**Immediate Process Engineering Opportunity!**
** For Immediate consideration please apply to this posting and email your resume to habels@actalentservices.com**
Description:
Support production, product development and maintenance to develop, implement and achieve operations critical success factors. Contribute and support all areas in regard to equipment and process upgrades, and new installations in an effort to manufacture optimal quality films and compounds.
•Conduct processing trials such as film extrusion, compounding, physical testing and analysis of samples along with writing technical reports of those studies.
•Optimize process conditions to increase efficiency during new product launches.
•Implement innovations, improvements, and cost reduction projects.
•Improve manufacturing processes, including but not limited to scrap reduction, justifying capital expenditures, troubleshooting process problems, increasing product quality, reducing set up time, maximizing machine output and the implementation of change with supporting documentation.
•Provide technical/engineering support to production and other plant functions.
•Assist with the selection of new equipment, sets up new equipment, and trains staff in the proper operation of equipment.
•Participate actively in equipment and product validations.
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Minimum BS in Plastic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering.
Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a Manufacturing environment within Process Engineering for Plastics / Polymers / Compounding/Film Extrusion/Calendering.
Knowledge of the Lean Six Sigma quality tools in order to fully investigate root cause analysis & implement associated corrective actions in a timely manner (SPC, TQM, Process Capability, Control Charts, 5S, etc.) is a plus.
Experience in assessing, evaluating, and implementing recommendations in improving processes, productivity and material utilization improvements that result in plant yield improvements is a plus.
Ability to write procedures, work instructions, trial protocols and reports, and other related documents.
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