Vulcan Elements
Pilot Process Engineering Lead
Research Triangle Park, NC
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 4 days ago
PythonSQLData AnalysisData EngineeringProcess ImprovementERPMechanical DesignLeadershipProblem Solving
About the role
- Vulcan Elements is manufacturing American rare-earth permanent magnets for a secure, resilient future.
- With a focus on national security and economic resiliency, we serve critical industries such as defense, aerospace, and automotive powering a high-technology future.
Responsibilities
- Lead MES implementation at the pilot plant, including recipe management, electronic batch records, equipment integration, and data historian connectivity.
- Build and maintain process data pipelines
- develop operator-facing dashboards for real-time production visibility.
- Ensure MES and ERP data architecture is designed from the start to scale directly to the Benson commercial facility with minimal rework.
- Drive data integrity across production records, material traceability, and batch history - audit-ready and transfer-ready at all times.
- Own production scheduling support, shift standup, and daily reporting across throughput, yield, uptime, and open deviations.
- lead structured problem-solving and document root cause findings.
- Partner with maintenance on preventive maintenance schedules and failure mode tracking to continuously improve equipment uptime.
- Manage production consumables, tooling, and material readiness to keep runs on schedule.
- Build and maintain process data pipelines; develop operator-facing dashboards for real-time production visibility.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years of process engineering or manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment - chemicals, advanced materials, metals, or similar process-intensive industries.
- Hands-on experience with MES platforms (recipe management, electronic batch records, equipment integration)
- familiarity with ERP systems and production/inventory transaction workflows.
- Proficiency with data analysis tools (Python, SQL, or similar)
- Experience authoring and maintaining SOPs, batch records, and process documentation in a regulated or audit-ready environment.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
- Hands-on experience with MES platforms (recipe management, electronic batch records, equipment integration); familiarity with ERP systems and production/inventory transaction workflows.
- Demonstrated ability to own and improve a live production process - scheduling, deviation management, SPC, and root cause analysis.
- Proficiency with data analysis tools (Python, SQL, or similar); ability to build and maintain process data pipelines and operator dashboards without heavy IT support.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U
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