Powder Manufacturing Process Engineer — Lean, CI & Scale-Up

Oerlikon Group; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and prescription

HSA contributions

Dental and Vision coverage

401(k) retirement savings with company

Tuition reimbursement

Generous PTO

Life and disability insurance

Employee Referral Bonus

Job summary

Oerlikon Group in Troy, MI is seeking a Process Engineer who is the subject matter expert for products and manufacturing processes at the Troy Manufacturing Site. You will support day-to-day powder manufacturing operations and lead continuous improvement projects.

You will act as technical resource for production, sustain yield and quality, manage projects, identify upgrades, and coordinate with vendors and finance for costing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
• 7+ years of manufacturing experience in a bulk material production environment
• Knowledge of powder manufacturing, thermal spray processes, and thermodynamics
• Knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, and maintenance and facilities activities
• Knowledge of lean and six sigma methodologies
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 Quality System Standard
• Familiarity with AS9100 QMS Standard

Responsibilities

• Serving as a technical resource for Production personnel.
• Sustaining/improving product yield and quality.
• Managing technical projects, under some guidance from more senior engineers or engineering manager.
• Identifying and executing continuous improvement projects (yield improvements, cost savings initiatives, cycle time reductions, variability reduction, first time right initiatives etc.).
• Identifying and proposing upgrades and/or purchase of new equipment.
• Maintaining liaison with vendors.
• Supporting or leading various capital expenditure projects.
• Leading and supporting root cause investigations.
• Addressing nonconformances.
• Implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintaining SAP master data (bills of material, recipes, etc.).
• Creating charge calculations according to product specifications.
• Working closely with the Controller on product costing and other financial analyses.
• Transferring new products and technologies from R&D to Production (scale up).
• Creating, updating, and providing training on work instructions, manufacturing batch records, and other documentation.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Oerlikon Group in Troy, MI is seeking a Process Engineer who is the subject matter expert for products and manufacturing processes at the Troy Manufacturing Site. You will support day-to-day powder manufacturing operations and lead continuous improvement projects.

You will act as technical resource for production, sustain yield and quality, manage projects, identify upgrades, and coordinate with vendors and finance for costing.