Operations and Production Engineers
Regional opportunities throughout the United States
2009-2010 Campus Recruiting
These positions provide an important first step in a new employee’s career development path. These positions may lead to a number of different career paths such as plant management, engineering, research & development, technical sales or various corporate assignments based on the individual’s expertise and career focus.
These positions will have key responsibilities to support the diverse engineering activities within Crown’s manufacturing plants. The Company’s various manufacturing locations produce aluminum cans and ends for the beverage industry; steel cans for the food and aerosol industry; and metal and metal/plastic ends for the closures industry. These engineering positions serve as an excellent introduction not only to the packaging industry, but they also provide an excellent opportunity to learn both the technical and business aspects of the Company’s manufacturing operations.
Some traditional responsibilities for these Engineering positions may include the following:
~ Hands-on involvement with project and special assignment work involved in all aspects of the metal forming process
~ Design, initiate and implement capital improvement projects, bringing them in on time and within budget
~ Involvement with manufacturing line design, re-design, equipment installation, troubleshooting, product line trials and other operations support roles
~ Analysis of production problems and assistance in implementing solutions to these problems
~ Provide training and direction in the start-up of new manufacturing processes, as well as leading plant electricians and operators as required to complete equipment installations and start-ups, and lead various in-plant improvement teams
~ Acting as a liaison between Corporate Engineering and the manufacturing plants
~ Recommend modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimal performance within the equipment limits
~ Identify production problems, discuss solutions and implement fixes
~ Ensure effective communication between departments and shifts on changes to equipment, production schedules or any other relevant information
~ Quality control issues
~ Applications of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma
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