Process Engineer

Umicore Belgium; Quapaw (OK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Collaborative work environment

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

A leading materials and technology firm in Quapaw, Oklahoma is seeking an experienced Process Engineer. This role focuses on implementing and optimizing manufacturing processes to increase performance and quality while ensuring safety. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and have at least two years of experience in a production environment. The company offers competitive salaries and a collaborative work culture aimed at innovation and career advancement.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a production environment.
• Technical competence in industrial processes, especially mechanical or chemical.
• Experience with optics manufacturing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize manufacturing processes for efficiency.
• Monitor production processes to ensure quality and safety.
• Analyze and improve production methods to reduce costs.

Skills

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Analytical Skills

Adaptability

Quality Improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?

About Electro-Optic Materials

Power in space. Vision at night. Coatings thinner than human hair. Umicore is a world leader in material solutions for the space, optics and electronics sectors – enabling every day cutting-edge technologies. We guarantee our customers secure access to supply, plus recycling technologies that give materials a new lease of life. To produce materials with even higher performance, and provide recycling to new markets, we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new processes. Which is where you come in.

What you will be doing

The purpose of this role is to implement and optimize manufacturing processes by identifying and resolving inefficiencies, increasing performance, improving production capacity and quality, reducing costs, and ensuring safe, reliable, and scalable processes that support long‑term business growth.

• Being the driving force behind the production processes: promote and oversee process excellence, respecting timing/budget/scope/safety/environment; develop process descriptions for new processes as needed within the scope of management of change procedures.
• Provide necessary process technology input and support to accomplish CAPEX projects, including the development of process flows as needed for new commercial projects.
• Set‑up and implement process improvements to the existing production processes to increase productivity and/or lower cost.

Process Excellence

• Monitor and analyze current production processes and data, and developing methods to improve processes in terms of process safety, yields, and reduction of cost and/or waste.
• Understands the process dynamics and internal process sequences within assigned machines and processes.
• Drives execution of defined projects aimed at quality and efficiency improvements.
• Monitors and tracks performance indicators for production processes and machines.
• Plays an administrative role in data collection and visualization (graphs, trends).
• Participates in onboarding and process tracking integration with Pi data logging project.
• Responsible for maintaining operating procedures of existing equipment/processes.
• Develops work instructions for new processes/equipment and keeps the existing procedures up to date.
• Analyzes production processes for continuous improvements and proposes new ideas.
• Providing process technical support to Operations and Quality all CAPEX and improvement projects.
• Create standardized production methodologies and validates operational compliance with the procedures.
• Troubleshooting and resolving process‑related production issues.
• Training production operators on new processes and products introduced at the plant.
• Integrating safety into all production processes.
• Modification of workstations for better ergonomics (reduction of repetitive tasks, etc.).
• Develop or digitize performance‑management tools.
• Organize processes and information systems to support the operational excellence strategy. Train people accordingly.

Who we are looking for

Personal Skills

• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem‑solving situations.
• Analytical - Designs work flows and procedures.
• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Equipment Availability / Reliability

For process out of control instances or hardware failures, performs first line troubleshooting with RCAs and FMAs in cooperation with production staff and maintenance.

• Assists maintenance in identifying preventive maintenance.
• Develops sustainable critical spare parts inventory.
• Implements pareto methodologies to manage/schedule process repairs and life‑cycle replacement of equipment.
• Collaborates with outside specialists for regular maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Works with maintenance to make needed changes or repairs to control systems and keeps user manuals updated.
• Drivers execution of defined projects aimed at process safety improvements.
• Partners with production manager and EHS Dept. to plan, prepare documentation, and execute yearly process risk assessments on process installations.
• Drives completion of action items defined in PRA and PSM program.
• Works with site quality and EHS on timely completion of 8D and MOC action items.
• Ensures that the quality requirements for the ISO 9001/14001 (and other management systems) are understood and implemented.
• Ensures a safe and healthy work environment by following all safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Assists in quality and environmental audits as needed.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline, or comparable skills, knowledge, and expertise gained through relevant work experience.
• Prefer minimum 2 years of experience in production environment.
• Technical competence in industrial processes involving chemical, physical, electrical, and mechanical steps.
• Experience with optics manufacturing is a plus.
• Experience in executing risk analysis (PHA, HAZOP) is a plus.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world‑leading organization, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?

Umicore is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status, or other status protected by law.