Global Process Engineer Sr.

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Job Title

Global Process Engineer Sr.

The Global Process Engineer Senior position is responsible for collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, and other staff to understand and increase manufacturing capabilities, increase yields, improve process flow, increase productivity, and maximize work force utilization. This position is essential to strengthen our cost position by managing all aspects of strategically significant and technically complex improvement projects within existing manufacturing processes. The Process Engineer Senior reports to the Sr. Manager of Global Process Engineering.

• Lead cross functional teams to execute complex projects that have a substantial impact on business operations, utilizing structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Track project status and results, provide reports to stakeholders.
• Remove and elevate project barriers, as well as develop and implement recovery plans for off schedule and unanticipated eventualities.
• In conjunction with Corporate Engineering, identify process improvement opportunities, build business cases, and launch project teams using good project management to oversee team activities.
• Identify critical integration issues with other projects/processes and coordinate the improvements with the appropriate project/process owners to accomplish the project goals.
• Understand statistical analysis tools/methodology, project management, Lean Six Sigma, quality, and basic financial principles, and apply them to analyze planned activities.
• Is pro-active, analytical, process driven, with a strong focus on understanding and exceeding the expectations of the customer.
• Perform tasks utilizing knowledge of other functions that provide inputs regularly, i.e. Research and Development, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations.
• Customer interface as required to support Commercial.
• Work with the corporate portfolio manager to align work to corporate objectives.

Job Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or related engineering discipline.

Experience:

• A minimum of seven years of technical experience applying engineering skills/methodologies in a manufacturing environment.
• A minimum of two years of experience leading successful improvement projects.

Functional/Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Prior training in Lean manufacturing techniques, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, and traditional manufacturing practices.
• Perform detail-oriented tasks utilizing very strong analytical skills.
• Team player with good leadership skills, effective communication with all levels to maintain relationships and cooperation in pursuing the