Process Technician

Process Engineer

Levittown, PA

Full Time/Onsite

Up to $85,000 per year

Excellent Benefits

Summary:

Responsible for design and manufacture of profile extrusion tooling and development of custom processes with the objective of improving total quality, material usage and productivity. You will work closely with Manufacturing, QC, Materials, and Sales teams to achieve these common team objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains compliance with the Company and plant safety policies and procedures.
• Complete all annual training as required.
• Design tooling and develop processes for mono and co-extrusion plastic profiles, tubes and secondary fabrication individually or with other Process Engineers.
• Lead new tooling development process for the project assigned using hands-on approach to meet customer expectation with quality and on time delivery of samples.
• Partners with other staff members; production, maintenance and QC to develop the process to get first article samples approved.
• Coordinate the tooling needs for new products with Die Development, technicians, Production Manager and all that are involved in producing first article samples.
• Oversee the tool making activities in the machine shop and ensure the tools produced by the machine shop can meet the design criteria and are up to the company’s high standard for design and workmanship.
• Serve in the role of systems analyst for the machine shop and coordinating the company’s contact in this area with outside vendors.
• Coordinate the tool making activities in the machine shop and work closely with other engineers and VP of Engineering to establish priorities for the shop to ensure that the tooling delivered to the line is complete.
• Work with Supply Chain Manager to coordinate the procurement needs for the machine shop, including steel, other metals, and shop supplies.

Other Key Elements:

• Plan, develop and coordinate tool development trials.
• Maintain the engineering database and documentation as required.
• Perform other accountabilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering
• 3 - 5 years of plastic manufacturer experience, preferably with plastic extrusion die design and process development
• Understand different plastic resins and processing.
• Proficient usage of AutoCAD and CAD/CAM software.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects with keen attention to detail independently or with supervision
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings
• Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office based software (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)

Physical Demands:

• Moving and lifting objects up to 50 lbs.
• Walking, standing on concrete 8+ hrs. per day with safety boots on
• Sitting/working at a workstation

Work Environment:

• Manufacturing environment with machinery noise, occasional odors of coolant, oils and machined metals. Climate may be cold or hot depending on the outside temperature.
• Exposed to dust, odors, fumes and noise associated with the extrusion and fabrication manufacturing processes