What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Engineer position at Fortune Brands?
As the Process Engineer you will play a key role in stabilizing and enhancing the extrusion processes at our New London NC facility. You will work closely with production maintenance teams and OEM partners to ensure that process parameters are optimized and that efficiency is continuously improved. In this role you will help foster a collaborative environment that encourages teamwork innovation and continuous learning contributing to our shared success.
The ideal candidate will have 5 years of experience in manufacturing with a background in extrusion processes and a degree in engineering. They will be detailoriented possess strong interpersonal and communication skills and bring a solutionfocused mindset to help the plant grow and thrive.
Position location : This is a fully onsite role based at our New London NC facility with a day shift schedule from 7 : 00 AM to 4 : 00 PM. Minimal travel is required.
What You Will Be Doing :
- Support and optimize extrusion processes to ensure stable and efficient production.
- Collaborate closely with production and maintenance teams to solve processrelated issues and improve operational performance.
- Partner with OEM vendors to ensure equipment setup and process parameters meet best practices.
- Identify and implement process improvements that reduce yield loss and enhance throughput.
- Troubleshoot and resolve process issues to minimize downtime and maintain highquality standards.
- Create and maintain process documentation including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions to ensure clarity and consistency.
- Promote a continuous improvement culture by encouraging collaboration and innovation through Lean methodologies.
- Ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations by regularly evaluating processes and equipment.
Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Additional Information :
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $63000 $95700 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and location. In addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a rolebased sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a marketleading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits (including halfday summer Fridays per policy) inclusive fertility / adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates feeling of belonging at work.
Fortune Brands is a brand innovation and channel leader focused on exciting supercharged categories in the home products security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen House of Rohl Aqualisa SpringWell ThermaTru Larson Fiberon Master Lock SentrySafe and Yale residential.
Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN.
Equal Employment Opportunity
FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. To support our efforts we invite you to voluntarily share your gender ethnicity and veteran status. This information is confidential and helps us ensure an inclusive hiring process and improve our diversity initiatives.
Reasonable Accommodations
FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process please contact us at and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.
Remote Work : Employment Type :
Fulltime
Key Skills
Lean Manufacturing,Six Sigma,Distributed Control Systems,Continuous Improvement,Process Improvement,Minitab,Root cause Analysis,Process Engineering,cGMP,Kaizen,Programmable Logic Controllers,Manufacturing
Department / Functional Area : Manufacturing
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
Salary : $63,000 - $95,700