Roll Form Process Engineer

Ice Industries, Inc.; Lacassine (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ice Industries, Inc. seeks a Process Engineer - Roll Form to provide hands-on mechanical engineering support for roll-forming equipment, tooling and manufacturing processes.

You will develop and implement engineered solutions to improve reliability, throughput, safety and product quality, collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Quality and suppliers. This role leads equipment projects from concept through installation and sustained production, performs root-cause investigations and

Qualifications

• 1+ years’ hands-on manufacturing engineering or maintenance experience.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings and specs.
• Experience with root-cause analysis and data-driven improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement mechanical improvements for roll-forming lines and related tooling.
• Create or review layouts, drawings, tooling concepts and installation packages.
• Apply engineering principles on force, torque, and synchronization.
• Diagnose defects like bow, camber, twist, jams, or length variations.
• Determine root causes of production problems and implement fixes.
• Lead equipment projects from design to validation and start-up.
• Train operators on machine function and process control.
• Analyze OEE, downtime, throughput and scrap data for gains.
• Develop standards, control plans and troubleshooting guides.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Troubleshooting

Project coordination

Reading drawings

Reading tolerances

Education

BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

Job Summary

The Process Engineer - Roll Form will be primarily responsible for providing hands-on mechanical engineering support for roll-forming equipment, tooling and manufacturing processes. This role develops and implements engineered solutions that improve equipment reliability, throughput, safety and product quality. The Process Engineer - Roll Form partners with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and suppliers to solve complex equipment problems and manage improvements from initial concept through installation, and sustained production.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and implement mechanical improvements for roll-forming lines, coil-handling equipment, straighteners, presses, and cut-off systems.
• Create or review mechanical designs, equipment layouts, fabrication drawings, tooling concepts and installation packages.
• Apply engineering principles involving force, torque, power transmission, loading, alignment, tolerance and component life.
• Diagnose forming defects such as bow, camber, twist, width, jams, surface damage and cut-length variation.
• Determine whether production problems originate from machine condition, tooling design or wear, material variation, equipment settings or operating practices.
• Lead equipment and tooling projects through design, fabrication, installation, commissioning and final validation.
• Perform structured root-cause investigations and implement permanent mechanical and process corrective actions.
• Analyze OEE, downtime, throughput, first-pass yield, and scrap data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop standards, control plans, inspection methods, engineering documentation and troubleshooting guides.
• Train operators and leads on machine function, tooling requirements, process control and structured troubleshooting.

Working Conditions

• Must be able to sit and view a computer screen for extended periods.
• Must be able to bend at waist and knees, walk and stand for extended periods.
• Must be able to lift and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds when necessary.
• Must be able to bend, stoop, crawl under or over, and frequently climb (stairs).
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Capable of working in confined spaces and off the ground with height variances.
• Must be flexible and able to change schedule and hours of work to meet the needs of the organization.
• Must be able to travel to plant, customer, and vendor locations; occasional auto and airline travel required.
• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully; reasonable accommodation may be available to enable individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions.

Required Qualifications

• 1+ years’ experience of hands-on manufacturing engineering, industrial maintenance, tooling engineering or production-equipment support.
• Mechanical aptitude of and hands-on experience with troubleshooting industrial equipment
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, part prints, equipment layouts, tolerances and technical specifications.
• Ability to accurately read and use precision measuring instruments, including feeler gauges, height gauges, and calipers.
• Working knowledge of motors, gearboxes, shafts, bearings, couplings, pneumatics, hydraulics, sensors, and encoders.
• Ability to apply practical engineering calculations involving force, torque, speed, loading, deflection, sizing and equipment capacity.
• Experience with root-cause analysis, corrective action and data-driven process improvement
• Strong communication, project coordination and production-floor collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or successful apprenticeship in maintenance or tool and die.
• CAD design skills, analysis is beneficial
• Experience in roll forming or other steel related manufacturing support.
• Experience supporting the development and/or implementation of mechanical equipment or tooling modifications

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