Claremont Fiber Process Engineer

Make Your Mark at Prysmian Group

Prysmian is the world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry. Each year, the company manufactures thousands of miles of underground and submarine cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, as well as medium low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure sectors. We also produce a comprehensive range of optical fibers, copper cables and connectivity for voice, video and data transmission for the telecommunication sector. We are 30,000 employees, across 50+ countries. Everyone at Prysmian has the potential to make their mark; because whatever you do, wherever you are based, you will be part of a company that is helping transform the world around us.

The Prysmian Group's Claremont fiber manufacturing plant is seeking a highly motivated, self-starter, developing leader to join the engineering department to support the manufacturing of optical fiber. This individual will evaluate, troubleshoot, and conduct process control and improvement activities on a daily basis and through long-term projects.

Requirements

B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Materials, Mechanical, Glass Science, Ceramic, or Metallurgical Engineering) from an ABET accredited institution

Minimum of 1 year of experience in a complex manufacturing process or an internship experience in a complex manufacturing environment

Ability to understand complex process flow and machinery

Desire to become a subject matter expert in the assigned process area

Ability to multi-task

Ability to prioritize tasks to make progress on short term and long term initiatives

Exhibit engagement, involvement and curiosity about other departments or process areas outside of immediate assigned area

Ability to influence people or departments outside of direct process area

Comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams and across different departments

Demonstrated ability to work in high pressure situations

Demonstrated ability to improve a situation

Initiative to take on large or many different responsibilities and initiative to anticipate problems or seek improvements without being prompted

Excellent communication skills

Proficiency in Excel

Proficiency PowerPoint

Detail and quality oriented

Strong presentation skills

Demonstrated excellent organizational skills

Comfortable speaking to large audiences

Experience working with large sets of data and making data driven decisions

Ability to make analytical decision

Ability to contribute to the team's culture of continuous process changes and improvements

Ability to work with little supervision

Ability to work independently

Preferred: 3-5 years experience in complex manufacturing environment

B.S/M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Glass Science, Ceramic or Metallurgical Engineering

Experience with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab or SAS

Responsibilities

Monitor manufacturing processes on a daily basis to identify trends and out-of-control situations and provide solutions according to urgency and importance.

Be the leader in the process area responsible for yields, documentation, procedures, tracking data, and technical innovation.

Prioritize issues to make meaningful impacts on the process yields and productivity.

Develop or maintain performance indicators on a weekly or monthly basis to ensure the process is meeting quality and productivity targets.

Perform root cause analysis on reasons for trends, equipment issues- importantly repeat equipment issues, and process drifts.

Provide data and explanations to other process engineers, lead operators, process technicians, and other departments in order to maintain process stability.

Report on a weekly basis a summary of process changes, developments, improvements, project progress to the engineering manager.

Work with operators to identify process problems and also provide occasional process training.

Work with technicians to identify equipment problems and also provide training.

Write process documentation and update procedures.

Be on call on a pre-determined rotating schedule and occasionally provide off hours support.

Lead improvement projects in the facility.

Identify cost reduction projects and work with the team to implement them.

Implement process changes or new products as directed by R&D.

Collaborate with engineers at other international Prysmian plants to resolve process problems or make process improvements.

Become a contributing member of the global process control team with a desire to generate change.

Comply with all applicable safety procedures and ISO14001 EMS guidelines