Process Engineering Manager

耐克森中国; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexans High Voltage USA Inc.-Charleston is seeking a Process Engineering Manager to lead process development, optimization and cost-reduction initiatives at the Charleston site. The role drives continuous improvement, ensures manufacturing consistency, supports tender calculations and collaborates closely with production teams.

Applicants should have 5+ years in industrial manufacturing, strong leadership and English fluency, and be capable of directing process engineering activities to meet

Qualifications

• Industrial Engineer Degree or 5-7 years of industrial manufacturing experience.
• Experience: 5 years minimum in an industrial manufacturing sector, process engineering or quality function.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• English fluent.

Responsibilities

• Define and optimize manufacturing process parameters.
• Coordinate the drafting, validation and dissemination of procedures.
• Lead, train, coach and monitor direct reports.
• Ensure safety, quality, environment and compliance across the plant.
• Provide tender production cost estimates including investments.

Skills

Industrial Engineering

Leadership

Communication skills

English fluent

Process optimization

Project management

Education

Industrial Engineer Degree

Tools

8D

FMEA

SPC

Ishikawa

Job description

Process Engineering Manager

Posting Start Date: 8/10/26

Technical

United States

Nexans High Voltage USA Inc.-Charleston

Full Time

Experienced - over 5 years

ID: 80797

PROCESS ENGINEERING MANAGER

Process engineering ensures the consistency of the actions and initiatives related to process: process control development, process continuous improvement, process optimization breakthrough. It drives process continuous improvement activities, with the view to reduce manufacturing variance and improve competitiveness, and participates to industrial benchmark activities.

PURPOSE

• Define and optimize process parameters to communicate them to production in order to produce at the best cost.
• Validate and record any changes to the process (material, tooling and machine)
• Coach the production department to work on the capability of the process in order to reduce the cost of production.
• To be the privileged interlocutor between CC2 and the Charleston site.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Tendering

Provide Tender Production cost for the Factory, including relevant investments. Keep Plant factory cost standards up to date

• Safety, quality, environment, work regulations, compliance and competition rules Apply and motivate staff to apply instructions, procedures and regulations in terms of safety, quality, environment and work regulations.
• Process

Define, optimize the parameters of each manufacturing process Validate and record any changes to the process parameters.

Process Engineering

• Coordinate the drafting, validation and dissemination of manufacturing and self-control procedures

Standard

• Define and improve production standards data.

Continuous improvement

• Promote and organize continuous improvement through the use of proven methods
• (5W, 8D,…) but also by participating in benchmarks within the group.

Organization of the service

• Ensure you have the necessary expertise and versatility at all times.

Employee management

• Leading, training, coaching and monitoring your direct reports.

Technical feasibility

• Update the technical information that allows the design offices to determine the Technical feasibility of the proposed cables.

• Drives alert system for critical issues, including AMS ; checks that actions are implemented and lessons learned are integrated.
• Ensures that the organization has the right skills and competences in place, and have a development plan for each member of the plant technical organization.

EXPECTED RESULTS

• To guarantee compliance with these rules, to reduce the frequency and severity of work accidents as well as the environmental impact of the activity
• Results of internal/external audits, environmental indicators (energy saving, reduction and sorting of waste, etc.)
• Respond to specifications and ensuring safety, quality and productivity,
• Production deviations
• Monitoring of the competitiveness plan (SMP)
• Proposal and implementation of actions
• Meet the company\'s requirements in terms of process engineering, materials and processes within the budget approved by management
• Respect for deadlines, results of internal and external audits (ISO 9001 and 14001)
• Budget realization
• Ensure that the department has competent and motivated staff at all times to achieve the site\'s objectives
• To be able to manufacture cables within the quality and calculated manufacturing costs
• Number of NC; determine the causes of problems and solve them
• Number of internal NC due to raw materials production discrepancies

Requested Competencies and Qualification

• Industrial Engineer Degree or minimum 5-7 years of industrial manufacturing experience
• Experience: 5 years minimum in an industrial manufacturing sector, process engineering or quality function
• Good interpersonal skills and upward and downward communication
• Strong Leadership skills (Coaching, influencing, leadership, motivating)
• Business acumen. Understanding of Industrial KPIs.
• Communication skills and knowledge (interpersonal skills, listening, oral communication, presentation, questioning, reading comprehension, written communication)
• Abilities to understand and act according to intercultural differences
• Results Driven
• Wide exposure to different materials, processes and corresponding tools & methods
• Wide exposure to preventive & analysis tools: 8D, analysis methods ( Ishikawa, …) ,FMEA, SPC
• 5-10 years technical / engineering / industrial experience in the cable industry
• Language: English fluent
• Core Competencies:
• Take Responsibility
• Global Team Player
• High Standards in Excellence
• People Leadership and Initiative
• Customer and Market Focus
• Global vision
• Industrial Engineer Degree or minimum 5-7 years of industrial manufacturing experience
• Experience: 5 years minimum in an industrial manufacturing sector, process engineering or quality function
• Good interpersonal skills and upward and downward communication
• Strong Leadership skills (Coaching, influencing, leadership, motivating)
• Business acumen. Understanding of Industrial KPIs.
• Communication skills and knowledge (interpersonal skills, listening, oral communication, presentation, questioning, reading comprehension, written communication)
• Abilities to understand and act according to intercultural differences
• Results Driven
• Wide exposure to different materials, processes and corresponding tools & methods
• Wide exposure to preventive & analysis tools: 8D, analysis methods ( Ishikawa, …) ,FMEA, SPC
• 5-10 years technical / engineering / industrial experience in the cable industry
• Language: English fluent
• Core Competencies:
• Take Responsibility
• Global Team Player
• High Standards in Excellence
• People Leadership and Initiative
• Customer and Market Focus
• Global vision