Technical Advisor

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DuPont has an immediate opening for an experienced Polymerics Technical Advisor at our Newark-Bellevue, DE site.

Your key responsibilities will be/what you’ll do:​

• Technical / process resource in Polymerics Skiving.

• Specific focus on Skiving production, inspection, quality, and defects.

• Troubleshoot product defects to understand causes.

• Develop and implement plans to reduce future quality defects.

• Coach operators to resolve technical quality issues.

• Perform or assist in informal and formal process and quality related root cause or failure analysis.

• Partner with First Line Leaders to develop operator knowledge, skills, and operation.

• Liaison with internal customers on inspection criteria and defects for alignment.

• Identify areas for improvement and network with technical resources to understand opportunity including yield, quality, up-time, safety, compliance, cost, etc.

• Assist and lead improvement opportunities.

• Work collaboratively with Polymerics team to rapidly troubleshoot and improve process and quality issues.

• Support maintenance issues and scheduling.  

• Network with experts across organization to manage equipment, process, and quality requirements and expectations (Manufacturing Technology, Product Quality, Reliability, etc.).

• Work with operators to ensure Standard Operating Procedures are accurate and effective.

• Consults with training coordinators and coach operators as needed regarding gaps in skills and knowledge.

• Lead and participate in EHS requirements such as audits.

• Participate in product stewardship audits, customer visits, provide support to address and resolve customer needs.

• Lead and participate MOCs as required.

• First point of escalation for troubleshooting and technical questions off hours.

• Works within standard operating procedures and with moderate to minimal degree of supervision.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS​

Your qualifications profile:

Required:

• High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.

• Minimum 3 years of CMPT manufacturing experience or equivalent required.

• Strong Safety and Quality focus is required.

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills needed.

• Self-motivated self-starter.

• Time management: balance between production/floor work and data/strategy/computer work.

• Leadership and provide direct feedback and coaching.

• Teamwork and collaboration.

• Problem solving skills.

• Oral and written communication skills.

• Equipment, quality, process troubleshooting skills & mindset.

• Continuous Improvement mindset.

• Working computer application knowledge including MS Office, SAP, etc

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