Location
Illinois | United States
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Job Description
Process Engineer – Job Summary:
We’re supporting our client, a leading containers manufacturer based in Franklin Park, IL who are looking for a Process Engineer to join their growing team. The successful Process Engineer will have experience of working within a high-volume blow molding / injection molding manufacturing environment.
Salary: $85,000
Benefits: Healthcare, Dental, Pension, Sick Pay
Job Type: Direct Hire
Location: Franklin Park, IL
Job Start date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Tend to a group of blow molding and /or injection molding machines, specifically Uniloy and Bekum machines.
- Make frequent quality checks on the product, observing it for deviations in weight, sidewall thickness, flash, poor distribution, concavity, convexity or crooked sections and making adjustments to correct malfunctions and eliminate defects.
- Make periodic checks of heat controls, cooling water temperatures, pressures and functioning of extruder and hydraulic pumping units.
- Perform preventative maintenance on machines and auxiliary equipment as assigned.
- Unjamming conveyor systems.
- Observing all local and Company safety policies and procedures as well as housekeeping requirements.
- Maintaining various daily production and Team reports.
- Perform screen changes as required.
- Eliminate or reduce waste in production and related processes
- Responsible for Process Engineering Projects
- Equipment Automation
- Maintain machinery and other equipment throughout the plant.
- Determines the functions and responsibilities of workers and devises and implements evaluation procedures; recommends methods for improving employee efficiency.
- Evaluates potential for or actual physical harm throughout production processes; redesigns, relocates, or replaces equipment, as necessary.
Physical Requirements:
- Will sit, stand or walk short distances for up to 12 hours per day
- Will climb stairs on an occasional basis
- Will lift, push or pull up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis
- Required to use hands to grasp, lift, handle, carry or feel objects on a frequent basis
- 20/40 vision in each eye, with or without correction, is required
- Must be able to comply with all safety standards and procedures
- May reach above shoulder heights and below the waist on a frequent basis
- May stoop, kneel, or bend, on an occasional basis
- Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required (including but not limited to steel toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, protective jacket or apron and arm guards)
About You:
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
- Injection or Blow Molding experience required.
- Should have an aptitude for mathematics, physical science, and computer applications.
- Must have strong background in production systems planning; and manufacturing systems design.
- 15+ years of process engineering experience is required.
Job Application:
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