Senior Process Engineer

Job description

The Senior Process Engineer is an important member of the Materials R&D group with responsibility for providing hands-on process engineering expertise and leadership to new product development programs and product improvement initiatives. Primary focus includes all steps contained in melt extrusion processing (compounding and polymer extrusion). Responsibilities may extend to support roll to roll coated products (compounding, web coating and handling, and slitting operations). Qualifications: - Perform process development and scale up activities in support of new product developments - Conduct process improvement initiatives and custom product developments while interfacing with floor production personnel and operations management in a fast paced manufacturing environment - Investigate product quality issues to identify root cause and establish corrective actions - Provide hands-on engineering and operations support with a focus on developing standard operating procedures to institutionalize effective manufacturing practices - Support research projects that deliver business results through data driven decision making - Work within cross functional teams to enable new product develo...