Rubber Process & Product Engineer for Production Optimization

Continental Industry; Mount Pleasant (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Continental is seeking a production-focused engineer to manage new product introduction and production support after transfer from design to production. You will collaborate with design, process, test, reliability, and manufacturing engineering to resolve issues and optimize processes.

You will develop cost-reducing improvements, coordinate production activities to meet budget and targets, and drive continuous improvement of production-relevant processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering: Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or related technical discipline
• 2+ years in a manufacturing environment supporting product introductions, equipment installation, and production/process support
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Troubleshooting manufacturing processes
• Good writing and verbal communication skills
• Good MS Office skills and other engineering software

Responsibilities

• Provide production technical support, quality testing reviews, and troubleshooting of production technical problems.
• Coordinate processing, technical, and quality activities of the department.
• Responsible for developing rubber technology knowledge, pursuing cost reductions for current products and processes, maintaining quality standards, and providing technical and decision-making support to the operators on the factory floor.
• Providing technical customer service; communication with the customer in connection with all technical questions concerning rubber compounds.
• Introduce, develop, and look after the recipes to ensure meeting the customer requirements. Accompany mixing trials and processing trials at the customer.
• Responsible for the disposition of non-conforming material according to standards.
• Maintains reliable processing, compound, and raw material specifications.
• Sets up experimental laboratory and factory evaluation trials in product and process areas.
• Maintains technical and quality status reporting requirements.
• Serves as a source of chemical awareness and compliance.
• Contribute to strategic and operative planning of the Compounding operations unit (e.g., with respect to investments, health and safety, quality and capacity)
• Meets daily with mix employees to assess stock and production performance.
• Resolves technical problems that arise with stocks, materials, and equipment
• Assist in product release strategy and product return process.
• Focused efforts on driving/implementing new technology to eliminate factory stock processing problems and implement Poke Yoke methods.
• Improves physical properties of existing compounds using new techniques.
• Provides technical support for equipment design and new or improved processing equipment.
• Assembles and analyzes data regarding compound performances.
• Uses analytical troubleshooting techniques in problem-solving activities.
• Maintain and improve Quality systems to meet ISO:9001-2015 and internal standards
• Participate in Internal/External Quality audits.
• Ensure Processing/Quality performance (KPI) monitoring and reporting (e.g., regarding waste, customer complaints, etc.) in cooperation with plant controlling and production.
• Participate in or steer local mixing related and cross-functional projects.

Skills

Strong problem-solving skills

Troubleshooting manufacturing

Communication skills

MS Office & engineering software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Continental is seeking a production-focused engineer to manage new product introduction and production support after transfer from design to production. You will collaborate with design, process, test, reliability, and manufacturing engineering to resolve issues and optimize processes.

You will develop cost-reducing improvements, coordinate production activities to meet budget and targets, and drive continuous improvement of production-relevant processes.