Manufacturing Engineer

Clearly Clean is an award-winning, innovative manufacturer that creates eco-friendly products with features that surpass their non-sustainable alternatives for the meat, poultry, seafood, and produce industry. Clearly Clean is proud to manufacture the eco-friendly Roll Over-Wrap™ Tray, which is the world’s only patented 100% recyclable and sustainable smooth-edge overwrap tray for food products. Clearly Clean is committed to protecting its patented rolled-edge trays and manufacturing processes – as well as to the continued development of innovative and sustainable products to help our customers meet their corporate sustainability goals.

Clearly Clean has been voted the Best Place to Work two years in a row by Readers’ Choice and has been the Fastest Growing Company – Manufacturing in Northeast PA as recognized by NEPA Manufacturers and Employers Association.

Summary: The Manufacturing Engineer supports manufacturing by driving continuous improvements diagnosing, troubleshooting, correcting, and optimizing processes and machinery.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate directly with Operators, Maintenance personnel and Supervisors to diagnose, troubleshoot and correct or optimize process and equipment thermoforming.
• Identify, coordinate, and implement improvements to process methods to improve Safety, Quality and Cost.
• Identify, coordinate, and implement process control systems to identify variation and improve process controls.
• Ensure established processes meet the requirements of BOM and rates as listed in the ERP system.
• Design, procure and implement process equipment and tooling for maintenance replacements and new / improved product projects.
• Participate in and identify improvements for the execution of Machine PM to support overall process reliability.
• Considered an operational, maintenance process and engineering expert in process related manufacturing and will coordinate with Plant Management to deliver continuous improvement of Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost in the designated and / or assigned areas.
• Have a thorough understanding of process control systems and technologies to complete the assignments of the job.
• Identify and implement improvements to the value-stream on the production floor.
• Identify and implement kaizen-burst improvements on factory floor.
• Will be required to lead ad-hoc improvement teams and / or standing natural area teams.

Education/Experience:

• Four (4) year Engineering or Two (2) year Engineering Technical degree with experience would be considered.
• Minimum 10 years Manufacturing experience in a process environment.
• Six-Sigma or similar Variability, preferably Green Belt minimum, Reduction and Control experience preferred.
• Ability to read and create electrical and mechanical schematics.
• Development and implementation of Process Quality Control specifications and systems
• Demonstrated effective communication skills.

Skills:

Leadership Ability:

• Ability to lead, take charge, make decisions as needed and offer ideas, opinions, and direction.
• Ability to collaborate and model effective teamwork.
• Ability to lead and influence within his assigned areas and in others area and business units in accomplishing assignments and goals of the business.

Computer Skills:

• Ability and knowledge in Microsoft office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• ERP system experience

Integrity:

• Job requires honesty and being ethical.

Attention to Detail:

• Ability to pay close attention to detail for accuracy and thoroughness in completing work.
• Ability to keep privileged information confidential.

Cooperation:

• Job requires being cordial with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, fair attitude.

Initiative:

• Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

Stress Tolerance:

• Ability to change gears fast and often.

Adaptability/Flexibility:

• Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Math Ability:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Work Environment:

• The noise level is loud in the plant, with PPE requirements.
• The temperature in the plant fluctuates from cold to hot depending on the time of year.

Physical Demands:

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Regularly required to sit; use hands; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to walk and occasionally climb stairs.
• Occasionally required to squat, stoop, bend, kneel, twist, scoop.