Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Graham Packaging is a sustainable packaging manufacturing company seeking a hands-on Process Engineer to apply extrusion blow molding science and develop stable, repeatable, and capable manufacturing processes. The role focuses on optimizing and validating processes, troubleshooting equipment and process issues, supporting new product development, and training plant personnel across the company’s network.
Responsibilities
- Develop production processes as part of the commercialization of new products and generate process documentation in the form of Standard Operating Conditions (SOCs)
- Optimize production processes and establish operational limits to key process variables
- Create and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for process control and equipment setup
- Provide training and auditing of SOP’s
- Drive continuous improvement in process engineering standard work, SOPs and tools to support process development
- Process unit cavity molds as part of the development process
- Lead problem solving activities and apply technically robust solutions
- Provide support for process validation during equipment commissioning
- Train skilled plant personnel and other technical specialists on machine set-up and corrective actions
- Provide written technical reports to peers, management, vendors and customers including recommendations to improve; machine, mold and tooling and bottle design
Skills
- Strong understanding of the properties of blow molding resins and other raw materials
- Strong processing skills for monolayer, multilayer, single parison and multiple parison bottles
- Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills of blow molding equipment
- Strong understanding of 1 to 2 different type blowmolding platforms as well as basic understanding of an additional 2
- Able to apply knowledge of statistics, data analysis and statistical process control
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Able to apply knowledge of PDCA and effective problem solving
- Travel 50%
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Hands-on experience setting up, operating, maintaining, rebuilding and troubleshooting extrusion blow molders (CE, Graham Wheel, Techne shuttles, Techne Rotax, Uniloy, VR, Wilmington)
- BS degree in Engineering preferred
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- 401K Employee Saving Plan
- Employee Wellness Program
- Paid time off in accordance with company policy and state law requirements
- Remote work
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