Process Engineer

Overview

We have an outstanding career opportunity for a Process Engineer to join a leading company located in the Manchester, NH surrounding area. Seeking an experienced Process Engineer to join their team in Manchester, New Hampshire. As a Process Engineer, you will be the go-to person for maintaining and enhancing performance in our unit operations. You will work closely with the VP of Operations and the Process Improvement Manager on both day-to-day production support and long-term projects aimed at boosting efficiency and quality.

You will also collaborate with our team on scale-up projects and key process changes that shape the future of our production.

The successful candidate will have an engineering background, in addition to process improvement experience. A large portion of their experience will include performing root cause analysis, communicating findings, implementing corrections, and providing training/communications.

• Drive standardization.
• Resolve product variation issues and implement actions to generate consistent product quality outcomes.
• Evaluate process operations and develop optimization opportunities.
• Work with operations personnel to provide training on updated procedures and actions throughout the MOC process.
• Perform data analysis to drive continuous improvement actions.
• Evaluate process safety challenges and develop procedures or controls to mitigate process hazards.
• Interact with vendors and contractors as necessary to achieve process improvement goals.
• Monitor ongoing production in a continuous operation environment.
• Act as technical decision-maker for new customer qualifications.
• Ensure formulations are feasible before production to avoid scrap and delays.
• Troubleshoot quality and process issues.
• Serve as escalation point for supervisors when deeper root-cause analysis is needed.
• Balance production flow, quality, and customer requirements.
• Support expansion and capacity growth initiatives.
• Support day-to-day manufacturing operations in a continuous production environment.
• Lead root cause analysis for quality, process, and production issues and implement corrective actions.
• Evaluate process performance and identify optimization and standardization opportunities.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for supervisors and operations teams.
• Assess the feasibility of new customer formulations prior to production to prevent scrap and delays.
• Analyze process data to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support training and communication related to updated procedures and management of change activities.
• Collaborate with operations leadership, process improvement, and R&D teams on scale-up and expansion projects.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• Chemical engineering strongly preferred.
• A Chemical Engineering degree is strongly preferred and effectively required.
• Plastic’s background may work if paired with true manufacturing experience.
• 4+ years of experience in manufacturing operations preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written) with the ability to effectively interact and communicate with all departments and levels of the organization.
• Mid-career engineer - 3-10 years of experience.
• Hands-on manufacturing background in an industrial environment.
• Experience with compounding, extrusion, pelletizing, or similar chemical or plastics processes.
• Not a fit for candidates from biomed, medical devices, or clean-room manufacturing only.
• Must understand manufacturing realities and shop-floor operations.
• Ability to evaluate the feasibility of new formulations and customer requests before production begins.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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