Product Engineer / CP4588

Position Description:

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has an opening for a Product Engineer. The Bridgewater Saint-Gobain plant offers the largest selection of polymer products available, offering high-quality, high performance hose assemblies, flexible tubing critical process vessels, rigid piping systems and engineered extrusions. They are designed for use in a variety of applications, including chemical processing, food and beverage, pulp and paper, document processing equipment, water treatment, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, dairy and semiconductor.The Product Engineer will be responsible for the development, analysis and characterization of new products and processes to be run at the Bridgewater facility. This will include the necessary purchase, assembly, testing and release of relevant tooling to support these products. Education, Skills and Requirements:BS in Engineering Discipline (Mechanical and Industrial preferred), at least 5 years of engineering experience in hose and/or pipe manufacturing, assembly, or applications. Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD and ProE. Project management experience or training. Six Sigma training or project background.Responsibilities:Work with the Engineering Manager to establish key technical plans that consists of priorities, generic schedules, cost, resources, and ROI for critical programs.Integrate Six Sigma into the Bridgewater culture. All design projects to be run using six sigma philosophy utilizing the green and/or black belt resource as a facilitator or project manager. Design and develop all new products: includes product justification, product design & development, process development, testing & characterization, required tool design & testing, and product release. Establish yearly development tool capital budget. Justify, evaluate, assemble, test, characterize, and release these tools per defined schedules and procedures. Setup and perform characterization plans for existing and new designs per the voice of the customer need.Assist in ProE training as needed. Work with existing engineers to setup a conversion plan for critical products from AutoCAD to ProE. Work with project engineering on critical tool and product issues that need immediate attention and resource. ?????