Junior Process Engineer

Job Title:

Process Engineer

Department:

Technical

Location:

Stainland Paper Mill

Reports to:

Technical Manager

Purpose of Job:

Investigate and measure processes and help develop productivity and process improvements within the Mill.

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 and share findings with Mill leadership team.
• Encourage the reporting of close calls

Main tasks

• Testing and understanding the different Papermaking Parameters.
• Support plant process improvement teams, and manage assigned basic process improvement projects, as required.
• Help develop, implement, and monitor Key Performance Indicators to drive continuous improvement.
• Help identify manufacturing best practices and good ideas to improve productivity.
• Work with the mill 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.
• Ensuring quality standards are achieved and consistently maintained
• Conduct plant assessments and margin improvement processes to identify improvement opportunities. Focus on machine stops and set-ups, conduct scrap studies, use S.M.E.D. system to improve productivity, cooperating within the team.
• Take part in the execution of Continuous Improvement Management methodologies

Quality

• Work with Quality team to identify/qualify/implement Customer focused improvements.

SPS (Sonoco Performance system / TPM)

• Involvement SPS implementation

Measurables

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

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Required

• Some Industry Experience, Preferably some exposure to a Processing or Production Facility.
• Excellent Analytical Skills

Desirable

• Process Engineering knowledge.
• Knowledge in Lean/Six Sigma concepts

Skills, Experience and Attitude

Skills:

• Excellent computer skills with experience in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s equivalents of A* - C

Personal Attributes:

• High degree of initiative and enthusiasm. The successful candidate will be a forward thinker with and eagerness to learn and develop oneself, with the ability to identify opportunities and implement practical solutions
• Curiosity and drive to improve.
• Ability to effectively communicate.
• Practical approach – ability to identify opportunities and implement practical solutions

Signed by:

Date:

Name in capitals:

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