Senior Process Engineer - County Longford

Senior Process Engineer - County Longford.

Job Summary: To assist the Engineering/Production department in improving the manufacturing of product and develop the most optimum moulding process and tooling and automation that meets or exceeds customer requirements on both new and existing tooling. This person will provide the company with the technical resources to ensure that current and future projects are run in accordance with customer specifications and in-house specifications and standards.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the introduction of all new products into the company and compiling standard specifications for each process and monitoring all existing production to standard specifications.
• Ensures process optimisation using statistical techniques.
• Works with the Production Group leaders (PGL’s) in troubleshooting processing problems.
• Establishes relationships with the customers and Equipment/ Raw Material suppliers in pursuit of continuous improvement and ongoing business development.
• Solves, in conjunction with the Quality department, customer related problems/issues as needed
• Instructs others, formally or informally, regarding manufacturing related skills or knowledge and assist in the training of employees on new processes or systems introduced to the company.
• Coordinate the development of documentation in the Production and Technical areas in line with ISO9001:2000 and ISO 13485 requirements and review the systems with the Group Leaders and the Quality department on a regular basis to ensure conformance to same.
• Communicate on a regular basis (or as appropriate) with external suppliers of materials and equipment and provide regular feedback on any issues to the management team.

Requirements for this role:
• Must have a minimum of a National Diploma in Plastics Engineering (preferably a Degree in Engineering) and at least 4-5 years’ experience in the injection moulding industry.
• Must have a very good knowledge of injection mould tooling and design.
• Must have a very good knowledge of injection moulding (standard process and multi-component), processing, ancillary equipment and automation systems.
• Preferably worked in either the Medical, Packaging or technological industries.
• Preferably have some knowledge of real-time monitoring systems.
• Must have an in-depth knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of experiments (DOE) and demonstrate use of same.
• Should have a good knowledge of the principles of WCM, JIT, SMED, and Kaizen.
• Must have knowledge in computer systems; integrated manufacturing systems; word processing and spreadsheets. 
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to accurately document work performed.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.