Product Process Engineer

Position: Product Process Engineer I
SBNA, Inc produces molding compounds that cover a wide range of application and industries. We are a global organization committed to exceeding our customers' expectations in material performance, customer service, technical expertise, and product quality. learn more about us at our company website

This position is onsite Monday - Friday.

General

Purpose:

The Product Process Engineer will have direct input into the manufacturing process. This role has key responsibilities for a range of process flow activities to ensure the manufacturing plant achieves optimum production output, sustains quality requirements, and maintains regulatory compliance. In addition, this role works alongside other engineering staff, maintenance, operations, and chemical operators to ensure proper design, procurement & construction processes are followed, and capital projects are put in place to enhance manufacturing efficiency.

Leads activities that include the development or modification of chemical formulations and processing technology to meet business objectives. Supports customer base through troubleshooting, problem solving, specification development, coordination of quality assurance requirements, and translates customer requirements into manufacturing standards and instructions. Some travel may be required.

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities that are requirements in order to perform the job:

• Carry out process improvement/optimization work including planning and supervising in production trials and determining areas requiring process improvements and coordinating efforts to attain such
• Translates customer requirements into manufacturing standards and instructions
• Coordinate the evaluation of new and current materials to consistently maintain and improve processing methods and test procedures through coordination with R&D, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, and Plant Engineering personnel and by thorough independent research of new equipment and processes.
• Provide support to operations and R & D in evaluation of new process equipment providing technical backup and knowledge to improve quality of existing products and/or product development
• Resolution of customer use problems through investigation of materials and /or processing parameters and recommendation of corrective actions
• Determines the test methods, procedures, parts, and equipment needed to implement engineering changes that result in production improvements and cost effectivenes
• Trouble-shoot chemical and process related operating problems
• Review process control and SOP's
• As business needs dictate, will work with other engineering staff and outside contractors to implement projects
• Monitors process equipment to identify potential errors and develops solutions to eliminate the reoccurrence of those problems
• Will monitor project progress to ensure contractors are qualified and receive sufficient communication to ensure a "Safety First" culture and successful startup
• Supports Quality Assurance activites and personnel associated with all product lines.
• Assist with development of short and long-term capital plans
• Attend professional and technical functions
• Develop process flow diagrams (PFD) and piping and instrument drawings (P&'s)
• Use computer modeling and simulations to design and evaluate process and operating systems
• Upholds safety, health, environmental procedures, communicates directly and supports the EHS department to ensure OSHA and EPA compliance at all times

Supportive Functions:

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of supportive functions based on business needs:

• Interacts with Engineering, Maintenance, and Technical, Purchasing, Traffic, Quality, Safety, Accounting, Human Resources, contractors and others
• Assists with designs and scheduled Plant trials to determine performance capabilities.
• Maintain 5S Standards and actively participates in Plant 5S activities.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals and technical procedures.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule…