Position Description
Job Summary
Why work for us?
At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while making the world a more beautiful and sustainable home.
What's the Job?
Utilizing World Class Manufacturing Tools and Techniques, the Gypsum, Manufacturing Process Engineering Champion leads overall process improvement for the plants. This role is responsible for the assimilation and integration of known process knowledge, engineering principles and best practice equipment to capable operations. This role is the also the primary trainer for plant engineers building process expertise at the sites.
Process Integration
- Assists plants in execution of key projects as identified on the plant process route map.
- Provides overall process leadership for sites by being technical experts in one or more areas of gypsum manufacturing by:
- Ensuring process gaps to established best practice standards are identified at each site.
- Recommending and aiding the plant in correcting process gaps and issues.
- Working with site to establish clear process parameters leading to a more stable/capable manufacturing operation.
- Providing process and quality-based engineering and maintenance advice to plant operating personnel
- Providing trouble shooting expertise for process and equipment issues
- Performing equipment studies to verify proper and efficient operation of major process equipment
- Assists plants in ensuring process knowledge, operational settings and equipment quality maintenance is sustained via use of Step 0 and other WCM foundational systems.
- Closely partners with Process Innovation and Engineering groups to ensure new process knowledge and equipment is integrated into Step 0 sustain systems.
- Supports plants and Process Innovation with the implementation of New Products
Training & Education
- Principal trainer for technical engineers and local trainers.
- In collaboration with Process Innovation, GPI and GMT creates robust documentation to support training.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Duties performed occasionally or in addition to essential duties.)
- Supports raw material and equipment trials in collaboration with plant management, purchasing and vendors as needed
- Recommend alternate materials and equipment that will result in significant quality improvements, cost reductions or plant efficiency improvements
- Interprets and extrapolates accumulated data to prepare diagrams and flow charts for the efficient operation of the equipment.
Required Qualifications
What do you bring?
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or science or equivalent experience.
- 8-10 Years successful experience in a gypsum board manufacturing plant in a position responsible for process engineering, production, or maintenance.
- Knowledge of Gypsum board manufacturing processes, materials, and equipment.
- Strong communication skills.
- Training experience.
- Process Innovation experience.
- Ability to Travel up to 75%
Legal Statement
Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.