Process Engineer

Description

Description: **The Gund Company: Take Care of Each Other, Take Care of the Customer and Take Care of the Business** **Job Summary** Implement Continuous Improvement of manufacturing operations with the objective of increasing value and meeting customer requirements with reduced costs and variation. **Primary Responsibilities:** * Conduct daily Gemba walks and Gemba talks to get to know the plant team and identify improvement opportunities. Participate in the DDB process. * Interact with Sales, Service, Production, and Quality/Lean Teams to improve the quality, speed and cost of manufacturing processes. * Work with the Operation and HR teams to assist with compliance of all safety, health and environmental regulations and guidelines. * Participate in the improvement of NCMs, CARs, rework and OTD. Identify common causes and implement preventive actions. * Interface with other facility functions to implement Lean and CI program for continuous improvement. * Optimize process parameters to reduce cycle time, material usage and process variation * Participate in the gross profit review process to drive margin improvement through process efficiency * Document and quantify (dollarize) process improvement efforts. * Lead the work order improvement process by investigating work order improvement suggestions, and by updating Engineering Master according to best practices. * Identify opportunities for standardization; create standards/graphical instructions and train team members on new standards. Create and maintain the process instruction and documentation. * Provide production support including equipment, process, and material trouble\-shooting. Also, any operator training support as necessary. Provide purchasing support including supplier and material evaluations. * Manage the installation and implementation of new equipment, tools, and processes including operator training and customer service training for quoting purposes. * Work with the Development Engineer on technology transfer of new product and process to routine production. **Other activities:** * Assist facility manager to prepare project charter and Capex requests to support growth * Training of operators and other staffs as required * Work with Production and Maintenance to scale up process and equipment capacity * Participate in NCM, 8D activities utilizing Lean tools * Qualify new process, equipment and tool * Plan and implement process improvements from the above activities Requirements: **Minimum Requirements** * BS in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, related field or equivalent work experience * Familiar with CAD CAM software, CNC equipment * Demonstrated success in implementing improvements in production processes * Wood or composites fabrication and or composites materials manufacturing experience a plus. * Problem solving skills including Lean Tools such as 8D, 5 Why, DMAIC A3 * Minimum 2 years of experience improving manufacturing processes and Kaizen **Skills and Abilities Required** * Ability to communicate well with all levels of the organization * Outstanding analytical skills * Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a timely, cost\-effective manner * Strong Microsoft Office skills for report writing and to analyze data * Strong problem solving skills for processes and equipment * Works well with people and is comfortable leading teams * Project planning and report writing