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Ainsley Search Group · 12 hours ago

Principal Process Engineer

Ainsley Search Group is hiring a Principal Process Engineer to join a fast-growing Manufacturer located in Chester County. This role involves leading a small engineering team to oversee capex projects and improve manufacturing processes in machining and assembly.

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Responsibilities

Report to the Director of Manufacturing and collaborate with cross functional teams, based on product specifications and quality standards to develop and implement manufacturing process across machining and assembly process
Provides hands on leadership to engineering team, provides coaching, mentorship and training and hold the team accountable for deliverables, overseeing the staffing plan for the engineering team
Establish rapport with manufacturing operators, act as the primary contact for technical questions regarding manufacturing processes, equipment operations, provide training and guidance to operators as needed
Drives root cause investigation on issues regarding process, equipment, product quality, tooling etc, identify root causes and develop corrective and preventive measurement to reduce recurring quality and process issues
Collaborate with Quality team to investigate non-conformance, customer returns, analyze process and quality related issues and conduct root cause analysis, implement CAPA to reduce quality issues, process issues and re-work issues
Drives equipment reliability and safety, troubleshoot equipment failure and collaborate with maintenance team to improve reliability and safety of equipment and process
Conduct study and analysis on new capex investment, line expansion, factory layout to determine efficiency, cost, ROI, and yield
Drives CI across process, equipment, materials to further improve manufacturing efficiency, cost reduction and waste reduction, perform time study and SPC to identify opportunities for improvement
Perform process changeover in between customer projects, continue access process on materials, equipment, tooling and manpower
Provide hands-on training and coaching to product personnel on process, process improvement, changes, equipment set-up and maintenance, etc

Qualification

Mechanical EngineeringLean ManufacturingData AnalysisCapex Project ManagementSPCManufacturing SupervisionProblem SolvingCommunication SkillsLeadership Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in mechanical Engineer, industrial engineer, or related fields
Recent years of experience as a Principal Process Engineer, Manufacturing Supervisor, Process Supervisor, exposure to high volume, automated manufacturing environment such as machining, assembly
Excellent communication and hands-on leadership skills
Solid knowledge of lean manufacturing, SPC, etc., strong in data analysis and problem solving
Experience in leading capex projects from study, design, installation, validation, to close out

Benefits

Excellent compensation
Benefits
Growth

Company

Ainsley Search Group

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Ainsley Search Group, LLC is a national executive and professional search firm offers manufacturing and Life Science industries retained, contingent and project-based searches for positions in the Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Scientific, Operational Excellence, Sales, Marketing, Finance and Engineering verticals.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage

Leadership Team

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Ivy Saiia
Managing Partner 610.601.2717 | ivy@ainsleysearch.com
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