Process Technology Lead - Value & Process Excellence

Teknor Apex Company; United States; Sur place; USD 170 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Teknor Apex Company seeks a senior leader to head the Process Technology Group, directing Process Engineers, Senior Associates, and Senior R&D Process Engineers while hands-on contributing to priority process development and improvement projects. You will own the project portfolio’s value and establish KPI-driven governance across sites.

You will mentor staff, ensure safety and ISO 9000 compliance, and partner with Manufacturing, R&D, and Lean/CI to advance the Operational Excellence strategy.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in process engineering, R&D, or CI within process or discrete manufacturing.
• Experience leading or supervising technical staff.
• Six Sigma Black Belt required (or commitment to obtain within one year).
• Root cause analysis certification/training.
• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.

Responsabilités

• Lead, manage, and develop the Process Technology Group - Process Engineers, Senior Associates, and Senior R&D Process Engineers - providing day-to-day direction, coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Set individual and team objectives aligned to the group's continuous improvement, cost-savings, and process-capability goals.
• Serve as mentor and escalation point for complex technical and process challenges; act as a training resource for less experienced engineers and associates.
• Portfolio and Value Governance: Own project intake and prioritization for the Process Technology Group; require every proposed initiative to articulate a clear line of sight to process improvement, ease of deployment or scalability across sites, and/or quantified financial benefit before work begins.
• Establish and maintain a lightweight business-case and value-validation gate - problem statement, expected KPI impact, deployment complexity, and financial impact - that all team projects must pass at kickoff and demonstrate at close-out.
• Track and report the realized value of the team's project portfolio, including cost savings, yield and quality improvement, cycle-time reduction, and deployment adoption, to the Global Director of Operational Excellence, the Steering Committee, and plant and business leadership.
• Re-scope or stop projects that cannot demonstrate a credible path to value, protecting the team's capacity for high-impact work.
• Process Analysis and Optimization: Personally lead or co-lead a portfolio of high-priority process improvement, continuous improvement, and new or alternative raw material projects for selected grades and value chains, using lean, Six Sigma (DMAIC/DMADV), root cause analysis, and process modeling methods.
• Conduct hands-on process analysis and optimization: identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, document undefined processes, establish KPIs, and drive projects from the define phase through full implementation.
• Management of Change: Lead Management of Change (MOC) protocols, including related software workflows, for assigned projects.
• Provide technical mentorship and quality review of process documentation, data analysis, and technical reports produced across the team.
• Partner with Manufacturing, R&D, the Digital Management Group, Reliability, and Lean/CI functions to align Process Technology work with Teknor Apex's broader Operational Excellence strategy.
• Best Practices Sharing: Benchmark internal and industry best practices; keep the team current on new methodologies, tools, and technologies.
• Ensure all process improvements and changes comply with safety, environmental, and quality (ISO 9000) standards.
• This description is a summary of principal responsibilities and is not intended to include all duties that may be assigned.

Connaissances

Team leadership

Business acumen

Manufacturing knowledge

Lean Six Sigma

Communication

Project portfolio management

Formation

Bachelors in Chemistry/Engineering/Polymer Science

Advanced degree preferred

Description du poste

Teknor Apex Company seeks a senior leader to head the Process Technology Group, directing Process Engineers, Senior Associates, and Senior R&D Process Engineers while hands-on contributing to priority process development and improvement projects. You will own the project portfolio’s value and establish KPI-driven governance across sites.

You will mentor staff, ensure safety and ISO 9000 compliance, and partner with Manufacturing, R&D, and Lean/CI to advance the Operational Excellence strategy.