Job Description

Description

Bring your talent and effort to The HC Companies and contribute to serving our customers while having fun, growing your career, and sharing in our success. We want to be the best, so we are looking for the best talent to join our team.

The HC Companies is a proud culmination of many legacy brands and continues to transform the horticultural industry through bold leadership, innovative manufacturing, and a comprehensive portfolio of products ideal for greenhouse, nursery, cannabis, retail, and commercial markets. With production facilities throughout North America, The HC Companies is a leading Manufacturer of horticulture growing containers, our mission, “From Grower to Gardner, Improving Our World”.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Must ensure safe work practices are being followed.
• Individual must be a hands-on leader with strong writing and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to learn the manufacturing process and contribute to improving these processes.
• Troubleshooting of process equipment (extrusion, vacuum forming, injection molding, printing, labeling).
• Manage, prioritize and complete projects or programs of moderate to large size, scope, and duration.
• Coordinate project work with other engineers, technicians, and other project stakeholders as well as with the plant floor team members.
• Lead process failure discussions and investigations to ensure consistency of solutions across all facilities.
• Assist technicians with assembly and disassembly of process equipment and components to diagnose issues.
• Develop and document standard operating procedures (SOPs) for equipment processes.
• Key member of continuous improvement team focused on improving Yield Efficiency (OEE) in department of focus.
• Establish continuous improvement plans where efficiency, quality, safety, or service level can be improved.
• Create test parameters and participate in the testing, data analysis, and implementation of processes, equipment, and engineering solutions.
• Identify broad conceptual ideas and develop them into useful solutions.
• Mentor lower level engineers, maintenance, and others about best practices.
• Must possess process troubleshooting skills to respond to and drive performance/people development.
• Support all company policies and procedures including 5S and focused work teams.
• Lead by example and perform all job duties in accordance with The HC Companies values.
• Perform other administrative tasks and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Experience (preferred or required):

• Bachelors degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university with focus on Chemical, Materials, or Mechanical Engineering and three or more years of experience in plastic processing (injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming and/or vacuum forming technology).
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point.
• Continuous improvement experience including LEAN and Six Sigma.

Position Requirements and Skills:

• Strong chemical and mechanical aptitude, preferably in the plastics industry.
• Ability to be shift flexible as business demands require.
• Must possess good communication/interpersonal skills necessary to communicate intricate job-related information.
• Ability to work in a team oriented work environment.
• Ability to manage time well.
• Excellent organization and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience analyzing production equipment, processes and materials and solving issues.
• Knowledge of various statistical and quality methodologies including but not limited to Statistical Process Control (SPC), 5S, 5 Why, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), DOE, and Root Cause Analysis.
• Prior experience working with plastic processing equipment and processes.
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to design and production.
• Experience with CAD.
• Knowledge of raw materials, material properties, and their impact on plastic processing.
• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, or approaches to problems.
• Ability to successfully prioritize, and organize projects, deadlines, and tasks with little supervision in a team environment.
• Upward potential to manage others, in addition to the support role.
• Negative pre-employment drug screen and ability to pass criminal background check.
• Excellent attendance record.
• Ability to travel up to 10% as required to support the business.