Process Engineer

Kodak Alaris is a global technology company that’s delivering future value through customer solutions. Our advanced, patented intellectual property combines breakthrough technologies, digital transformation, and human know-how to unlock the power of images and information. We make businesses run faster, governments run smarter and provide consumers innovative solutions to preserve and enjoy their most cherished memories. Our future is powered by our employees’ creativity.

Expect a lot from Kodak Alaris and know that we expect a lot of ourselves and the performance of the company.

Kodak Moments is a leading global provider of photo products and services to retailers, consumers, and entertainment properties. We inspire consumers to bring their memories to life--delivering innovative, high-quality photo products and experiences they find truly meaningful.

Powered by over 100,000 consumer touchpoints across 30 countries globally, it's our mission to be the brand consumers choose to celebrate and preserve life's memories, from the big events to the everyday moments that matter.

The Process/Product Engineer role will leverage engineering fundamentals to design novel solutions to complex manufacturing issues and drive significant process performance improvements. Additionally, the role will provide leadership and support to the operation, control, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the gravure printing process including solvent and solid raw material handling, printing solution mixing, solution delivery systems, printing presses, emissions control equipment, analytical testing labs, and related process controls.

The role will partner with operators, mechanics, technicians, engineers, and external vendors to: provide chemical, electrical, mechanical, software, and control systems assistance; troubleshoot day-to-day manufacturing and product quality issues; plan, manage, and delegate projects; collect and present production performance data to site leadership; mentor technicians, operators, and maintenance personnel; oversee new formulation and product development experimentation; support product commercialization teams;

and design hardware, software, and process solutions that drive continuous improvement and increase process capabilities.

Project Management:
Brainstorm and propose new project opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost metrics for the production area. Manage project budgets, schedules, suppliers, scope, and milestones to ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner. Present regular updates and results to site and corporate leadership. Oversee the delegation of project work to technicians and mechanics.

Analysis:
Collect performance and regulatory compliance data from the production area, analyze and compile the data, and report trends and summaries to site and corporate leadership. Evaluate data for excursions or problematic trends and escalate to critical parties. Create new data collection methods to characterize unique manufacturing issues and drive fact‑based decision making. Manage existing key performance indicators and develop new metrics as needed.

Troubleshooting:
Observe and investigate hardware and product quality issues, identify root source causes, and implement solutions to efficiently resolve the problem and prevent future failures. Utilize engineering drawings, hardware manuals, and analytical problem‑solving methodologies to understand system functionality and failures. Create and leverage relationships with internal resources and industry experts for technical support.

Product Management:
Create and modify product master data such as bills of materials, formulations, raw materials, and related documentation. Setup and maintain quality specifications and supporting test methods. Participate in the scale up of new products from prototype to full accreditation.

Reporting:
Confidential Document day‑to‑day troubleshooting events and resolution implementations on a regular basis. Summarize experimental planning and results in written technical reports and present findings to site and corporate…