Sr Engineering Specialist

Sr Engineering Specialist

Location:

Jackson, TN 38301, US.

The Sr. Engineering Specialist (Forming/Process Parts) is responsible for the coordination of communicating customer specifications to the production team and ensuring the product meets customer needs. This position focuses on initiating and implementing technical improvements, preventing and resolving technical problems, and assessing the capabilities of the processes.

Reports to
:
Sr. Engineering Leader

Direct Reports
:
Process Parts Technicians (3 Primary FTE)

• Adhere to and promote all plant safety policies, procedures, and standards; define, enable, and implement all plant and position‑specific safety policies.
• Manage safety risks in area of responsibility to define and implement complete and sustainable solutions.
• Use science and engineering principles to drive process understanding and identify where the biggest process improvement opportunities exist.
• Provide expertise regarding the relationship between process parameters, operational performance, and product properties.
• Develop and implement new ideas that provide step‑change quality or productivity improvements for manufacturing.
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improved cost or product performance from a process perspective.
• Use statistical methods to validate improvements to process and product.
• Use standard and methodical problem‑solving tools (RCA, 5‑why, etc.) to analyze problems and define robust root causes and corrective actions.
• Use standard and methodical tools to track actions and activities to create transparency and accountability.
• Partner with 3rd party suppliers or technical institutions to develop new processes.
• Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate assigned engineering work on‑schedule and in good quality.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination on assigned work between all disciplines and stakeholders.
• Apply sound technical engineering practices toward the completion of engineering projects and requests for engineering services to accomplish Plant & Corporate objectives within established policies and procedures.
• Manage capital projects to include justification, job scope definition, bidding, budgeting, scheduling, implementation, risk management, and follow‑up (spare parts, PMs, training, etc.).
• Communicate effectively in multiple formats to team members with various backgrounds.
• Develop, update, and deliver effective training materials and work instructions while gauging compliance to ensure understanding and proper application.
• Strong contribution and participation in TPM systems (5S, AM, PM, FI, etc.).

• Document process and ensure team is trained, competent and delivering on objectives.
• Ensure customer satisfaction in terms of safety, delivery, and quality.
• Develop and implement procedures and systems to ensure products consistently meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Support experiments or trials for new and existing products to ensure they meet customer's fitness for use.
• Lead and manage direct reports in all aspects to ensure team member's effective performance and development.
• Establish goals for team members and meet periodically to provide documented feedback on performance.
• Partner with maintenance to develop and implement total productive maintenance plans for equipment.
• Manage AM and 5S in area(s) of ownership.
• Analyze performance of area and develop action plans to continuously improve.
• Manage budget for area (labor, materials, spare parts, etc.).
• Manage inventory level(s) and anticipate problems related to weekends, holidays, staffing, and material supply issues.
• Manage succession and polyvalence of team.

• Bachelor of Science degree required – Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a continuous manufacturing environment preferred.

• Utilize Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and AutoCAD.
• Utilize SAP for data entry and reporting.

• Ability to interact and lead to achieve objectives.
• Strong listening and…