Technical Process Engineer (Manufacturing)

Location: Whiting Mill; on-site position

Company

hirify.global manufactures specialty materials and engineered solutions for filtration, healthcare, sustainable packaging, and other industrial applications.

What you will do

• Provide technical support to manufacturing production crews with a focus on safety, quality, and process performance.
• Modify existing mill processes and develop new processes to improve product quality and profitability.
• Plan and supervise in-mill production trials, document results, and analyze cause-and-effect relationships.
• Evaluate major equipment and support the design and execution of equipment modifications and capital projects.
• Analyze production trends using mill information systems and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Develop cost optimization and Lean improvement projects while coordinating with production, maintenance, engineering, suppliers, and other functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, paper science, or a related field; related process-oriented manufacturing experience may be considered.
• Ability to design and evaluate equipment and processes involving chemistry, control strategies, mechanical integrity, energy transfer, thermodynamics, mass transfer, and fluid dynamics.
• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines with minimal supervision in a fast-paced production environment.
• Must be able to work rotating weekends, typically approximately five weekends per year, including possible adjacent holidays.
• Must be able to wear required PPE, work in hot and humid facility areas, and climb stairs or ladders as needed.

Nice to have

• 3–5 years of process engineering experience in paper mill, coating, saturating, or converting operations.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and customer interactions.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, Oracle, ABB, PARCview, QiSoft, Concur, Velocity, or SharePoint.

Culture & Benefits

• Benefits include a range of high-quality, competitive, and affordable options for employees and their families.
• Work takes place in a manufacturing environment with collaboration across production, engineering, maintenance, research, sales, purchasing, and other functions.