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Process engineer - capacitors

High Voltage Products is a business unit within Hitachi Energy. The business unit develop, manufacture and market high voltage products for HVAC and HVDC systems, such as surge arresters, breakers, instrument transformers, capacitors, cooling systems and cable accessories.

Innovation is the heart of Hitachi Energy and our Technology Centres are continuously challenging the technology limits developing the next generation products and solutions utilizing a high degree of innovation.   Join us if you have outstanding scientific or technical expertise as well as drive and passion. Through your development projects you will become part of company-wide R&D community that will shape and help you to develop your career into a technical or managerial leader.

Join our Technology Centre and be part of our exciting journey towards a Greener Stronger and Smarter Grid. 

Process engineer role is focused on implementation improvements to process  and work flow of the machine included in the process.

Your responsibilities:

Manage activities of the production units :

  • Monitoring & support daily operations and problem resolution

  • Monitor daily critical process indicators.

  • Analysis of outliers and spreads and implementation of direct action

  • Support operators in their daily problems

  • Work as a team on recurring problems

  • Be responsible for the production in an area under your responsibility

  • Communicate in a structured manner (emails, analyses, templates) critical information

  • Achieve production levels collectively with the operator’s team

  • Participation to daily stand-up meetings

  • Redaction of work procedures (work instruction)

  • Be able to manage on call duties 1 time per 5-6 weeks

Improvement activities and projects :

  • Study production improvement and loss minimization projects with the relevant managers.

  • Analyse past performance and root causes of non-performance. Implement sustainable solutions as a team

  • Follow the integration of new digital technologies, supervise the testing and fine-tuning of processes.

Operations of the machines :

  • Monitor and optimize the performance of machines and production lines

  • Collaborate with maintenance to maximize production time

  • Study potential machine improvements and validate them with the right people

Relationships within the company and across departments:

  • Be active part of the global team of process engineers in the different Hitachi Energy units (Sweden, Bulgaria, China)

  • Collaborate with the Quality team to identify, understand and correct quality issues

  • Collaborate with the IT team to understand the plant's digital issues and ensure the development of consistent functionality for the business and operations

  • Collaborate with the planning team to identify production delays and proactively find solutions

  • Work hand in hand with all operators

  • Ensure compliance with HSE standards

Your background/ requirement:

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree from mechanical, electronic or electrical engineering

  • Min 2 years of experience in energy industry, min. 3 years’ experience in working in similar role

  • Living not far away than 45 min car ridding from Jummet

  • Solid understanding of DFM (Design for Manufacturing), DFA (Design for Assembly) and DFS (Design for Serviceability) principles.

  • Experience conducting FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)

  • Experience in working with stakeholder from different technology area: R&D, Quality

  • Experience in, or ability to develop, project management and technical leadership skills.

  • Communication skills (oral and written) and team worker.

  • Analytical skills and experience with planning, conducting and root cause analysis.

  • Experience in working in Agile environment.

  • You are structured in your daily work and your communications Fluency in French and English, both written and spoken.

  • Experience in working with tools: Word, Excel, Teams SAP, PowerBI

  • Comfortable understanding and using digital tools (database structure, user interface creation, machine and equipment connectivity, HMI configurations, etc.)

Nice to have:

  • Tableau, MES production, Scheduler/Planner

  • Passioned by technology and sharing knowledge amongst your peersAn interest in LEAN, TPM, Lean Six Sigma and operational excellence methodologies

Location Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium
Job type Full time
Experience Experienced
Job function Engineering & Science
Contract Regular
Publication date 2024-05-17
Reference number R0040955

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We employ around 45,000 people in 90 countries who each day work with purpose and use their different backgrounds to challenge the status quo. We welcome you to apply today and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.