Process Engineer

Nexans; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexans is seeking a Process Engineer to drive process improvements, increase efficiency, and reduce production costs by minimizing downtime and optimizing changeovers in our Charleston, SC facility.

You will support production in troubleshooting, coach operators on best practices, and provide operating instructions for products and materials. You will analyze production methods and implement corrective actions to ensure continuous improvements and higher first pass yield.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in a technical or engineering field.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Technical/problem solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively communicate with other employees, both verbally and in writing.
• Minimum 3-5 years related experience.

Responsibilities

• Support production in troubleshooting problems.
• Mentor and coach operators on best practices for efficient and quality operation processes.
• Provide Production with operating instructions for products and materials.
• Add instructions to BILL/Routers for products in assigned areas, MTO.
• Analyzes and studies production methods and introduces improvement methods for production.
• Drives consistency of improvements through review of process performance and implementation of enhancements/solutions.
• Provide production capabilities to sales force, manufacturability of requested cable designs.
• Obtain and advise estimated scope of proposed projects.
• Supports developing sequence of operations and estimate time requirements for each.
• Responsible for determining the operations required for fabrication and assembly of products.
• Follows Safety Standards and Safe Work Practices.
• Trouble shoot production problems while establishing root cause and corrective action.
• Improve the First Pass Yield Metric.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Experience 3-5 years

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

The Process Engineer role is responsible for driving process improvements and contributing to increased efficiency and reduced production costs through reduction of downtime, changeovers, etc.

Responsibilities include:

• Support production in troubleshooting problems
• Mentor and coach operators on best practices for efficient and quality operation processes

Purpose

• New equipment start-up responsibility
• Generate cost savings
• Provide engineering expertise and resources to resolve problems, and seek improvements in the manufacturing processes
• Areas of responsibility (Use active verbs to define areas of responsibility and especially the weight of each responsibility : “Manage”, “Support”, “Participate”; “Is responsible for”, “Is in charge of”, “Promote”, “Contribute” etc.)
• Provide Production with operating instructions for products and materials
• Add instructions to BILL/Routers for products in assigned areas, MTO
• Analyzes and studies production methods and introduces improvement methods for production
• Drives consistency of improvements through review of process performance and implementation of enhancements/solutions and confirmation of continuous implementation of revised processes
• Provide production capabilities to sales force, manufacturability of requested cable designs
• Obtain and advise estimated scope of proposed projects
• Supports developing sequence of operations, estimate time requirements for each, and prepare operations sheets with details of findings
• Responsible for determining the operations required for fabrication and assembly of products by reviewing parts drawings, specifications, and other engineering data
• Adheres to all Safety Standards and Safe Work Practices
• Follows and abides by Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Standards
• Trouble shoot production problems while establishing root cause and corrective action
• Improve the First Pass Yield Metric

Required skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in a technical or engineering field
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft software Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Technical/problem solving abilities
• Ability to effectively communicate with other employees, both verbally and in writing.
• Minimum 3-5 years related experience