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Job Title: Process Engineer
Location: Leeds Factory
JOB PURPOSE
The purpose of this role is to ensure that through the manufacturing process, products are manufactured that meet customer requirements. The process engineer manages the process parameters of the manufacturing process, making sure that there are no deviations and so ensuring the stability of the process.
This engineer is the contact with R&D, Quality, Equipment suppliers and with Safety and Environment departments to define the ideal working conditions of the process in a way that the product will be produced under the expected specifications with a stable process which will be safe for the people and the environment. After defining all needed parameters, the process engineer will build the operating procedures and organize the workplaces to make sure that the production team can meet the expected performance maintaining the expected quality standard.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* To develop and define and maintain the optimum process parameters to ensure the maximum efficiency of equipment and production in accordance with the quality standards set by the company and the technical conditions.
* Process map the product transformation points of your Business Unit Machines.
* To develop and maintain instructions and standard operating procedures for production operators.
* To evaluate the causes of process failure, loss of packaging materials, raw materials and finished products as well as poor quality products or incidents in quality.
* To introduce proposals for the introduction of advanced technological processes, types of equipment and technological equipment, automation equipment, optimal production modes for products.
* To participate in developing of process sheets and changeover matrixes.
* To make proposals on the organization of workplaces to reduce labour costs and improve sanitation and hygiene.
* To propose production technology improvement.
* To participate in projects to upgrade existing equipment, as well as purchase new ones working alongside the Project Engineer (EEM).
* To participate with P+I Leader in conducting trial and industrial tests of new types of packaging materials, raw materials and finished products.
* To participate in improvement projects, study WCM tools and apply them in practice in improvement projects.
* To participate in the HACCP program, develops measures to reduce risks and guarantee consumer safety in the unit.
* To monitor the standards of the state of production and auxiliary equipment.
* To identify the causes of equipment malfunctions or defects. If necessary, take part in the repair, installation, dismantling, testing and adjustment of particularly complex units of equipment (units and machines) in cooperation with maintenance.
* The training of production operators and engineers. Participate in the annual certification of production operators.
* To develop and maintain a reporting system and working documentation regarding the production process functionality.
* To develop and support production team to create and update WCM activity boards.
* Advise and support, in cooperation with WCM coordinator, production staff on the application of WCM techniques.
* Participate in conducting internal meetings aimed at developing measures to prevent and eliminate non-conformities and reduce losses.
SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
* Accountable for ensuring the raising of unsafe acts and unsafe conditions forms.
* Undertake safety and environment training as defined by the SHE team (e.g. IOSH).
* Understand the importance of Process Safety Systems (especially in aerosol manufacturing) and develop the appropriate skill (e.g. Process Safety Management training) to become fully operational.
* Understand and enforce site safety policies & rules.
ALL ABOUT YOU
Essential Criteria
* Computer literacy.
* Effective communicator & strong team member.
* Effective written, verbal and presentational communication skills.
* Strong technical knowledge across the site’s processes & lines.
* Excellent analytical skills.
* Strongly driven by a safety culture.
* Engineering qualification or Time Served Mechanical Engineer with recognised Mechanical Engineering Qualification (NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
* Understanding of FI and Quality tools and processes.
* Some experience in statistics & process control tools desirable.
* Experience of mechanical drawings and Global Product Specification.
Non essential criteria/ experience
* PDCA.
* 5W+1H.
* 4M analysis.
* Quality Control & improvement.
* Impact of human errors on quality.
* Control plan.
* Product Characteristics and Identification of Critical Items.
* Attribute and Variable characteristics.
* Classification of Characteristics.
* Correlation of Process Parameters with Product characteristics.
* Process capability.
* Control Charts.
* Determination of Process Capability from a Control Chart Analysis.
* Statistical Control and its Effect on Process Capability.
* Frequency Distribution and Histogram.
* Link between Maintenance and Quality.
* Attributes Data Analysis.
* Methods of Error-Proofing and Full-Proofing.
* Basic Statistical Methods.
* Design and Analysis of Experiments.
Personal Qualities
* Self-motivated, positive attitude.
* Good team worker.
* Proven record of operational improvement.
* Demonstrated ability of teaching/coaching basic problem-solving tools at all levels.
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