Senior Process Engineer

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

Explore life at Fortune Brands here.

Job Description

The Senior Process Engineer will be a key team member at our New London manufacturing facility as we continue to improve production output by instilling World Class Manufacturing concepts.  This role will be hands-on in process development, process controls, process layout and ergonomic design. You will be responsible for all aspects of the process and equipment, working closely with the maintenance team and extrusion experts to drive continuous improvement efforts in production. You will lead root cause analysis, process documentation, and implementation of corrective actions to solve problems using professional engineering tools and methods (i.e.  Lean, 6s, RCA, etc.).   

The Senior Process Engineer is a people manager role that will have direct reporting responsibilities for shift process technicians and will have dotted-line responsibility for technical team leads. You will work with new state-of-the-art equipment and robotics, while also investigating opportunities to improve older equipment. You will lead the implementation of capital improvement projects and drive the development of capable and robust processes. Come work for an organization that values your contributions and strives for continuous improvement through empowered associates.

Responsibilities

• Actively support the improvement of Health and Safety practices throughout the business.
• Develop and implement robust advanced manufacturing processes and process improvements 
• Develop process documentation including one point lessons, visual aides, and work instructions 
• Develop, lead, and execute data-driven process improvement projects focused on OEE and safety 
• Apply engineering best practices across the site.     
• Collaborate with NPD function to ensure that customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements of the products, services and verification documentation are determined, understood, and consistently meet the expectations of internal and external stakeholders in a robust and timely manner. 
• Provide technical advice to internal and external stakeholders along with fault-finding, resolution and problem solving of issues arising during design, build and use. 
• Deliver all pre-manufacturing engineering processes in full, defining the rules for design, manufacture and assembly to support all aspects of new product launch. 
• Oversee prototype builds, including the manufacture or assembly of components, systems and/or sub-systems. 
• Produce, update and maintain technical data, including reports, engineering change notifications, test procedures, and all drawings and specifications. 
• Support the cross-functional creation, update, review and approval of process creation and development documentation, such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Control Plans. 
• Manage activities to support the achievement of departmental deliverables, including generating 3D CAD models, building BOM’s routings in EFAC’s, General Assembly drawings, and the procurement of manufacturing tooling and fixturing to verify and validate new product designs and processes. 
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for industrial validation, ensuring processes are applied consistently across the manufacturing areas. 
• Training, development and mentoring of colleagues within area of expertise. 
• Lead shift process technicians directly and provide technical guidance to technical team leads indirectly. 

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience within Manufacturing and / or Process Engineering, Machine build and test environment.