Sr. Process Engineer

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world.

Location:

Whiting Mill

Mativ's Paper Division is seekingan experienced Senior Process Engineer to join its dynamic team at the Whiting Mill. The incumbent will work to support key initiatives and help drive and achieve short and long-term goals. This position will be expected tounderstandproduction flow(from raw materials to finished product), prioritize process improvement needs, work with the team to find solutions,and take responsibility for implementing them.

The incumbent will provideproactivetechnical support and guidance to manufacturing production crews to meet production and quality goals while emphasizing safe working practices and collaborating with maintenance tooptimizeequipment. The ideal candidate has thedrive,attitude, and excellent skills to support Mativ's collaborative, high-achievement culture.

• Provide technicalexpertisetomodifyexisting millprocessand/or add new processes that will improve quality and increase profitability.
• Provide technical knowledge to improveprocess control,quality of existingproductsand/or new product development.
• Complete cost optimization projects that provide significant savings through product substitution, reduced variability, improved quality, and higher operating efficiencies.
• Carry out process improvement/optimization work including planning and supervising in-mill production trials.
  
  Determineareas requiring process improvements and coordinate efforts for achievement.
• Write technical reports that clearly document trials, process improvement results, and capture cause and effect relationships.
• Provide assistance to production in evaluating operation of major equipment andassistin design of modifications and changesrequired; aid operating personnel to better understand their processes.
• Utilize process information systems to analyze production trends;assistin troubleshooting andidentifypossible improvements.
• Support development and execution of capital projects.
• Identify and develop non-capital process improvement projects to help the overall efficiency of the entire system in all aspects of production.
• Maintain effective communications and working relationships with production supervision and operating personnel as well as product development, suppliers, asset development, maintenance, IT, environmental, sales and marketing, research, engineering, and purchasing.
• Develop proficiency in the use of mill information systems including ABB and Oracle.
• Perform other responsibilities related tothepositionasrequired.

• Bachelor's degree inpulp and paper science,chemicalorindustrialengineering,or related field.
• Three to five years of experience demonstrated process troubleshooting and analytical problem-solving abilities in a paper-making environment.
• Complete cost optimization projects that provide significant savings through product substitution, reduced variability, improved quality, and higher operatingefficiency.
• Carry out process improvement/optimization work including planning and supervising in-mill production trials.
  
  Determineareas requiring process improvements and coordinate efforts for achievement.
• Write technical reports that clearly document trials, process improvement results, and capture cause and effect relationships.
• Assist production in evaluating operation of major equipment andassistin design of modifications and changesrequired; aid operating personnel to better understand their processes.
• Utilize process information systems to analyze production trends;assistin troubleshooting andidentifypossible improvements.
• Support development and execution of capital projects.
• Identify and develop non-capital process improvement projects to help the overall efficiency of the entire system in all aspects of production.
• Maintain effective communications and working relationships with production supervision and operating personnel as well as product development, suppliers, asset development, maintenance, IT, environmental, sales and marketing, research, engineering, and purchasing.
• Must be able to wear required PPE when needed, and travel through the facility to perform tasks in areas that are hot and humid.

• Desired software experience:
  
  ABB, Oracle,PARCview
• Preferred
  
  Certifications:
  
  Third partycertification in Lean or Six Sigma

• Experience implementing visual management.

• Exercise strong problem solvingandanalytical skills.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain concepts to a varied audience when required.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.

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