Process Engineer

Process Engineer
Job Description

Job Title

Process Engineering

Base Salary Range

Industry Job Title

Process Engineer II

Department

Engineering / Operations

Minimum

$ 65,000

Classification

Exempt – Learned Professional

Midpoint

$ 77,500

Career Level

Professional

Maximum

$ 88,500

Grade

P3

Target Bonus

Location

Pomfret Center, CT or assigned Company location

Reports to

Engineering Manager or Delegate

Scope

Develops, controls, and improves manufacturing processes to achieve safe, capable, repeatable, and cost-effective production.

Position Summary / Essential Function
Process Engineer develops, controls, and improves manufacturing processes to achieve safe, capable, repeatable, and cost-effective production. The essential function is to apply engineering and statistical methods to define process requirements, diagnose variation, validate changes, and sustain measurable performance.
Key Responsibilities

Provide mechanical product design and detailing in support of department/ business objectives.
Utilize computer-aided design and drafting equipment.
Use knowledge of process, materials, and techniques to improve efficiency, safety, throughput, effectiveness, and costs.
Observes processes in operations environment to identify and eliminate possible failure modes.
It has active role in Failure Analysis procedure for evaluation of field failures.

Define and maintain process flows, parameters, control plans, work instructions, routings, and acceptance criteria.
Monitor capability, yield, scrap, rework, throughput, cycle time, downtime, and other critical process measures.
Use structured problem solving and statistical analysis to identify causes of variation and performance loss.
Plan and execute trials, validations, design of experiments, and process changes with documented risk review and results.
Partner with Operations to establish standard work, training, process discipline, and visual controls.
Work independently and within the Engineering Department while coordinating engineering activities with Sales, Planning, Quality, Production, and Supervisory personnel.
Support new products, equipment, materials, and supplier changes from feasibility through production readiness.
Lead or support PFMEA, control-plan, corrective-action, and continuous-improvement activities.
Ensure approved changes are reflected in ERP, specifications, drawings, and controlled documents.
Quantify expected and realized operational and financial benefits.
Perform other related duties consistent with the role, grade, and business needs.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, materials, or related engineering field. In lieu of a relevant Bachelor’s degree, 8 years of equivalent work experience.
In addition to a Bachelor’s degree, two or more years of process engineering or manufacturing engineering experience.
Working knowledge of statistical methods, process capability, root-cause analysis, and change control.
Ability to work regularly on the manufacturing floor.
Versatile and capable of handling multiple projects and priorities.

Key Competencies

Process control
Statistical problem solving
Experimentation
Standardization
Change management
Results orientation

Physical and Work Environment Requirements
The role operates in office and active manufacturing environments and may require frequent walking or standing on the production floor, observation of machinery and production activities, use of a computer and technical or measurement tools, and communication in areas where hearing protection or other personal protective equipment is required. The employee must comply with site safety rules and may occasionally need to bend, reach, climb stairs, or lift and carry work-related materials appropriate to the role. Reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law. This section identifies general requirements and must be validated for the assigned location and actual essential functions.

Benefits
Subject to the terms, eligibility requirements, and amendment provisions of the applicable plans and policies:

401(k) with company match
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Account
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Time Off
Tuition Reimbursement
Short Term Disability
Long Term Disability

Pre-Employment Drug Testing
All applicants who are offered a position with the Company will be required to successfully complete a post-offer drug screening, where permitted by applicable law and in accordance with Company policy.

At-Will Employment
Employment with the Company is at will. Either the employee or the Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable law. Nothing in this job description creates a contract of employment or alters the at-will employment relationship.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment based on any protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.