What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Process Engineer position at PCNA?
Who are we?
Polyconcept North America (PCNA) is the industry’s biggest and most diverse offering of promotional products and decoration services. Our employees are spread across six locations.
What we offer you
- Full healthcare and benefits! The health and wellness of our employees is important to us, that’s why we offer benefits including medical, vision, dental, short-term disability, and more!
- Flexible scheduling
- 401k Matching
- Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays
- PCNA Cares Share Fund – donating to teammates in times of need
Why you will make it your career
- We value our employee’s contributions in a collaborative and inclusive work environment
- Our culture encourages listening, understanding and a sense of empathy makes PCNA stronger
- As the industry leader for environmental responsibility, sustainability is the key to every decision we make
- We invest heavily in modernization, operating more efficiently with cutting edge digital technology
Our Values
- Delight Customers: Treat our customers the way you’d like to be treated.
- Think Team: Work together to get the job done. Be inclusive and collaborative.
- Own It: Be accountable. Embrace challenges as opportunities, roll up your sleeves and make it happen.
- Work Smart: Time is valuable. Focus on the things that can have the biggest impact on our business and customers. Be inquisitive and innovative
- Say It Like It Is: Be candid, honest and respectful. Offer constructive insights and welcome other’s input.
Our Businesses
Leed’s is the premier supplier of high-quality promotional products, with goods ranging from pens and drinkware to bags and mobile tech. Bullet is a leading supplier of low-price promotional products, offering deep inventory, reliable service and 24-hour turnaround. Trimark, a member of PCNA, is a leading developer and manufacturer of logo'd apparel for the Canadian and U.S. promotional industries. Trimark sells logo'd apparel across 6 different categories; Polos, T-Shirts and Tops, Woven Shirts, Knits and Fleece, Jackets, and Accessories, including Headwear. At JournalBooks, we believe in creative minds working together to create something truly unique in journals and planners. ETS has always sought to provide the very best in service, product selection, printing capabilities and competitive pricing, focused on drinkware, ETS offers a broad range of high quality drinkware categories. Spoke’s print-on-demand solutions and premium product assortment are standing by to help expand your inventory and fulfill your event and gifting needs!
The Position
Responsible for developing procedures and methods to manufacture new or existing product lines in the most effective manner by performing the following duties.
Key Responsibilities
- Improves manufacturing processes and methods for cost-reduction, quality improvement and efficiency by evaluating equipment/system/process needs and options
- Develops and maintains routings, material lists, manpower requirements, machine/equipment requirements, skill levels and tooling required to manufacture a new or redesigned product.
- Provides continuous engineering support to Production Departments by developing and implementing fixtures, standards, and procedure manuals.
- Spearheads problem-solving and quality improvement initiatives
- Plans, coordinates and implements production based on project improvements
- Periodically reviews plant layout and recommends changes to increase productivity and efficiency based on current and future manufacturing requirements.
- Investigates and recommends solutions for production and product related quality, manufacturing or process issues
- Designs and fabricates all production tooling.
- Assists in developing cost estimates to manufacture a new or redesigned product.
- Works with Production to help create Decorating Guidelines for products
- Conceptualizes new machinery, equipment, fixtures and tooling to make the manufacturing process more effective, and works with vendors to develop new or unique equipment.
- Instructs appropriate persons in Production on decorating new items and the use of new and non-standard fixtures as well as refining the design of new fixtures
- Organizes and maintains the Fixture Database and Library for all Production departments
- Monitors continuously the operations to ensure that employees adhere to safe work practices.
- Ensures that no hazards exist in the workplace
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Skills and Knowledge
- Oral Communication Skills
- Written Communication Skills
- Technical Communication
- Project Management
- Industrial Engineering
- Computer Aided Controls
- Computer Aided Design
- Computer Aided Engineering
- Computer Aided Manufacturing
- Computer Aided Process Planning
- AutoCAD
- Microsoft Office Programs
- Organizational skills
- High level of problem-solving skills
- Application of theoretical concepts to practical problems.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering or like Discipline
- 3-5 years of manufacturing experience.
- Experience in machine and process automation design.
Together we inspire pride
We want our team members to be proud of the essential work they do, our commitment to the sustainability, and the overall customer experience. We are a culture that will invest heavily in our people, our company and in state-of-the-art technology to be at the forefront of innovation.
PCNA is an equal opportunity employer. PCNA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics, or any characteristic applicable under state, federal and local laws.
