Senior Process Engineer - Adhesives & Process Optimization

RJ-Staffing; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

CDHP

PPO

EPO

Life Insurance

Voluntary life

401(k) match

Employee assistance

Wellness program

Career development

PTO

Job summary

RJ-Staffing is seeking a Senior Process Engineer/Chemist to support manufacturing from raw materials to finished products. Based in New York, you will lead process improvements, cost reduction opportunities, and quality initiatives in collaboration with Operations & Technical teams.

Salary depends on experience, with relocation compensation considered, and a comprehensive benefits package provided. Responsibilities include understanding equipment and processes, driving safety culture, supporting

Responsibilities

• Develop an in-depth understanding of all manufacturing equipment and processes to effectively manage new product development, cost reduction opportunities, and process optimization.
• Support, participate and exemplify the corporate value system as appropriate, with the objective of achieving overall business goals and objectives.
• Support the Zero Incident Culture for safety and environmental in the philosophy that all incidents are preventable.
• Participate in and lead zero incident safety culture initiatives such as planned inspections, Velocity reporting and investigations, PPE auditing, etc.
• Complete all required safety training activities.
• Support both technical efforts to drive quality performance and continuous improvement of our papermaking and off-line coating processes.
• Provide adequate quality expectations, specifications, standards and technical expertise to the Operations team to ensure customer satisfaction and 1st time quality execution.
• Develop and implement systems to ensure analysis of mill process capability in relation to specifications.
• Communicate and address identified concerns, as appropriate.
• Manage supplier quality concerns in cooperative effort with procurement and COA information to ensure cost-effective delivery of materials that allow us to produce quality products in an economical fashion.
• Provide technical knowledge to improve the quality of existing products and/or new product development.
• Complete cost optimization projects that provide significant savings through product substitution, reduced variability, improved quality, and higher operating efficiency.
• Collaborate on technical reports that clearly document trials, process improvement results, and capture cause and effect relationships.
• Support development and execution of capital projects.
• Ensure trial activities comply with corporate, state, and federal laws and regulations, including employee and product safety requirements.
• Conduct laboratory and machine trials to support new product development projects.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, such as Operations and Technical, to develop and execute trial plans.
• Work with cross-functional teams internal and external to the organization, including customers.
• Determine and test Critical to Quality specifications for products and processes.
• Create and control intellectual property.
• Serve as an expert in product design.
• Execute projects within the framework of the established Stage-Gate process.
• Generate technical reports with relevant data, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Travel up to 10%, excluding local travel to outside service providers, customers, or internal mill locations.

Job description

RJ-Staffing is seeking a Senior Process Engineer/Chemist to support manufacturing from raw materials to finished products. Based in New York, you will lead process improvements, cost reduction opportunities, and quality initiatives in collaboration with Operations & Technical teams.

Salary depends on experience, with relocation compensation considered, and a comprehensive benefits package provided. Responsibilities include understanding equipment and processes, driving safety culture, supporting