Intranet Applications Specialist - Web jobs in Georgia

Purpose:

The primary mission of the Applications Engineer (AE) is to evaluate and execute new technologies into commercial processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• The AE balances technical ability and personal relationship skills to provide an interface between the customers’ engineering staff and the Web Industries’ technical staff.   
• The AE has succeeded when new technologies are successfully qualified and included in customer’s material specifications and/or Web’s PCDs.
• The AE also supports efforts to improve existing processes by participating in teams and coordinating technical details with customers and suppliers.
• Meeting with customers’ engineering staff to understand and document product requirements, features, benefits, and performance characteristics.
• Planning, coordinating, and documenting trials.
• Working with customers to identify and specify appropriate process and/or method.
• Developing manufacturing methods and coordinating the design and qualification of process lines.
• Creating product specifications, quality plans, test methods, work; instructions, training plans, metrics and other documents and systems that ensure a smooth release to manufacturing once development is complete.
• Managing complex projects to meet constraints of:
  • Product characteristics
  • Safety and environmental impacts
  • Lean design and manufacturing
  • Supply chain integration
  • Deadlines, speed-to-market
  • Budget for R&D, product cost, and capital equipment
  • Support of sales efforts to meet unspecified customer needs
  . Optimizing and improving processes and systems once products have been released.

Required Experience:
• B.S. Engineering
 5-10 years in process/quality/development engineering
• Experience with flexible materials processing (extruding, coating, printing, laminating)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Skill with Quality, Lean, and Six-Sigma methodologies such as FMEA, DOE, SPC, etc.

Must be a US Citizen or qualified to work in the US.  Web is an equal opportunity employer.