Job TitleProcess Engineer Sr.
Responsible for comprehensively understanding and optimizing process engineering operations within a ceramic powder manufacturing facility. This role serves as the primary owner for transitioning new processes from R&D into full-scale manufacturing, including equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and process scale-up activities. The position partners cross-functionally to execute engineering initiatives aligned with business unit strategies, while driving operational excellence, safety, and continuous improvement.
Roles & Responsibilities:- Execute technology transfers to meet production requirements.
- Lead commissioning activities, including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and process validation.
- Manage capital projects from scoping and justification, through equipment procurement and installation.
- Responsible for process improvements that deliver yield or throughput gains.
- Lead problem solving activities for complex process and equipment related issues.
- Develop, review, and update, PFDs, P&IDs, MOCs, FMEAs, and control narratives as required.
- Serve as the primary interface with manufacturers and vendors that supply equipment to the company, from specification setting through implementation, into manufacturing and acceptance testing.
- Ensure compliance with safety requirements including meeting local consensus safety standards.
- Manage contractors and on-site construction activities, while coordinating with EHS, facilities, and operations, to minimize production disruptions.
- Perform detailed analysis for executive review and effectively communicate findings across all organizational levels.
- May travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
Education:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related engineering discipline.
- Preferred experience in an automated engineering environment. Familiarity with Rockwell Automation and FactoryTalk a plus.
- PMP or equivalent project management training preferred.
- Software knowledge - AutoCAD, AutoDesk Inventor, Solidworks, and Minitab are preferred.
Experience:- 5-7 years in a process engineering role in a manufacturing environment.
Functional/Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:- Analytical/Critical Thinking - Identify root causes, implement effective solutions, improve processes, mentor others in data-driven strategies, and foster innovation through critical thinking and self-reflection.
- Business Acumen - Align individual and/or departmental goals with organizational strategy, while collaborating cross-functionally to improve operational metrics.
- Communication - Effectively communicate technical and strategic information across all levels of the organization, while remaining responsive to feedback and stakeholder needs.
- Data Analysis - Shape business strategy through advanced analytics, automation, customized reporting/dashboards, and data-driven decision-making, while mentoring others and effectively communicating insights to leadership.
- Lean Six Sigma - Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, TQM, SPC, TPM, 6S, Kaizen methodologies.
- Project Management - Independently lead multi-phase capital projects, including scope definition, budget management, schedule control, and contractor oversight.
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Target Hiring RangeAnnual Salary: USD 103,040.00 - USD 136,013.00
Actual compensation is commensurate with experience, skills and education.
