Job Position:
Plant Engineer
Job Type:Full-time, permanent
Location:Colborne, ON
Primary Responsibilities:- Review manufactured products to ensure optimum formulation, throughput, and quality.
- Identify Safety Improvements through At Risk Conditions.
- Identify all products capable of utilizing gravimetric feeders to minimize handling and increase throughput.
- Reduce components of compounds and master batches where possible to minimize pre-blending and SKU's.
- Provide the Production Department with set conditions for new products prior to being released to operators.
- Maintain Process set conditions and update manuals on a regular basis to ensure only current parameters are used.
- Ensure Production Department compliance with ISO 2015 Standards.
- Prepare SWOT analysis for Production Department and update quarterly.
- Maintain CPM and identify trends, positive or negative. Identify potential corrective action as required.
- Create Team and organize process trials and report findings and recommendations to Plant Manager.
- Work with Maintenance Department and Operations to optimize extruder configurations by product group.
- Work with the Technical Manager to attain new business through trials and resolve process issues.
- Recommend equipment additions or upgrades to improve quality and/or throughput.
- Collect daily plant performance results and update Plant Production Scoreboard and Extrusion Line Results Scoreboards using Visual/Lean Daily Management to identify gaps and through Continuous Improvement activities develop action plans to improve performance.
- Develop and maintain standard work documents for plant production tasks.
- Develop and maintain JSA (Job Safety Analysis) documents for plant production tasks.
Relevant degree: from a recognized university preferably in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Chemical Engineering
Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) Certification: considered a definite asset
Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt experience: considered a definite asset
Experience: 5 years formulating and compounding polyolefin-based compounds or master batches or with plastics/polymers
Knowledge: Extensive knowledge of the configuration and operation of co-rotating twin screw extruders and other auxiliary equipment (feed systems and pelletizers)
Supervisory experience: in a production environment
Communication: Communicate with clarity in all situations including written, verbal and team settings
Experience: using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create reports, documents, presentations, pivot tables, and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
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