Insulation Extrusion Process Engineer

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$85,000.00/yr - $/yr

Title:

Insulation Extrusion Process Engineer

Location:

Huntington Beach, CA

Compensation: $85,000 to $120,000 annual salary DOE

Summary:

The Wire and Cable Insulation Extrusion Process Engineer is responsible for the insulation / extrusion process in wire and cable manufacturing, ensuring safety, optimal production efficiency, product quality, and process improvement. This role involves troubleshooting extrusion issues, optimizing machine performance, and implementing best practices to meet industry standards and customer specifications. The role is responsible for achieving monthly goals including throughput targets.

The role supports design production machinery, identifies and recommends solutions related to production problems, materials, processes, and tooling. Additionally, the role is responsible for supporting the work required in implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.

This role involves working with production teams, analyzing workflows, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. The expectations are that you will make valuable contributions to engineering projects, value stream mapping, actively participate in project tasks, assist in design, development, testing, and implementation processes, and investigate technologies, and methods to enhance existing processes or develop new ones, while contributing effectively to project outcomes, meeting deadlines, and achieving project goals.

Objectives and Required Qualifications

• Foster a zero-injury culture: conduct risk assessments and implement safety protocols to minimize hazards and ensure a safe working environment.
• Ensure adherence to safety regulations (OSHA, ISO) and environmental standards.
• Design, select, and apply insulation materials for transmission conductors to minimize energy loss and enhance efficiency.
• Conduct thermal and electrical analysis to determine the best insulation solutions for high-voltage transmission lines.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to insulation, extrusion, and electrical transmission / distribution, ensuring products meet industry standards (UL, IEC, ASTM) and customer specifications.
• Collaborate with electrical engineers, project managers, and field technicians to implement insulation solutions.
• Perform inspections, testing, and maintenance of insulated conductors to ensure long-term reliability.
• Develop and document insulation procedures, specifications, and best practices for cables and wires.
• Troubleshoot insulation / extrusion failures and recommend corrective actions to improve system performance.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed, such as supporting preventative maintenance tasks, spare parts, and tooling management.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• Experience in insulation / extrusion engineering for wires and cables related to electrical transmission and distribution.
• Strong knowledge of insulation materials, dielectric properties, and thermal management.
• Familiarity with high-voltage transmission and distribution systems, wires, cables, conductors, and electrical safety standards.
• Proficiency in engineering software for insulation analysis and design.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to calculate and design the tools for new products and able to read the blueprints.
• Minimum two years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing company in the cable and wire industry or in a related field is highly desired.

PEAK's benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care Savings Account (DCA), and 401K plan.

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