Production Engineer

Job description

Solvay is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Solvay is a multi-specialty chemical company committed to developing chemistry that addresses key societal challenges. We innovate and partner with customers in diverse global end markets. Solvay Composite Materials combines 50 years of technology heritage to bring a comprehensive product portfolio, expertise in material design, and extensive process engineering solutions to our customers. As the partner of choice for advanced materials development, we deliver optimal material solutions to address our customers’ most challenging demands for new high-performance materials to improve durability and production, while offering weight savings for the end application.

Job Overview and Responsibilities:

The Production Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership and support to ensure that currently defined processes meet or exceed work cell’s target in terms of SHE, quality, productivity and cost.  Lead incremental improvements initiatives to optimize existing processes through Productivity Area Improvement Team.

Responsibilities

Day To Day Operations
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Establish and maintain control of process metrics and data such as cycle time, productivity, uptime, yields, etc. to ensure existing processes are in control

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Provide direct engineering support to production to ensure that product is running within SOP/PCD and to the desired quality standards.

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As required for certain lines or product families utilize tools such as SPC to monitor and take action whenever an out of control condition is identified that is not rectified through SOPs or other standard work.

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Establish and maintain control of process metrics to ensure processes are in control

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Plays lead technical role to ensure that process safety obligations are met include maintaining of safety file, lead/participate in PHAs and MHAs, PCAT, MOCs, PSSR’s etc.

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Participate in visible safety leadership activities. 

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Fill in as relief for Production Area Leader as needed.

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Provide technical support and collaborates with Quality Engineers, Process Engineers and work cell team to respond to all customer issues, quality escapes and other systemic quality issues.

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Maintain, develop and update all control documents such as SOP’s, MSOP’s, WI’s, recipes, visual Inspection, etc. 

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Maintain and manage router effectiveness metric, BOMs, routers, scrap, yield, and other aspects of product configuration

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Liaise with project / GEO engineers to implement new capital project in production area.

Education and Experience:

·  Bachelors of  Sciences Engineering
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Chemical or Mechanical Engineering Degree preferred

·  Minimum 2 - 4 years manufacturing experience
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Lead a team to accomplish significant goals and objectives

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Demonstrated problem solving ability to independently or collaboratively solve a complex problem

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Demonstrate resiliency in completing projects with significant time and resource constraints

Skills:

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Demonstrated understanding of technical or complex manufacturing processes

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Understanding various lean continuous improvement methodologies

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Understanding and appreciation for developing and tracking metrics / performance indicators

Additional Information

Due to ITAR regulations only US citizens and Green Card holders will be considered for this opportunity