Process Engineer

Position Summary:
Our client is seeking a Process Engineer for the facility in Knoxville, TN. The Process Engineer will report to the Process Engineering Manager.
As a Process Engineer, your job will be to focus on reducing process variation inherent with any manufacturing process, for the purpose of reducing waste, manufacturing cost and production downtime. The priority of assigned tasks can be determined by Process Engineering metrics or tasks needed to meet corporate and plant wide objectives. There is also opportunity for the Process Engineer to seek areas of interest and improve those areas as well.

Summary of Essential Job Functions:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may also be assigned.
• Process Engineering:
o Combine knowledge from many sources to fully understand the root of a problem
o Discuss the issues with production leadmen, operators and mechanics
o Study the equipment through live observation or recorded video
o Study the PLC logic (with assistance from a controls engineer if needed) to understand how the equipment should work
o Combine this knowledge and construct hypotheses to fix the problem
o Develop possible solutions, design trials, conduct trials and analyze results of trials
o Present findings and recommended permanent solutions for review by management team
• Project Engineering:
o Take the above results and scope, budget, perform cost benefit analysis, calculate payback and request funding for proposed permanent solutions.
o Once funding is approved, coordinate the installation of the solution with operations, mechanics, and contractors (electrical and mechanical)
o See the job though startup and commissioning
o After commissioning, optimize the system to achieve the initial goal to reduce downtime or reduce process variation
• Participate in various meetings: Daily production meetings, weekly department meetings, monthly shift meetings, annual safety training.

Position Requirements:
• 3+ years of manufacturing experience
• Four year Engineering degree from an accredited university
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization
• Comfortable reporting to executive level
• Comfortable developing solutions and managing assignments independently
• Mechanical intuition – ability to understand how something works by looking at a drawing or watching it in action
• AutoCAD
• Occasional travel for technical skills training and other professional development opportunities.

Desired Skill Set:
• MS Project
• MS Visio
• MS Excel macros
• Minitab
• SQL Management Studio
• Cognex Vision systems (Insight Explorer, Vision Pro)
• SAP
• Siemens PLCs (505, S7300, TIA1500)
• Siemens STARTER (VFD and Servo drives)
• Wonderware ArchestrA
• Wonderware Historian

Physical Demands/Work Environment:
The physical requirements/work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this Job the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee must be able to operate a computer and other office equipment and must be able to traverse the office and production floors and position self to inspect production equipment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee may be exposed to outside weather conditions for short periods. The employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme heat or cold.

In addition to an attractive wage, this position offers a competitive benefits package including Group Health and Life Insurance, Vision and Dental Insurance, a Flexible Benefits Plan, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match, a Profit Sharing Retirement Plan and other benefits. #IND1