Process Engineer

Nexans; Goose Creek (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexans in Goose Creek, SC is seeking a Process Engineer to drive plant-wide improvements, reduce downtime, and cut production costs through standard work and root-cause analysis.

You will mentor operators, generate cost savings, and provide engineering expertise to resolve problems, with responsibilities around start-up of new equipment and manufacturing process optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical or engineering field.
• Solid problem solving and technical abilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively, 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.
• New equipment start-up responsibility.
• Generate cost savings and resolve manufacturing process issues.
• Analyze production methods and drive improvements with documented processes.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Troubleshooting

Technical proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering/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 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