Process Engineer
SP Associates, Inc.
full-time
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Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing processes to ensure efficiency, safety, and quality.
- Identify and implement process improvements that reduce waste, increase throughput, and strengthen hygiene capabilities.
- Partner with production teams to troubleshoot issues and implement corrective actions.
- Maintain and update process documentation, SOPs, and work instructions.
- Provide technical expertise to support new product development and scale-up for hygiene applications.
- Ensure processes comply with ISO 9001:2015 standards and hygiene industry requirements.
- Lead lean manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives to drive operational excellence.
- Collaborate with R&D, Quality, and Maintenance to deliver cost savings and process reliability projects.
- Recommend and support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and automation initiatives.
- Monitor process parameters to ensure consistent fiber quality and hygiene product performance.
- Conduct root cause analysis for deviations, quality issues, and customer complaints.
- Ensure compliance with all safety, health, and environmental standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
- 3–5+ years of process engineering experience in manufacturing; hygiene, nonwovens, or fiber/textiles industry preferred.
- Strong understanding of polymer processing, extrusion, or nonwoven fiber production.
- Experience with lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement tools.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
- Ability to work hands-on in a dynamic, entrepreneurial production environment.