Process Engineer Job Spring Hill area,Tennessee USA,Manufacturing / Production

The Process Engineer is responsible for managing, monitoring, and optimizing chemical and related processes within an automotive paint manufacturing environment. This position applies knowledge of paint-shop processes, chemical management, process chemistry, quality systems, and manufacturing operations to ensure customer requirements, production targets, and documented process parameters are consistently achieved.

The Paint Process Engineer works closely with customer production, paint-shop, quality, maintenance, engineering, and supplier personnel to identify process opportunities, troubleshoot chemical and application issues, reduce chemical consumption and waste, and implement continuous improvements. The position requires a strong understanding of automotive paint processes and the ability to translate process data and chemistry into practical manufacturing solutions.

Responsibilities/Duties:

Interface directly with automotive paint-shop personnel to support effective chemical and process management programs.
Monitor and optimize automotive paint processes and associated chemical systems to maintain production, quality, environmental, and customer requirements.
Support paint-shop processes including, as applicable, pretreatment, cleaning, conversion coating, e-coat, sealers, primers, basecoat, clearcoat, paint application, and associated process chemistry.
Develop, maintain, and optimize process operating parameters, control plans, work instructions, and chemical procedures in coordination with customer and site personnel.
Manage chemical systems within established customer, supplier, and corporate operating parameters.
Perform and/or coordinate required chemical testing, process sampling, titrations, laboratory analysis, and production-floor measurements.
Monitor process conditions and trends to identify potential quality or production issues before they impact the customer.
Troubleshoot paint-process defects, chemical excursions, application issues, and process variation, utilizing structured problem-solving methodologies.
Analyze process data and identify opportunities to improve paint quality, first-time-through performance, chemical consumption, material utilization, and overall process cost.
Work with site personnel to reduce chemical usage, paint waste, rework, scrap, and process-related losses.
Ensure effective chemical application, concentration, replenishment, and usage throughout assigned paint processes.
Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions associated with chemical and paint-process issues.
Participate in customer quality, production, engineering, and continuous-improvement teams.
Apply formalized systematic problem-solving tools such as 5-Why, fishbone analysis, PDCA, Pareto analysis, and other appropriate methodologies.
Coordinate technical service activities with chemical, equipment, paint, and process suppliers.
Identify, communication, and follow up on supplier performance issues affecting paint-shop operations.
Coordinate and support on-site and off-site technical and process training for customer and company personnel.
Identify and implement continuous process improvements aligned with customer manufacturing objectives and plant performance.
Work with appropriate customer personnel to maintain and improve chemical delivery systems, process equipment, dosing systems, filtration, pumps, tanks, instrumentation, and other paint-process support equipment.
Research, investigate, and respond to Requests for Service and customer process concerns.
Support process trials, chemical conversions, product evaluations, and new process implementations.
Assist with new product/process launches and process validation, including review of technical requirements, operating…