Process Engineer

Evenflo Company, Inc.; Piqua (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Evenflo Company, Inc. seeks an experienced engineer to drive process improvements across safety, quality and productivity in a high‑volume manufacturing environment.

You will lead automation projects, develop layouts for efficiency, and program automated systems while collaborating with product engineers on R&D and pilot runs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
• 5-7 years engineering experience preferred.
• Strong leadership and communication skills required.
• Experience with lean/manufacturing tools and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop plans to improve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
• Research and develop new manufacturing processes.
• Explore and implement automation methods.
• Program and debug automated systems.
• Plan equipment layouts and optimize workflow.
• Lead preventive maintenance coordination with maintenance teams.
• Identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Support R&D/product pilots with production input.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Allen Bradley PLCs

Keyence sensors

HMI programming

PFMEA

Value-stream Mapping

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement plans to improve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
• Conduct research to develop new and improved processes for manufacturing.
• Exploring and implementing methods to automate systems.
• Programming new and existing automated systems.
• Designing and planning equipment layout(s)
• Implement, test, and debug control systems on equipment.
• Contribute to tooling and processes for product development leading to high volume manufacturing.
• Lead in optimization of industrial processes and machinery to improve efficiency, quality, and safety.
• Establish goals for the operation.
• Ensures accountability by establishing clear responsibilities to monitor work and measuring results.
• Work with tooling to confirm feasibility.
• Evaluating processes and equipment to ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations.
• Update management on a regular basis on project status. Identify what is falling behind and what assistance is needed from management to move the process forward.
• Conduct risk assessments on processes and equipment
• Identify and take ownership of Continuous Improvement projects.
• Conducting tests and monitoring the process performance throughout production
• Troubleshooting problems associated with manufacturing processes.
• Confirms efficiency of the manufacturing processes.
• Leads Supervisor meeting to communicate and monitor production activities.
• Identify the resources needed for capital expenses,
• Facilitates change and innovative approaches in the workplace.
• Identifies root cause of problems and implements corrective actions.
• Coordinate Preventive Maintenance activities with support functions collaboratively with Maintenance Management.
• Work with Product Engineers to support new product R&D, testing and production pilot requirements.
• Identify and implement cost savings projects and efficiency improvement activities.
• Promotes a transparent and positive work environment.
• Ensures a safe work environment by promoting safe practices and procedures.
• Lead 5S efforts, stress good housekeeping and safe work practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement plans to improve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
• Conduct research to develop new and improved processes for manufacturing.
• Exploring and implementing methods to automate systems.
• Programming new and existing automated systems.
• Designing and planning equipment layout(s)
• Implement, test, and debug control systems on equipment.
• Contribute to tooling and processes for product development leading to high volume manufacturing.
• Lead in optimization of industrial processes and machinery to improve efficiency, quality, and safety.
• Establish goals for the operation.
• Ensures accountability by establishing clear responsibilities to monitor work and measuring results.
• Support defect reduction studies
• Work with tooling to confirm feasibility.
• Evaluating processes and equipment to ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations.
• Update management on a regular basis on project status. Identify what is falling behind and what assistance is needed from management to move the process forward.
• Conduct risk assessments on processes and equipment
• Identify and take ownership of Continuous Improvement projects.
• Conducting tests and monitoring the process performance throughout production
• Troubleshooting problems associated with manufacturing processes.
• Confirms efficiency of the manufacturing processes.
• Leads Supervisor meeting to communicate and monitor production activities.
• Identify the resources needed for capital expenses,
• Facilitates change and innovative approaches in the workplace.
• Identifies root cause of problems and implements corrective actions.
• Coordinate Preventive Maintenance activities with support functions collaboratively with Maintenance Management.
• Work with Product Engineers to support new product R&D, testing and production pilot requirements.
• Identify and implement cost savings projects and efficiency improvement activities.
• Promotes a transparent and positive work environment.
• Ensures a safe work environment by promoting safe practices and procedures.
• Lead 5S efforts, stress good housekeeping and safe work practices.

Required Leadership Competencies

Be a leader and motivator with a focus on a productive and positive working environment.

• Be a strategic thinker. Use lean manufacturing techniques and tools to improve processes.
• Foster creativity, innovation, and communications with all employees.
• Leader in Continuous Improvement events and projects
• Be enthusiastic, hard-working and have a can-do attitude.
• Work as a true team player with other functional departments and leaders. Maintain a smooth flow of communication.
• Familiarity in Continuous Improvement practices by improving productivity, quality, reducing expenses, efficiency gains, reduction of inventory, and supports sales growth.
• Optimizes work processes to drive improvements to the overall process flow from Receiving to Shipping.

Skills

Candidates should possess the following skills/knowledge:

• Excellent leadership skills – high integrity, results driven, interpersonal skills, ability to champion change and strong manufacturing competencies.
• Strong knowledge of Lean manufacturing tools. Ability to problem solve and lead significant improvements in quality, productivity, cost and material initiatives.
• Familiar with Allen Bradley PLC’s or similar
• Familiar with Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs).
• Ability to communicate at different levels within the organization.
• History of increasing responsibilities with proven track record of achieving good results.
• Flexible with regard to work schedule
• Knowledge of PFMEA’s and Process Flow Diagrams
• Strong presence on the manufacturing floor
• Knowledge of process engineering software
• Advanced Project Management Skills- ability to set project plans and meet key milestones in a timely manner.
• Strong knowledge of Value-stream Mapping
• Ability to effectively use MS Office suite and PC applications.
• Proficient in AutoCAD
• Excellent mechanical aptitude

Educational Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in engineering, Electrical, Mechanical or Process Engineering preferred; a minimum of 5-7 years of engineering experience.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Lean/Six-Sigma certification
• Automotive/TPS background
• Robotics - implementation and development
• PLC programming (AB and Keyence)
• HMI programming
• Experience with Keyence vision sensors, barcode scanners, etc.
• Knowledge of multiple axis robotic programming
• Strong analytical skills
• Creative problem-solving
• Teamwork skills
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance a plus
• Adaptability
• Time management
• Logical thinking
• Collaboration/Teamwork

Physical Requirements

• Position requires a full range of body motion including twisting, bending, reaching, squatting.
• Ability to stand and be mobile for a minimum of 8 hours.