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What We Offer 

As the Senior Process Engineer, you will Plan and develop manufacturing processes and method systems in whole, or in part, to meet stated objectives. You will also have the opportunity to lead projects or portions of projects; provide support and guidance for colleagues in other departments. 

Major Responsibilities 

• Maintain up to date on manufacturing activities through daily reviews of production records, historical trends, quality results and site communications. Provide support to all site manufacturing areas as needed through collaborative efforts to troubleshoot and correct operational and quality deficiencies. As needed, participate or lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations aimed at eliminating repeat failures. Routinely monitor historical material property performance to identify negative (or positive) trends and report findings to Engineering Manager. 

• Drive continuous improvement through execution of medium to large projects or initiatives assigned by Engineering Manager. Interface with multiple disciplines to determine requirements and constraints. Develop business case, technical solution(s), deliverables, execution plan and performance metrics. Drive project forward to meet all deliverables. Provide technical support on matters within your discipline. Document and report progress, challenges and needs. Routinely report progress to all stake holders. Ensure successful execution and close out of changes. 

• Identify and investigate events that causes production downtime. Utilize production data and collaborate with other departments to identify process or equipment deficiencies. Use findings to drive deeper investigations, projects or corrective actions targeted at reducing production outages. 

• Evaluate documented or historical equipment entitlement information to determine if equipment is underperforming, resulting in loss of capacity. Participate in or lead multi disciplinary investigations to identify the root causes for capacity loss and implement potential corrective actions. Alternatively, if equipment is not reaching its entitlements due to intentional reasons, lead investigations to identify if there is opportunity to gain additional capacity. 

• Update documented operating procedures as required as part of Management of Change process for projects in which you are involved. Use process knowledge and Operation's feedback to improve established processes as needed. 

• Act as site subject matter expert (SME) for assigned equipment and manufacturing systems. Direct Operations and/or Reliability in matters relating to this equipment. Develop and implement best practices and drive continuous improvement for the site on assigned systems. 

• Participate or lead investigative production trials by identifying potential areas of concern, determining required changes to processing conditions or preparing special reports or guidelines. During trials, monitor the production process, make necessary adjustments or document any important events, document all relevant processing and quality information and present it to trial author. 

• Participate or lead projects aimed at implementing new methods/technologies in support of site digitalization and sustainability efforts 

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