Process Engineer

GELITA NORTH AMERICA MASTER GROUP; Calumet City (IL); On-site; USD 124,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

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Qualifications

• BS in an Engineering Discipline (Chemical, Mechanical or Food)
• Strong communicational skills both oral and written are essential.
• Understanding of statistics and statistics software for data processing (Stat graphics, statistic process control, etc.)
• The ability to maintain constructive relations, despite occasional conflicts, with the entire workforce is extremely important.
• Ability to design and carry out, report on, and interpret results of experimentation at a professional level.
• Good computer skills with advanced-level proficiency using computers for email, word processing, and spreadsheets is required

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and engineering oversight and support to the Production/Technology group.
• Balances quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas.
• Develops, maintains, and suggest improvements to all production & quality models.
• Monitor process changes to stay current with updates to the production process.
• Develop and utilize techniques for process analysis, process trending, and process data collection
• Enforce Company policies and procedures while maintaining equipment and improving safety standards in the plant.
• Maintain a clean department by championing good sanitation, housekeeping and GMP standards.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with all ISO standards.
• Monitors training needs for self and department, making recommendations for attendance at those training functions that appear beneficial for department members.
• Take a pro-active stance towards safety to achieve annual plant safety targets.
• Maintain effective, professional, and harmonious working environment.
• Participate in customer audits and regulatory audits
• Support Engineering and Technical Services departments on process development projects.
• Provide back-up responsibilities for General Supervisor and Production Manager
• Support the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and FSSC 22000 management systems and the Quality, Environmental, and Food Safety Policy as appropriate in the function.
• Execute assigned Corrective and Preventive Actions related to audit findings, customer complaints, product that fails testing. Record information regarding actions in the CAR database and monitor actions’ due dates.
• Perform other projects as directed by the Production Manager and Plant Manager.

Skills

Strong communication

Statistics

Interpersonal skills

Experiment design

Data analysis

Computer proficiency

Education

BS in Engineering (Chemical/Mechanical/Food)

Tools

Statgraphics

SPC software

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: CHICAGO - CALUMET CITY, IL 60409

Salary Range: $90.00 - $100.00 Salary

• Provide technical and engineering oversight and support to the Production/Technology group.
• Balances quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas. Works to continuously improve in all areas.
• Develops, maintains, and suggest improvements to all production & quality models.
• Monitor process changes to stay current with updates to the production process.
• Develop and utilize techniques for process analysis, process trending, and process data collection
• Enforce Company policies and procedures while maintaining equipment and improving safety standards in the plant.
• Maintain a clean department by championing good sanitation, housekeeping and GMP standards.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with all ISO standards.
• Monitors training needs for self and department, making recommendations for attendance at those training functions that appear beneficial for department members. Develop training for specific processed within the production department.
• Take a pro-active stance towards safety to achieve annual plant safety targets.
• Maintain effective, professional, and harmonious working environment.
• Participate in customer audits and regulatory audits
• Support Engineering and Technical Services departments on process development projects.
• Provide back-up responsibilities for General Supervisor and Production Manager
• Support the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and FSSC 22000 management systems and the Quality, Environmental, and Food Safety Policy as appropriate in the function.
• Execute assigned Corrective and Preventive Actions related to audit findings, customer complaints, product that fails testing. Record information regarding actions in the CAR database and monitor actions’ due dates.
• Perform other projects as directed by the Production Manager and Plant Manager.

Qualifications

• BS in an Engineering Discipline in either Chemical, Mechanical, or Food Engineering
• Strong communicational skills both oral and written are essential.
• Understanding of statistics and statistics software for data processing (stat graphics, statistic process control, etc.)
• The ability to maintain constructive relations, despite occasional conflicts, with the entire workforce is extremely important.
• Ability to design and carry out, report on, and interpret results of experimentation at a professional level.
• Good computer skills with advanced-level proficiency using computers for email, word processing, and spreadsheets is required