Lead Process Engineer
Pubblicato il 09-08-2026 - Jobtailor in Tavernerio
Responsibilities - Promote a strong “safety culture” across all involved operational areas.
- Ensure compliance with applicable legal regulations and Company policies regarding occupational Health and Safety.
- Integrate safety principles into process changes and technical improvements.
- Optimize converting processes to improve productivity, yield, machine reliability and scrap reduction through data‑driven analysis and continuous monitoring.
- Define, standardize and continuously improve critical process parameters to ensure process stability, repeatability and operational capability.
- Analyze cycle times, setups and production losses, implementing SMED and engineering solutions to maximize line utilization and operational efficiency.
- Drive structured root cause analysis on recurring process and equipment issues in collaboration with Maintenance, ensuring sustainable corrective actions.
- Support Quality and Production in the industrialization and stabilization of new products, customer requirements and process changes.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives leveraging Lean Manufacturing, problem‑solving methodologies and performance analysis.
- Ensure accurate and updated technical documentation, including operating standards, process flows, machine parameters and control plans.
- Ensure safe, stable and efficient production execution across shifts, guaranteeing continuity, quality compliance and achievement of operational targets.
- Monitor and analyze key production KPIs (output, efficiency, downtime, scrap, labor utilization),
driving timely corrective and preventive actions.
- Identify operational deviations and performance trends through production and quality data analysis, ensuring rapid issue resolution and continuous improvement.
Qualifications - Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Materials, Chemical Engineering or equivalent).
- Proven experience in process engineering, quality management or continuous improvement roles within manufacturing environments.
- Preferably experience in paper, paper converting or other continuous‑process industries with high technical variability.
- Hands‑on experience in managing non‑conformities, customer complaints and supplier quality issues.
- Strong ability to analyze production and quality data and translate them into corrective and preventive actions.
- Practical experience working closely with production teams in a multi‑shift manufacturing environment.
- Structured, pragmatic and data‑driven problem‑solving approach.
- Clear communication skills with both technical and operational teams.
- Strong sense of ownership, reliability and attention to detail. Hard Skills - process engineering - quality management - continuous improvement - data analysis - Lean Manufacturing - SMED - production KPIs - technical documentation - operational efficiency - process stability Soft Skills - clear communication - problem‑solving - attention to detail - ownership - reliability - collaboration - structured approach - pragmatic thinking - data‑driven mindset - ability to analyze