Process Engineer

Join the A-Team as a Process Engineer! The Process Engineer is responsible for supporting, optimizing, and maintaining manufacturing processes within a continuous plastic extrusion facility. You will work closely with production, maintenance, quality, materials management, and operations leadership to ensure equipment operates efficiently, products meet quality standards, and production goals are achieved safely and consistently.

This position combines hands‑on machine operation and troubleshooting with processes, production planning, inventory management, system administration, employee training, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is mechanically inclined, detail-oriented, and comfortable working on the production floor in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

Job Duties |

Qualifications:

• Operate and monitor plastic extrusion machines and related production equipment to support manufacturing operations.
• Develop, evaluate, and optimize extrusion processes to improve productivity, product consistency, material utilization, and overall equipment efficiency.
• Troubleshoot process, equipment, and product issues, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Assist with machine setup, changeovers, startup procedures, shutdowns, and process adjustments.
• Build, assemble, modify, and maintain extrusion dies and related tooling as required.
• Calibrate equipment and verify that machine settings and process parameters meet established specifications.
• Develop, update, and maintain machine specifications, setup sheets, operating parameters, and standard work instructions.
• Monitor critical process variables, including temperatures, pressures, line speeds, cooling conditions, and material feed rates, as applicable to the equipment.
• Support new product introductions, process trials, tooling changes, and equipment improvements.
• Collaborate with maintenance personnel to identify equipment issues, reduce downtime, and improve equipment reliability.
• Document process changes, trial results, downtime, and corrective actions to support repeatable manufacturing performance.

• Participate in production scheduling and resource planning for production operators and manufacturing equipment.
• Coordinate production priorities with operations leadership to meet customer demand and delivery commitments.
• Help ensure the availability of raw materials, tooling, equipment, and labor needed to execute the production schedule.
• Monitor production performance against established schedules and identify potential bottlenecks or delays.
• Communicate production constraints, material shortages, equipment issues, and scheduling conflicts to the appropriate team members.
• Assist with balancing workloads and improving production flow across manufacturing operations.

• Monitor manufacturing processes to ensure products meet established specifications, quality standards, and customer requirements.
• Assist with investigating product defects, process deviations, scrap, and rework.
• Collaborate with the quality team to identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Collect and analyze production data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing scrap, minimizing downtime, increasing throughput, and improving labor and material efficiency.
• Support the development and implementation of standard operating procedures and best practices.
• Monitor metrics including production output, scrap rates, downtime, and overall equipment effectiveness, where applicable.
• Promote consistent manufacturing practices and…