Junior Process Engineer

Key Activities / Measurables

Activities

Safety

• Ensure safe working practices are developed and maintained within area of responsibility and strive towards a goal of zero injuries
• Perform safety observations during plant visits and share findings and recommendations with plant leadership team. Complete behavioral discussions per month and review results with plant leadership team
• Encourage the reporting of close calls

Main tasks

• Develop, implement and monitor Key Performance Indicators driving continuous improvement
• Work with plant employees to establish standard operating procedures (S.O.P.) and standard operating controls (S.O.C) to provide long-term sustainable improvements in the quality of products and services
• Focus on maximizing productivity and profit, ensuring that the plant manufacture output to plan as cost effectively as possible, ensuring quality standards are achieved and consistently maintained
• Utilize Six Sigma to enhance productivity, reduce scraps, improve quality and enhance the work environment
• Develop annual goals and objectives for process improvement and manage them, in according to operational plans.
• Lead productivity and process improvement projects and prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends, recommending actions
• Take part in the execution of Continuous Improvement Management methodologies
• Work closely with production Supervisors and Machine Leaders and help them to develop skills and competencies in using new tools and sustain improved processes
• Work with Quality Coordinator to identify/qualify/implement product improvements that meets customer’s expectations, with a specific target on losses reduction

SPS (Sonoco Performance system / TPM)

• Drive SPS implementation
• Have a key role in Pillar as part of Focus Improvement (FI) methodologies

Measurables

• Productivity targets
• KPI’s, including but not limited to OEE, scrap, set-ups and minor stops

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