3M is looking for a Product Engineer to be the key contact for a family of products within the Extrusion, Tapes, & Ceramics Value Stream, driving EHS&R alignment, leading new product introductions and management of change qualifications, ensuring product quality, and leading product improvements to reduce costs and enhance quality.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
- Five (5) years experience in a private, public, government or military environment in one or more of the following areas: product engineering, process engineering, project engineering, project management, and/or research laboratory.
- Has held positions in at least one manufacturing facility with minimum five (5) years of experience working in a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated results leading product specific improvements across multiple processes and teams
- Demonstrated results driving projects/initiatives related to product Quality Improvement, Unit Cost Modeling, and Cost Reduction projects.
- Technical experience in polymer film extrusion, web handling & converting
- Minimum three (3) years of experience utilizing statistical tools in problem solving is preferred
Responsibilities
- You will be the key Menomonie contact for a family of products within the Extrusion, Tapes, & Ceramics Value Stream.
- You will be responsible for strong leadership in driving EHS&R alignment, with the support of the plant Safety organization related to the products & its raw materials (TSCA, IH, etc.).
- Plant lead for the scaleup of New Product Introductions & Management of Change qualifications that will impact your products.
- This role will be responsible for Product Quality. This includes maintaining customer alignment and leadership around proactive quality improvements.
- This includes driving customer compliance and corrective action in alignment with plant and specific product quality management systems with the support of the Plant Quality Team.
- Lead product improvement utilizing the LSS methodology towards improvements in unit cost reduction, PPU &, quality improvements - from RM to Customer with support from the process and quality teams.
- This includes leading supplier management as it relates to the quality of your products.
Other
- May include up to 10% domestic travel.
- Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
- Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
- All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.
- All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M.
