions that may indicate performance degradation.
• Lead engineering efforts to improve process capability and reduce variation between machines, products, operators, and shifts.
• Support development and qualification of new products, materials, processes, and manufacturing methods.

• Serve as an engineering escalation point for complex, repetitive, or chronic manufacturing equipment and process problems.
• Diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, controls, sensor, motion, and process-related failure modes in partnership with Maintenance and Process Engineering Technicians.
• Lead structured Root Cause Analysis and failure investigations for significant equipment, quality, safety, and process issues.
• Differentiate symptoms from true failure mechanisms and ensure temporary repairs or workarounds are progressed toward permanent corrective action.
• Develop, document, and validate corrective and preventive actions designed to eliminate recurrence.
• Analyze equipment history, downtime, process data, work orders, quality results, and failure trends to identify systemic improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical direction during high-priority equipment failures while maintaining clear ownership between Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering.

• Develop mechanical and electro-mechanical designs for manufacturing equipment modifications, upgrades, fixtures, tooling, guarding, and process improvements.
• Create, revise, and maintain engineering drawings, assemblies, specifications, bills of material, and related technical documentation using CAD software.
• Perform engineering evaluations of existing machine designs to identify weak points, wear conditions, tolerance concerns, component selection issues, and recurring failure modes.
• Apply sound engineering principles to component sizing, material selection, tolerances, fit, function, maintainability, and machine design.
• Develop and evaluate proof-of-concept solutions before full implementation.
• Work with internal resources, machine shops, fabricators, integrators, and OEMs to manufacture and implement engineered solutions.
• Review equipment modifications for design integrity, maintainability, safety, and compliance before release to production.
• Maintain accurate as-built drawings and specifications following equipment changes.

• Partner closely with Maintenance to improve the reliability, availability, and maintainability of manufacturing equipment.
• Identify chronic equipment losses and lead engineering actions to eliminate recurring failures rather than repeatedly restoring equipment to operation.
• Support development and optimization of preventive and predictive maintenance requirements based on equipment performance and failure history.
• Assist with determining critical spare-part requirements, component standardization, and replacement strategies.
• Review recurring maintenance work orders and equipment failures to identify opportunities requiring engineering intervention.
• Support Maintenance Technicians with drawings, specifications, troubleshooting methodology, OEM information, and…