Process Engineer

Process Engineer
Location : Greensboro, NC
Salary : $75,000 - $100,000
Job Scope : The Process Engineer will plan, direct, and lead the facilities, maintenance services, and engineering departments. This role involves providing technical guidance and collaborative leadership to ensure sound engineering practices and efficient use of facilities, processes, and maintenance operations. Initially, the Process Engineer will play a key role in setting up a new factory and ensuring smooth operations.
Essential Functions :

• Develop and document new methods, processes, and procedures.
• Monitor key metrics to identify trends and deviations.
• Plan and coordinate the work of skilled staff, focusing on operations uptime and project management.
• Lead and direct staff in a cross-functional environment to achieve goals; responsible for recruitment, evaluation, and development of staff in assigned departments.
• Manage project progress, collaborate with project engineers, and ensure reporting mechanisms are in place to track development within budget and time constraints.
• Work with the CEO and management to establish and achieve short and long-term operating goals.
• Support and implement lean practices throughout the facility.
• Ensure assigned areas meet their metrics and departmental objectives.
• Monitor work processes to ensure operators are trained and follow procedures.
• Collaborate with the Director of IT and the new warehouse in North Carolina in a cross-functional environment.
• Travel up to three weeks per month, with 40% travel to Connecticut.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills and Experience Required :

• Proven leadership ability to achieve results through others.
• Strong team-building and proactive skills.
• Ability to balance safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Experience in automation and implementing new methods in a new manufacturing site.
• Structured problem analysis skills.
• Proven experience in capital project management.
• Knowledge of OSHA, DEP, and NFPA guidelines and plant safety requirements.
• Strong verbal, written, technical, conceptual, and financial skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong project management skills in a collaborative environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Project) and tools like Gantt, PERT, and CPM charts.
• Understanding of manufacturing maintenance operations.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing methods.
• Good planning and scheduling capabilities.
• Strong drive to complete programs timely.
• Knowledge of CAD, CAE, CAM engineering tools, and Great Plains software.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering; a master's degree is a plus.
• Five years of experience in increasingly complex, technical supervisory positions.