Senior Advanced Process Engineer

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Standard is seeking a Senior Advanced Process Engineer (Extrusion) to provide technical leadership across global facilities and drive standardization of extrusion processes. You will focus on production performance, process capability, quality, energy efficiency, and cost optimization.

Responsibilities include leading new equipment/process development, validating changes, and collaborating with manufacturing teams to improve technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Three or more years of experience.
• Ability to solve problems and take a new perspective using existing solutions.
• Ability to work independently and act as a resource for colleagues.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrated proactive task approach.
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and support to Cooper Standard manufacturing facilities in extrusion processing and technology.
• Drive standardization and continuous improvement of extrusion processes across product lines, focusing on performance, capability, quality, energy efficiency and cost.
• Collaborate with manufacturing facilities to reduce cost, improve quality and advance process and product technology.
• Lead research and implementation of new or improved equipment, tooling and processes to meet production needs.
• Assist in validation of new processes as necessary.
• May negotiate approvals or revisions to customer product specifications.
• Initiate projects using manufacturing and product knowledge.
• Validate feasibility of product/process improvements using statistical methods.
• Assist in transfer of product and process between facilities.
• Act as communication link between CS technical and manufacturing sites for process development and best practice exchange.
• Keep current on developments in manufacturing and product technology through meetings with suppliers, customers, and trade publications.

Skills

Problem solving

Independent work

Interpersonal skills

Communication of complex concepts

Proactive task approach

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities

• Senior Advanced Process Engineer (Extrusion) is responsible for providing technical leadership and support to Cooper Standard manufacturing facilities in all aspects of extrusion processing and technology.
• Drives the standardization and continuous improvement of extrusion processes across product lines, focusing on production performance, process capability, quality, energy efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Works closely with Cooper Standard’s manufacturing facilities to reduce cost, improve quality and achieve advancements in both process and product technology.
• Leads the research and implementation of new or improved equipment/tooling/processes to satisfy changing production requirements.
• Assists in the validation of new processes as necessary.
• May be required to obtain/negotiate approval or revisions to customer product specifications.
• Initiates projects and tasks through creative insight, leveraging manufacturing and product knowledge.
• Confirms feasibility/capability of proposed product/process improvements using statistical methods.
• Assists in the transfer of product and process between manufacturing facilities.
• For assigned technologies, will act as communicative link between CS technical and manufacturing sites, including other global regions, for the purpose of process development, best practice exchange, standardization, etc.
• Keeps current on developments related to manufacturing and product technology through meetings with suppliers, customers, trade publications, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree is preferred
• Typically has three plus years of experience
• Ability to solve problems and take a new perspective using existing solutions
• Ability to work independently and act as a resource for colleagues
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated proactive task approach
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary