Process Engineer

Prysmian Group

Claremont, North Carolina

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JOB DETAILS

LOCATION

Claremont, North Carolina

POSTED

5 days ago

Description:

As a world leader in telecom cable systems, the Prysmian Group’s Claremont fiber manufacturing plant is seeking a highly motivated, self-starter, developing leader to join the engineering department to support the manufacturing of optical fiber. This individual will evaluate, troubleshoot, and conduct process control and improvement activities on a daily basis and through long-term projects.

Requirements:

B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Materials, Mechanical, Glass Science, Ceramic, or Metallurgical Engineering) from an ABET accredited institution.
Minimum of 1 year of experience in a complex manufacturing process or an internship experience in a complex manufacturing environment.
Ability to understand complex process flow and machinery.
Desire to become a subject matter expert in the assigned process area.
Ability to multi-task.
Ability to prioritize tasks to make progress on short term and long term initiatives.
Exhibit engagement, involvement and curiosity about other departments or process areas outside of immediate assigned area.
Ability to influence people or departments outside of direct process area.
Comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams and across different departments.
Demonstrated ability to work in high pressure situations.
Demonstrated ability to improve a situation.
Initiative to take on large or many different responsibilities and initiative to anticipate problems or seek improvements without being prompted.
Excellent communication skills.
Proficiency in Excel.
Proficiency PowerPoint.
Detail and quality oriented.
Strong presentation skills.
Demonstrated excellent organizational skills.
Comfortable speaking to large audiences.
Experience working with large sets of data and making data driven decisions.
Ability to make analytical decision.
Ability to contribute to the team’s culture of continuous process changes and improvements.
Ability to work with little supervision.
Ability to work independently.

Preferred:

3-5 years experience in complex manufacturing environment.
B.S/M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Glass Science, Ceramic or Metallurgical Engineering.
Experience with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab or SAS.

Responsibilities:

Monitor manufacturing processes on a daily basis to identify trends and out-of-control situations and provide solutions according to urgency and importance.
Be the leader in the process area responsible for yields, documentation, procedures, tracking data, and technical innovation.
Prioritize issues to make meaningful impacts on the process yields and productivity.
Develop or maintain performance indicators on a weekly or monthly basis to ensure the process is meeting quality and productivity targets.
Perform root cause analysis on reasons for trends, equipment issues- importantly repeat equipment issues, and process drifts.
Provide data and explanations to other process engineers, lead operators, process technicians, and other departments in order to maintain process stability.
Report on a weekly basis a summary of process changes, developments, improvements, project progress to the engineering manager.
Work with operators to identify process problems and also provide occasional process training.
Work with technicians to identify equipment problems and also provide training.
Write process documentation and update procedures.
Be on call on a pre-determined rotating schedule and occasionally provide off hours support.
Lead improvement projects in the facility.
Identify cost reduction projects and work with the team to implement them.
Implement process changes or new products as directed by R&D.
Collaborate with engineers at other international Prysmian plants to resolve process problems or make process improvements.
Become a contributing member of the global process control team with a desire to generate change.
Comply with all applicable safety procedures and ISO14001 EMS guidelines.

About the Company

Prysmian Group

Prysmian is world leader of the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, with some 19,000 employees across 50 countries worldwide.

Prysmian Group operates 10 plants in North America serving the telecom and energy markets. The Group consists of Prysmian and Draka, two of the strongest and most respected commercial brands in the industry, whose highly complementary products and services meet the needs for two distinct sectors: Telecom Cables & Systems produces optical fibers, optical cables and connectivity for video, data and voice transmission. Prysmian Group has two fiber optic manufacturing facilities in the United States covering 1.5 million square feet, including the only co-located fiber and cable facility in North America.

In our energy business, we design and produce cables and systems for the transmission and distribution of low, medium, high and extra high voltage systems. In 2009, Prysmian built the only Vertical Continuous Vulcanization line in North America in the Abbeville, SC plant. This facility is used to produce insulated high voltage cables. In addition, the group has a manufacturing facility in Prescott, Ontario to meet Canada’s power cabling needs.

A key factor in managing the Group's business is attention to sustainable development and the environment. As part of its activities, the Prysmian Group is involved in implementing management and production processes which help improve environmental sustainability and safety at work, in accordance with the guidelines of its HSE policy.

COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Manufacturing - Other

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Paid Sick Days, Parking, Prescription Drug Coverage, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Referral Program, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Events, Life Insurance

FOUNDED

1879

WEBSITE

https://www.prysmiangroup.com/en/careers/what-we-offer/sell-it-program