Process Engineer - GB in Washington

As a partner to businesses and governments, Crane Authentication offers expertise and cutting-edge innovations that protect and enhance products, secure identities, safeguard revenues and enforce compliance. Customers from different business sectors and levels of government trust our team of 1,250 people for their expertise in R&D, security design, engineering and data-driven insights. We are an integral part of Crane NXT, a c$2 billion dollar business with over 5,000 associates.

Overview

The Principal Process Engineer provides technical support for printing, coating, converting, and finishing operations.

Essential Functions Performed by the Position

• Collaborates with the production team to reduce defects and spoilage, ensuring robust manufacturing processes and techniques.
• Maintains a manufacturing focus on critical operating parameters that affect product quality and performance.
• Implements operational excellence programs for better communication, troubleshooting, and operational performance.
• Provides daily support to production activities, including monitoring key operating parameters, product quality, and equipment operation.
• Investigates and resolves root causes of customer complaints and other quality issues.
• Designs and conducts experiments (DOE), collects data, and performs data analysis and interpretation using statistical tools (SPC, 6 Sigma, or Excel spreadsheets).
• Presents data with conclusions and further recommendations (design and results).
• Participates in commercialization activities as part of the New Product Development Process for the introduction of new products, including managing the handoff between product development and manufacturing groups.
• Provides manufacturing input during the product development process for new products.
• Manages the process for commercializing maintenance of product changes (MOC) that do not fall under the product development process.
• Generates controlled and technical documentation required to support production, such as job jackets, material specifications, equipment specifications, capacity planning/production reports, or process development reports.
• Develops and manages customer-facing and internal specification documentation.

Position Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; chemical or mechanical engineering preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 7+ years’ experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Specific experience in printing, coating, or converting industry preferred.
• Experience with operations safety and leading teams is a plus.
• Previous security product manufacturing experience is advantageous.

What’s In It For You

• Work for a market leading, established product company.
• Bonus
• Life Insurance.

Crane Authentication is part of Crane NXT. Crane NXT is a premier industrial technology company that provides proprietary and trusted technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate what matters most to its customers. Crane NXT has approximately 5,000 employees with global operations and manufacturing facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Malta.

We value diversity at our company. Everyone who applies with the qualifications will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, colour, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We receive a high number of applications, so apologies if we are unable to provide specific feedback. If we feel you are a fit for the role, we’ll be in contact.