Process Engineer

Nexans; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexans USA Inc. in Charleston, SC is seeking a Process Engineer to drive process improvements, reduce downtime and cut production costs through efficient changeovers and enhanced methods.

In this role you will troubleshoot with production, mentor operators on best practices, develop operating instructions, analyze methods, and implement sustainment of revised processes. You will contribute to cost savings and ensure safety and compliance while supporting sales with manufacturability insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical or engineering field.
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Strong technical/problem-solving abilities.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• 3–5 years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Support production in troubleshooting problems.
• Mentor and coach operators on best practices for efficient operations.
• Generate cost savings through new equipment start-ups and process improvements.
• Provide operating instructions for products and materials.
• Analyze production methods and implement improvement methods.
• Drive improvements and ensure continuous implementation of revised processes.
• Ensure manufacturability of cable designs and provide production capabilities to sales.
• Follow safety standards and code of ethics.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Technical knowledge

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Process Engineer role is responsible for drivingprocess 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 actionImprove 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

What drives us

At Nexans, purpose, excellence and people drive us. We electrify the future responsibly, with strong commitments to sustainability, innovation and inclusion. Empowering every employee to grow, contribute and create lasting impact worldwide. Join us in shaping a better tomorrow.