Process Engineer

Fuyao Glass America Inc; Fountain Inn (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuyao Glass America Inc. in Fountain Inn, South Carolina seeks a Process Engineer to advance materials development, automation, and process improvements across production lines. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and adherence to internal standards and customer requirements.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with suppliers, test new materials, and document processes, while training plant personnel to sustain continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Languages: must be English and Mandarin proficiency.
• Ability to read, understand and follow safety rules, operating instructions.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience in production processes and technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field.
• Ability to stand for long periods and perform physical tasks as required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve production processes and materials.
• Test new materials and automation solutions; support lab and production tests.
• Coordinate with purchasing and suppliers for materials and automation equipment.
• Lead process improvement meetings; implement corrective actions.
• Prepare and maintain process and training documentation.
• Support training of plant personnel and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Languages

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Documentation

Organization

Initiative

Continuous improvement

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above

Tools

Manufacturing software

TS16949 quality system

Job description

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Process Engineer

Key Position South Carolina, Fountain Inn, SC, US

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 8263

Job Title: Process Engineer

Job Summary: The primary responsibilities of this position are new materials development (60%), automation development (10%), process improvement and trouble shooting (25%), and documentation compilation and update (5%). Requires strong engineering background, management and communication skills.

Job Functions

Develop and test new materials including but not limit to ink, silver paste, screen, cutting wheel, drill etc.

• Compile materials process requirements according to internal standard and customer standard
• Ask for potential materials supplier list from purchasing, contact several most promising suppliers for more technical details
• Ask supplier come onsite with new material samples. Test material samples in lab first. If it pass the lab test, take them to do production test. Complete process experiment report after each test
• Make comparison between these materials from US supplier and the materials that are utilized in Chinese plant. Choose the best materials for Fuyao Glass America by the performance and cost
• Compile documentation for using and storing materials and provide training to plant
• Track using condition of materials during production. Improve continuously to make materials better

Manage automation projects such as trademark quality inspection, drilling hole inspection, transparency inspection and component assembly inspection, primer inspection and laser marking system

• Compile process requirements for automation system according to internal standard and customer standard
• Ask for potential automation supplier list from purchasing, contact several most promising suppliers for more technical details
• Ask supplier come onsite to evaluate project. Compare all proposals and designs from different supplier
• Discuss with project team to double check all detail requirements before purchasing issue PO
• Make project plan and track project progress
• Compile documentation for automation system and provide training to plant

Organize process improvement and do troubleshooting for process issues

• Organize the production process team to improve the production process for satisfying the Fuyao internal standard and customer standard in both quality and quantity
• Facilitate the process meetings to discuss the technical issues that occur during production. Communicate and work with the related process engineers and production team to solve the technical issues. For example: bad screen printing quality due to electrostatic, raw glass corrosion

Compile and update documents including but not limit to work instruction, process requirement, process report and new materials standard

• Compile work instruction for new production lines or new products. Update work instruction when current process change or new process is added into production
• Determine process requirements for materials, automation and other projects
• Complete process report after new materials test, automation evaluation, new process verification etc.
• Compile materials standard to make sure exist and new materials meet internal standard and customer standard

Qualifications

• Languages spoken commonly in the workplace are English and Mandarin. Ability to read, understand and comprehend documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to speak effectively and interact with other team members, engineers, leadership and customers
• More than one years of experience in the related production processes and technologies
• Bachelor’s degree or above (those with production experience are preferred)
• The employee is regularly required to stand for long periods. Duties include turning at the waist, reaching, bending, squatting and lifting up to 50 pounds. Ability to pass static strength requirements (grip)
• Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Use this factor when special and minute accuracy is demanded
• Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Use this factor when visual efficiency in terms of far acuity is required in day and night/dark conditions
• Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are
• Ability to identify and distinguish colors
• Observing an area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Safety requirements for this position are safety glasses, hearing protection and steel-toed work boots
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables
• Knowledge of and familiarity manufacturing software
• Be acquainted with the glass production processes
• Be acquainted with the TS16949 quality system
• Be the master of the professional skills of material development
• Be the master of relevant material standards
• Be the master of the flow of material verification and development
• Have the knowledge of file management
• Abilities of communication and coordination
• Ability of organization
• Strong awareness of initiative study and ability of study
• A certificate of continuous improvement of the green belt level or above