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The Copley site is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for a discrete-part manufacturing plant, responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes for discrete-parts production.
This critical role ensures production goals are being met, new product development opportunities are supported, and site assets are being efficiently utilized at the Copley Site.
Through this role, the individual will coordinate with teams like safety, quality, supply chain, TS&D, Maintenance, and peers at other global sister sites.
Responsibilities:
- Support new product development and production trials, helping transition new products and process improvements into manufacturing.
- Troubleshoot and optimize manufacturing processes and equipment, partnering with operations teams to improve safety, quality, cost, and overall plant performance.
- Serve as a technical subject matter expert for process technology, equipment, controls, and engineering documentation such as P&IDs.
- Lead and support continuous improvement, root cause analysis, and reliability initiatives to improve equipment and process performance.
- Participate in capital projects, from planning through implementation and execution.
- Support process safety and risk management, including MOC, PSSR, job risk assessments, and other site safety requirements.
- Develop and improve SOPs, maintenance procedures, and operating documentation to ensure consistent and reliable manufacturing operations.
- Identify and lead energy reduction and efficiency improvement opportunities across the site.
- Provide technical coaching and mentoring to operations employees and engineering interns.
Qualification:
- Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering
- Demonstrated ability to create a respectful work environment where everyone can contribute to their full potential.
- Demonstrated experience in developing strategies, setting goals and maintaining data metrics to drive decision making and improvements.
- Self-starter with good organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead, develop, coach and mentor others.
- Strong written and spoken communications and computer skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of the elements of Process Safety Management
- Experience with safety processes and systems including safety improvement processes, audits and developing safe behaviors; SHE knowledge/experience
- Be able to lead and manage projects (Minor/Small/Large)
- Able to organize and prioritize numerous complex tasks.
- Able to provide technical training to site.
- Strong interpersonal skills with customer focus are required.
- Strong knowledge base in extrusion technology is preferred.
- Continuous Improvement Background: Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certified/Lean Manufacturing Methodology Knowledge desired
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Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering
- Experience developing strategies, setting goals, and maintaining data metrics for decision-making and improvements
- Knowledge of Process Safety Management elements
- Experience with safety processes, audits, safe behavior development, and SHE
- Ability to lead and manage minor, small, and large projects
- Ability to organize and prioritize complex tasks
- Ability to provide technical training
- Strong written, spoken, interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, and computer skills
- Ability to lead, develop, coach, and mentor others
- Strong customer focus
- Knowledge of extrusion technology
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
- Lean Manufacturing methodology knowledge
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