Senior Process Engineer

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie® products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.

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Our Global Research & Product Development (R&PD) teams are focused on market driven innovation to deliver high impact new products that enable future growth. Our teams provide a continuous pipeline of innovative new products and technologies, while leveraging James Hardie’s core value propositions of durability and low maintenance. Our role is to act as the technology pipeline for the global organization and ensure long-term performance of our products in current and future markets.

The Process Engineer will be focused on leading the design of the right manufacturing pilot processes and equipment for a coatings research capability, linked to future needs at the Fontana, CA site. This includes the process design, equipment specifications, integration requirements & commissioning to enable new development work on both coating materials and process. Position will be reporting to the Senior Manager. You will with cross functional internal and external teams to evolve James Hardie’s capabilities in Coatings Technology and Application Processes to drive increased product value and operational efficiencies.

What You’ll Do:

Leads the development of the right coatings process and equipment to deliver a pilot line to enable future product value and operational benefits to the business. (75%)

• Coordinating efforts and fostering collaboration within cross-functional project teams consisting of R&D scientists, plant engineers, design and construction engineers, quality, EH&S, vendors, plant floor operators and maintenance technicians.
• Able to navigate through balanced decision analysis, understanding trade offs
• Incorporating project management duties such as project scope writing, resource management, timelines, reporting progress to business and delivering executed projects.
• Reviewing design and construction documents to ensure accuracy and correct issues prior to installation.
• Providing technical support and expertise during design, install, start-up, and preliminary production runs of new processes.
• Providing technical leadership during commissioning, observe, troubleshoot, and document any process or scale-up issues and work with partners to resolve.
• Providing operating guidelines and procedures for new processes.
  
  

Process Engineering SME for new coating and process development:(25%)

• Trial design – develop the best approach to achieving the desired trial outcomes.
• Providing technical training and expertise to team members on relevant to new process and process implementation.
• Working with plant line employees to discuss concepts of new technologies, safety requirements, and process requirements.
• Developing detailed trial plans and coordinating and overseeing in-plant trials.
• Personally, interacting with plant personnel who are critical in helping develop requirements of new processes and who understand existing processes;
• Effectively communicating with plant personnel to promote new concepts and drive process implementation;
• Personally interacting with identified R&D personnel to gain understanding of new technologies and impact on existing processes; and
• Effectively communicating with R&D personnel to provide guidance on existing processes and process constraints.
  
  

What You’ll Bring:

Essential

• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Materials Engineering
• 8 or more years hands-on experience in manufacturing/industrial processes
• Development of process flow maps from Raw Materials to Finished goods
• Ability to observe and understand existing and new processes, including troubleshooting issues
• Experience in equipment/component design and hands-on experience with equipment installation & troubleshooting on continuous production lines
• Familiarity in process automation, continuous production lines, and commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in a manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with best-practices principles such as Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Lean Manufacturing, Failure Modes analysis
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with operational and safety procedures, and development of functional requirements and detail specifications for equipment specifications
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional groups and external partners and vendors
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong track-record of developing and implementing innovative solutions to complex problems in a timely manner
• Demonstrated use of project management skills
  
  

Nice to Have

• Ability to utilize industry-standard CAD packages for drafting of concepts and design review
• Experience in leading or managing projects
• Knowledge of coating application processes and related equipment
• Knowledge of control systems specification and PLC programming
  
  

What You’ll Receive:

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $105,000 to $130,000. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan.

At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.

• Comprehensive low-cost co-pay Health Insurance; medical, dental, prescription, and vision insurance benefits for every 30 hour full-time employee. Insurance starts on day one!
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) Retirement plan that will match 100% of employees saved dollars up to the first 6% of your salary
• 11 paid holidays per year, paid vacation including Jury Duty and bereavement leave
• (Paid sick leave)
• Wellness Program, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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James Hardie will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies.

Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.

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James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.