Associate Process Engineer

PROCESS ENGINEER

SANFORD, NC

 

 

COTY is looking for smart leaders who are fast and passionate.

 

Our Manufacturing Process Engineers are responsible for driving production losses to zero and delivering breakthrough results.  The Process Engineer will lead continuous improvement activities through detailed data analysis and root cause problem solving tools to achieve business objectives.  Dealing with a multitude of current and future products, Manufacturing Process Engineers have the technical curiosity and knowledge to develop new approaches to big problems.  Your work will require creativity, innovation, teamwork, and leadership. 

 

 

THE ROLE

 

In this role you will be responsible for:

 

• Lead Continuous Improvement Activities including Focused Improvement Events, Kaizen’s, 5S activities & Stop the Stops Events
• Act as the department representative to the new product development team, providing early feedback to design on new components and initiatives, and overseeing all line trials in production
• Serve as Delivery Leader for all engineering lead projects in the department, ensuring the successful start-up of new equipment
• Responsible for Data Integrity and reporting of KPI’s for the department
• Development of Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis Mastery, including use of Fishbone and 5-Why tools
• Follow all site GMP policies and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

 

Key Success Measures:

 

• Ensuring high quality products are produced per the design specifications
• Achieving operating efficiency of the department measured by units produced and labor cost
• Scrap Reduction targets are achieved
• New initiatives are produced per the product design and on time to achieve new product launches

 

Leading the team:

 

• Process Engineers will be members of the department leadership teams they work in; They will be instrumental in the development of the annual masterplan and operating budgets of the department
• Serve as small group leaders during Focused Improvement Events
• Process Engineers are responsible for training operators and mechanics on new machinery and systems that are delivered to the department

 

 

Continuous improvement:

 

• Development, implementation and monitoring of Standard Operating Procedures to ensure consistency and reliability in manufacturing processes
• Lead implementation of the Autonomous Maintenance Daily Management Systems in the department (CIL’s / Defect Handling / Centerlining)

 

Project management:

 

• Serve as the department Delivery Leader in projects for process innovation, capacity expansion and cost optimization
• Lead Commissioning, Qualification and Verification of new equipment, initiatives and components in the department

 

KEY INTERFACES

 

• Site initiative leaders / New Product Development
• Site Engineering
• Technical Packaging Team
• Quality Management
• Site Safety Team

 

 

 QUALIFICATIONS

 

We’d love to see candidates who have:

 

Essential:

 

• B.S. Degree in an Engineering Discipline
• 0 to 3+