Industrial Process Specialist

Company Overview
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is a leading innovation company that focuses on creating smarter, safer, and more beautiful homes. Our mission is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and brands can have a positive impact on people and the planet.

We are a high-performing team that empowers our employees to think big, learn fast, and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged to be their authentic selves. Our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here.

Job Description
As a Process Engineer, you will work closely with the Global New Product Development (NPD) and Engineering functions to ensure a smooth transition of strategic projects into manufacturing. Your responsibilities will include developing and delivering detailed inter-dependency and timing plans, incorporating all major project milestones and critical paths such as manufacture, build prototype, validation, and testing of brassware product launches.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the R&D function to ensure all new product introduction, business product expansion, or critical activities are structured and project-managed to enable smooth transition into production.
• Map product development phased gateways, risk management, and dependencies to assure on-time delivery of critical project milestones, reporting, and updating on project process to the wider business.
• Collaborate with the global NPD and UK Manufacturing Quality functions to ensure customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements of the products, services, and verification documentation are determined, understood, and consistently meet the expectations of internal and external stakeholders in a robust and timely manner.
• Provide technical advice to internal and external stakeholders along with fault-finding, resolution, and problem-solving of issues arising during design, build, and use.
• Deliver all pre-manufacturing engineering processes in full, defining the rules for design, manufacture, and assembly to support all aspects of new product launch.
• Oversee prototype builds, including the manufacture or assembly of components, systems, and/or sub-systems.
• Produce, update, and maintain technical data, including reports, engineering change notifications, test procedures, and all drawings and specifications.
• Support the cross-functional creation, update, review, and approval of process creation and development documentation, such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Control Plans.
• Manage activities to support the achievement of departmental deliverables, including generating 3D CAD models, building BOM's routings in EFAC's, General Assembly drawings, and the procurement of manufacturing tooling and fixturing to verify and validate new product designs and processes.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for industrial validation, ensuring processes are applied consistently across the manufacturing areas.
• Responsible for all NPD governance, including policies, procedures, and processes.
• Train, develop, and mentor colleagues within area of expertise.
• Actively support the improvement of Health and Safety practices throughout the business.