Production Manufacturing Engineer

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Production Manufacturing Engineer

Dupont Tedlar® is looking for Production Manufacturing Engineer at our Buffalo, NY site to serve as a vital resource for operations by applying technical skills to optimize plant operations, resolve plant problems, and enable safe and efficient production of low-cost, quality products. The Production Manufacturing Engineer provides technical support for process safety, improved yield, capacity, and uptime performance. In addition, the Production Engineer supports capital execution of process technology changes;

maintains process technology documents; supports day-to-day operations, and assists in safety, quality, and environmental incident investigations. With sufficient training and experience, the successful candidate will serve as a first responder to assist with plant technical issues when troubleshooting processes or equipment issues are required.

Your key responsibilities will be/what you'll do:

• Possess a strong sense of ownership and are accountable for the success and failure of their assigned unit.
• Show courageous leadership by coaching, asking questions, and intervening when needed.
• Challenge the status quo and past norms to make the operation more effective and safer.
• Lead by influence and role model the professionalism and behaviors expected in the plant. Your actions effect the culture of the plant.
• Rapidly apply continuous improvement tools to accelerate profitability and low-cost service of the facility.
• Understand customer needs and drive high levels of quality, responsiveness, and reliability for the customer.
• Elevate and appropriately apply knowledge of their plant and technology - study historical data, convene with other Subject Mater Experts (SMEs), etc.
• Partner with the experts to perform advanced troubleshooting and improve operating discipline. Diagnose and document root causes of asset utilization losses in the facility.
• Understand why specific procedure steps and precautions are needed and keep a strong field presence to reinforce the importance.
• Conduct daily review of the logbook and alarm history to better understand the plant operation and stay engaged with daily activities. Maintain, own, and review daily Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)/trends to ensure optimum performance and readiness of your assigned area.
• Works with Supply Chain and Production Planning to optimize production schedules.
• Convert business plan into the daily operating plan.
• Respond urgently to plant issues and emergencies. Act as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and drive implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Provide leadership, expertise, diagnosis, and optimization in plant Raw Material Efficiency, which may include yield or waste generation.
• Ensure compliance with plant operating permits.
• Understand site integration and provide input to optimize the overall system

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering
• 1-5 years of Manufacturing or related experience
• Lean/Six Sigma experience beneficial
• Continuous Improvement beneficial

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