What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Engineering Manager position at Knauf Insulation?
Overview
We know how important your health, wellbeing, and financial strength is to you. To support you, we provide affordable benefits for you and your family members.
"Supporting all aspects of the individual — self, health, wealth and community”
Our benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision – starting on day one!
- Virtual Medical Services
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (earn 100% matching on your first 6% and fully vested day one)
- Paid parental leave
- Company paid life insurance
- Vacation time to enjoy getting away
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Plus, more!
Growth opportunities available!
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Summary of Position:
As the Process Engineering Manager, you will provide direction for the process department while promoting continuous improvement for a new plant. This is an exciting opportunity to implement continuous improvement best practices across multiple departments. You will develop new designs and modifications to the equipment to improve the production capability and the quality standards. As a Process Engineering Manager, you will lead process improvement projects in different manufacturing production processes, using Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques.
Responsibilities
- Works closely with Plant Management and Functional Teams to identify process bottlenecks, conducts root cause analysis and implements process improvements across the business or organization
- Maintain process operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing project, operational and personnel policies and procedures
- Lead the Engineering Team at the plant
- Initiates and leads projects that improve end-to-end processes: setup, validation, and audit measurement systems to deliver business impact
- Resolve quality issues by identifying problems, examining solutions, implementing action plans, and providing resources
- Conducts quality awareness, and Sigma Belt trainings within the organization
- Coaches project teams to fulfill certification requirements, quality and process improvement objectives
- Drives the highest levels of employee retention and engagement to ensure a sustainable workforce
- Fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability within the organization
- Instill an environment of inclusion, where all employees feel that they can contribute and impact the company in a positive manner
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical or Manufacturing Engineering or related field
Experience:
- Minimum five (5) years’ experience as a Process Engineer in an industrial manufacturing environment involved with product trials, customer complaints and product testing
- Minimum three (3) years of experience leading/supervising/managing high-performance teams in a similar environment
- Lean Six Sigma training/certification preferred
It is the policy of Knauf Insulation to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic prohibited by applicable law.
