Process Specialist

Job Summary:

The Process Specialist ensures the development and maintenance of robust injection molding processes This requires an advanced level of understanding in injection molding machines, molds, auxiliary equipment as well as the process of making these items work in unison. This position is required to make decisions involving quality, job assignments, and rejected production. Work interdepartmentally to fix on going issues with molds and machines. Required to promote a safe work environment and work with/train others to improve their abilities to handle day-to-day operations and decision making. This position is responsible for leading the processing team and answering for the decisions they make for all molds. This position reports to the Molding Manager.

Leaders:

Leaders are expected to create a safe work environment through implementation and commitment to the Safety & Health - Vision, Values and Mission and the Safety Principles of Conduct. Promote safety by following company and site safety policies and procedures, responding to safety non-conformance by coaching to correct behaviors and encouraging and support employees by attending employee safety meetings and recognition of safe behaviors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive a team environment based on Safety and Quality.
• Develop and maintain injection molding processes and related documentation to achieve acceptable quality parts while minimizing scrap and downtime
• Create a training process for all new and existing processors and mold setters.
• Communication between tool room and processing group along with the Maintenance department and Engineering on determining root cause repairs.
• Improve molding floor through equipment repair and upgrades including justification for

new equipment

• Develop specific KPI's for the process team in order to measure success. Ensure team performance is in alignment with established company KPI's.
• Ability to generate work instructions and document training activities.
• Help organize and coordinate team workload to achieve production schedule.
• Help ensure personnel follow established standard work instructions and procedures.
• Sample and start-up of new molds.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the

essential functions.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 5-8 years plastic injection molding processing experience.
• Strong knowledge of scientific molding.
• Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written form.
• Experience using Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Flexibility on work hours is necessary.
• Ability to recognize and reward good performance.
• Ability to work overtime during the week and on weekends with little notice.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percentage.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and sit, bend, stoop, twist, kneel, squat, or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an "at-will" basis.

Silgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability, which would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without reasonable accommodation of any other protective status.

Silgan is a drug-free workplace.