Process Engineer I
Materion · Lorain, OH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Metals
- Posted
- 14 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Materion (metals) in Lorain, OH. Identifies, recommends and implements improvements in plant performance to optimize product volume, yields and quality in accordance with business needs.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, SPC, DOE, Casting
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About the role
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor of Science in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or other engineering discipline from an accredited college.
- ✓1 - 3 years of work experience in Process Engineering.
- ✓Exposure to and basic understanding of melting, casting, and solidification is helpful.
- ✓Ability to work in a team environment that supports melting and casting operations.
- ✓AutoCAD or SolidWorks experience is a plus.
- ✓Highly self-motivated and self-directed.
- ✓Lean Six Sigma Training is a plus.
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Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.
Materion’s Veteran Employee Resource group supports veterans and promotes the benefits of hiring veterans in the workplace. We honor all those who have served and are a military friendly company. Veterans are encouraged to apply and military experience and skills are transferrable to Materion careers.
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Under the direction of the Quality Manager, the Process Engineer provides technical guidance and drives continuous improvements in manufacturing process capability, capacity and productivity to ensure safe and optimal process utilization. Implements capital and expense projects within scope, cost, time and safety standards.
You will have the opportunity to
- •Focus on working safely and supporting a safe work environment.
- •Identifies, recommends and implements improvements in plant performance to optimize product volume, yields and quality in accordance with business needs.
- •Gathers and evaluates data, applies statistical techniques to improve process capability, uses root cause and corrective action techniques to resolve process challenges, and implements improvement opportunities.
- •Provides technical support for melting, casting, and post-casting processes.
- •Develops plant Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for process and equipment operation.
- •Provides training as required to manufacturing personnel to improve context for their roles.
- •Works with Quality personnel on customer complaint resolution and other efforts.
- •Interacts with external testing and processing vendors.
- •Must be proficient with computers and Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
- •Ability to apply SPC, DOE, Lean/Six Sigma, mathematics, and statistics to solve complex manufacturing process problems.
- •Some knowledge of computer-based data acquisition is helpful.
- •Highly self-motivated and self-directed.