Process Engineer II

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products.

We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Newton is a vibrant Kansas community founded in 1871 on a spirit of work, from its earliest days as a railroad, agriculture and cattle drive hub. With a population of about 20,000, Newton and neighboring North Newton features an active arts community, three National Historic Districts, a variety of museums, trails, restaurants, shops and attractions, Bethel College, award winning school districts, a championship golf course, first-class convention center and many other amenities.

This collaborative region is close to dynamic Wichita and may be the next best place for you to call home, in GAF’s newest “Field of Dreams!”

If you haven’t been part of a greenfield startup, now is your chance. GAF is the North American leader in residential roofing materials. We are honored to be constructing our newest shingle manufacturing facility in Newton KS and hiring is underway as we build our initial plant leadership team. Due to our investment in training and the development of employees, you will have the opportunity to travel to our other locations, engage with peers, support the hiring of plant staff and participate in the design and construction of the facility.

Expect your first years to be rewarding and challenging with an amazing team fully supporting you. You will wear many hats during the construction and commissioning phases of the project, and ease into your steady role over time.

The Process Engineer position is responsible for ensuring proper optimized operations to produce products and develop processes to ensure quality, cost and efficiency plans are met. This position drives for sustainable root cause problem resolution and overall process improvements through use of KT tools, process/quality trials and sound engineering fundamentals. The Process Engineer is also responsible for ensuring process specifications and associated documentation is maintained and communicated/trained.

• Lead process design reviews, raw material qualification and product and process qualification and capability studies.
• Performs PPA/FMEA on all major process and raw material changes.
• Train production personnel on Statistical process Control (SPC).
• Leads the application and interpretation of SPC charting Train and educates personnel on company products, plant and corporate quality policies and procedures; including internal and external personnel, suppliers and customers.
• Conduct internal compliance audits of production tests, process specifications, plant change notices (PCN’s) and other in-plant processes.
• Coordinate Plant Trials with R&D and plant personnel.
• Ensures trials are accurately conducted and reported.
• Train and educate personnel on company products, plant and corporate quality policies and procedures; including internal and external personnel, suppliers and customers.
• Standardize Manufacturing JSA’s, Standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions to maximize the production departments productively while minimizing wasted time and controlling cost.
• Analyze Manufacturing processes, equipment, and systems for failures and provide solutions to eliminate production downtime or extend time between downtime and equipment failures.
• Conduct and or lead breakdown analysis investigations, perform failure analysis, Fishbone analysis and focused improvement activities for the production line.
• Plant liaison for Manufacturing improvement projects between other groups and plant personnel.
• Instruct and train plant personnel on Root Cause Analysis;
  Support Root Cause Analysis as a focused manufacturing…