Virginia Engineering Jobs

Manufacturing Engineer (Eastman Chemical Company)

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:38:55 GMT

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer
Company: Eastman Chemical Company
Location: Martinsville, VA

Manufacturing Engineering support for the Silicon Department, Eastman Chemical Company � Performance Films Manufacturing - Martinsville, VA.

� Reports to the Operations Services Manager.
� Works to develop in-depth understanding of the mechanical and chemical related aspects of the Silicon Department machines and processes.
� Leads efforts to measure and document machine and process conditions and provide weekly reports on machine and process performance.
� Actively reviews mechanical and chemical related safety aspects and leads efforts to mitigate or remove processing risks.
� Takes ownership of process effectiveness and efficiency evaluations
� Responsible for process improvement recommendations based on continual analysis of process data to improve process control.
� Manages process control procedures and machine processing recipes.
� Provides leadership in process problem resolution efforts .
� Works closely with Facilities and Capital Engineering to implement changes.
� Serves as the Department Representative for all projects, SCPs and SERs.
� Champions MOC process for the Silicon Department equipment and process changes.

Education:
� Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering from an accredited university/college.

Experience:
� Applicable manufacturing environment experience is a plus but not required. This position is considered an entry-level Manufacturing Engineering position.

Qualifications:
� Willingness to work in the process area with operators and mechanics to gain understanding and appreciation of the machines and process.
� Strong commitment to personnel and process safety.
� High level of initiative - self starter.
� Strong organizational skills.
� Good project management skills.
� Ability to lead a team to achieve desired results and deliverables.
� Strong written and verbal communication skills.
� Data driven in decision making - utilize statistical tools as appropriate.
� Strong interpersonal skills - works well with people in different roles (i.e. research and product development engineers, plant operators, maintenance personnel, business organizations, etc.)
� Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
� Low amount of travel required.

Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer.

Eastman Chemical Company is an E-Verify employer.

How to Apply:

ONLINE: https://eastman.taleo.net/careersection/10000/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=00003848

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Facilities and Process Engineer (Hanwha Azdel, Inc.)

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:32:04 GMT

Job Title: Facilities and Process Engineer
Company: Hanwha Azdel, Inc.
Location: Forest, VA

The facilities and process engineer is responsible for leading engineering projects and efforts associated with capacity enhancement, efficiency enhancement, support for production issue resolution. The facilities and process engineer must be able to solve technical problems associated with Azdel�s manufacturing processes. The facilities and process engineer must exhibit high energy, act as a goal-focused individual who is proactive in problem solving and demonstrate the leadership and communication skills needed to help a diversified global business achieve its goals. The facilities and process engineer will work with HANWHA AZDEL�s customers, product/process developers, laboratory technicians, as well as the manufacturing, quality and commercial teams. This position requires a bachelor�s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Paper Technology with at least 5 years of industrial experience.

Core Duties/Responsibilities:

Key Deliverables:
The key deliverables related to the position include but are not limited to the following:

1) Support world-class safety and housekeeping policies and practices
� Operate in a safe, clean, and productive manner.
� Support projects to enhance the safety of Lynchburg operations when asked.
� Promote all aspects of the AZDEL Environmental, Health and Safety guidelines.

2) Drive and support projects to enhance Azdel�s production capability/capacity
� Drive and support projects to establish new capability/capacity for finished goods or intermediate process production.
� Drive and support projects to enhance the capability/capacity of utilities

3) Support/drive key efforts in area of efficiency, quality, and production support.
� Drive Product Management of Change projects to support operational excellence of Azdel.
� Work with manufacturing, quality, and technology team to ensure success of projects.
� Optimize existing process and product technologies for improved operations performance.

4) Drive projects to deliver growth to the Azdel business
� Drive New Technology Introductions, New Product Introductions, Product Management of Change, and new test method development to support the growth of Azdel.
� Identify & implement innovative new product technologies for break through product performance in order to build the pipeline for future growth.
� Optimize existing product technologies for improved product performance.
� Lead projects using using statistical design of experiments to deliver Six Sigma performance. Extend rigor to take new products from the laboratory to the manufacturing floor, ensuring consistent manufacturing performance of the products.

5) Document and communicate key learnings, identify and pursue patent opportunities, contribute new ideas for consideration.
� Document and communicate most important project learnings in technical reports.
� Identify & pursue patentable ideas via patent disclosures
� Prepare patent applications.
� Submit new ideas for consideration.

Minimal Qualifications or Requirements:
Bachelor�s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Paper Technology with at least 5 years of industrial experience.
PLC logistics design experience required.

Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree preferred.
Wet-lay experience preferred.

How to Apply:

EMAIL: HR@azdel.com

Please submit your resume to HR@azdel.com

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Virtualization Engineer (Yoh)

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:26:38 GMT

Job Title: Virtualization Engineer
Company: Yoh
Location: Fairfax, VA

Yoh has a career enhancing contract opportunity for an experienced Vmware Engineer to join our premiere client in Fairfax VA.

Job Responsibilities:

- Oversee the provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance of virtual and physical environments
- Help define and implement policies for the maintenance of virtual and physical environments over their entire lifecycle
- Possess a strong architectural and technical understanding of the relationships between virtual and physical servers, network and SAN.
- Help develop and implement short and long term architectural plans for the physical and virtualization layers, including technology choices and refresh cycles
- Install/upgrade vSphere operating system on new and existing host servers.
- Monitor and tune virtual machine performance through Virtual Center and/or related management tools.
- Understand and work within established security guidelines and policies within virtual environments and for environment provisioning process.
- Understand security policy for virtual environments and report any observed irregularities to management.
- Monitor capacity and performance of the virtual infrastructure and report possible service impacts to management
- Work closely with virtual and storage infrastructure, including Windows and Linux operating systems, server virtualization software, virtual infrastructure management, storage management.

Job Qualifications:

- College Degree.
- Seven to ten (7-10) or more years of overall IT experience
- At least 4 years of experience with VMWare virtualization technologies.
- VMWare Server Virtualization products - VMWare vSphere, ESX, Lab Manager.
- Storage Area Networks - Experience with NAS and Block Level storage protocols.
- Server Hardware - Dell and HP Rack Servers.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008
- LinuxUnix Administration
- Ability to troubleshoot host and network performance issues.
- Able to run multiple tasks for different functional areas.
- Ability to function independently with minimal supervision as well as within a collaborative team environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) certification.
- Direct Linux and Windows system administration experience.
- Understanding of networking protocols.
- HP Blade Chassis and related Blade Server Architecture.
- HP Flex 10 configuration and management.
- NetApp, Dell Equalogic and X-IO Storage devices.
- Understanding of backup and recovery best practices.
- Comfortable working with short deadlines.

Discover all that's possible with Yoh. Apply now.

Yoh is a professional staffing provider with over 70 years of experience in the short and long-term staffing services industry; visit our website to learn more about our company.

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How to Apply:

ONLINE: http://jobs.yoh.com/job/Fairfax-Virtualization-Engineer-Job-VA-20151/2576256/?feedId=975&campaignId=41&utm_source=EngineerJobs&utm_campaign=Yoh_ENG

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Visual C++ Sustaining Engineer (Yoh)

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:25:46 GMT

Job Title: Visual C++ Sustaining Engineer
Company: Yoh
Location: Lynchburg, VA

Yoh has a contract opportunity for a Sustaining Engineer to join our client in Lynchburg, VA.

Job Responsibilities:

- As a Sustaining Engineer, the successful candidate will be personally responsible for:

- Occasional travel to customer locations (Approximately 15%).
- Directing investigations on field issues.
- Analyzing field data to determine problem root-cause.
- Presenting software changes during code reviews.
- Proposing and implementing changes in existing source code.
- Generating and maintaining personal schedules, milestones, and deliveries.
- Coordinating unit, integration, verification and validation test activities.
- Providing input for release notes and technical documentation (User's manuals, etc.).
- Utilization of configuration management tools for issue tracking and version control.

Job Qualifications:

- BSEE (Electrical Eng.)/BSCS (Computer Science)/BSCE (Computer Eng.)/BSSE (Software Eng.) or equivalent with five (5) years of experience.
- Five (5) years of Visual C++ application programming experience.
- Three (3) years object oriented design and analysis experience.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, Windows Sockets 2.0 API programming.
- Knowledge of multi-processor and multi-threaded applications.
- Knowledge of Windows audio streaming techniques and best practices.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
- Excellent time management skills.

Preferred Job Skills / Certifications / Knowledge:

- Familiarity with the Rational toolset (Specifically ClearCase and ClearQuest).
- Process-focused background, CMM or equivalent.
- IP and P25 protocols experience, including TCP, UDP, Mobile IP, CSSI, ISSI, and Windows sockets.
- Understanding of VoIP technologies.
- Cisco router / switch configuration and management.
- IEEE C.S.D.P. certification.

Discover all that's possible with Yoh. Apply now.

Yoh is a professional staffing provider with over 70 years of experience in the short- and long-term staffing services industry; visit our website to learn both about our company and about our leading workforce solutions.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.

How to Apply:

ONLINE: http://jobs.yoh.com/job/Lynchburg-Sustaining-Engineer-Job-VA-24501/2296464/?feedId=975&campaignId=41&utm_source=EngineerJobs&utm_campaign=Yoh_ENG

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Quality Engineer - Manufacturing (Ashworth Bros., Inc.)

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:30:52 GMT

Job Title: Quality Engineer - Manufacturing
Company: Ashworth Bros., Inc.
Location: Winchester, VA

Here�s your opportunity to work for a leading manufacturer of conveyor belts to the food processing and other industries. ASHWORTH BROS., INC. strives to be the premier employer within our industry and a leading employer within our community. We want to attract and retain the best associates for our organization, recognizing our success depends on a partnership based on respect, involvement, development and growth for all our employees. Join us for a long-term rewarding career.

This position is our Quality Champion and will develop, implement and improve our quality systems to ensure continuous production within our standards, customer specifications, and production goals. In this hands-on position you will provide technical expertise, leadership, and be involved in company-wide quality improvements.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be to:
� Formulate, document and maintain quality standards and on-going quality control objectives. Create and maintain company quality documentation such as quality manuals, quality procedures, audit schedules, audit reports, etc.

� Apply a modern, pro-active quality management philosophy to all production operations.

� Ensure a high level of internal and external customer service. Investigate and correct customer issues and complaints relating to quality.

� Implement root cause analysis and direct corrective action for process related deficiencies and for customer complaints; manage RMA�s.

� Guide workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure high productivity and high technical integrity.

� Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and to establish quality and reliability expectancy of finished products.

� Provide technical and statistical guidance to teams.

� Coordinate quality objectives with production procedures in cooperation with Production Supervisors and Operations Manager to maximize product reliability and minimize costs.

� Review, create, document and implement inspection criteria and procedures.

� Ensure all quality processing information such as worker logs, product process sheets, specification sheets, etc., adhere to engineering & quality department specifications

� Provide, and oversee, inspection activity for product throughout production cycle.

� Conduct & review audits, including closing out audit findings, create audit finding reports, determine proper corrective action and preventive action.

� Apply total quality management tools and approaches to analytical and reporting processes. Use data-mining to develop trends and prioritize quality improvement efforts.

� Interact with Purchasing to ensure vendor quality of all purchased parts.

� Create and direct test functions and applications.

� Maintain active role on internal Continuous Improvement teams.

� Design, develop and implement quality training programs.

Desired Skills & Experience
� B.S. degree in Engineering or related field with minimum 5-7 years related quality experience in a manufacturing setting required

� Strong background in 5S, SPC, Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing techniques; Six Sigma knowledge and Green Belt status beneficial

� Experience with developing/documenting quality procedures and use of quality methods with in-process and finished goods inspection

� ASQ Certification a plus; ISO 9000 familiarity a plus

� Must have strong computer proficiency

� Exposure to Design for Manufacturability

� Quality orientation and high attention to detail

� Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

� Strong problem analysis and problem resolution skills

� Self-motivated with high level of initiative

� Strong data analysis & reporting skills

Company Description
Ashworth Bros., Inc. manufactures metal, plastic and hybrid conveyor belts. Marked by more patents in the industry than any other belting manufacturer, Ashworth continues to innovate conveyor belt technologies that increase throughput and minimize downtime for the most demanding applications in processing industries. The company was founded in 1946 and is based in Winchester, VA.

Ashworth provides quality, trouble-free products to our customers, backed by exceptional service and support. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is marked by over sixty years of success in the industry.

Ashworth Factory Service offers a full range of engineering services, including system refurbishment, trouble-shooting and belt installation. On-call 24/7/365, Ashworth Factory Service Experts provides our customers peace of mind with decades of experience, quality workmanship, and comprehensive belting support. Ashworth Factory Service is based in Northfield, MN.

Visit us at www.ashworth.com

EOE/M/F/D/V

How to Apply:

EMAIL: career21305@ashworth.com

Interested candidates should email their resume and salary requirements to: career21305@ashworth.com

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Systems Engineer (Amazon)

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:07:07 GMT

Job Title: Systems Engineer
Company: Amazon
Location: Herndon, VA

Are you a Senior Systems Engineer or Systems Administrator with a deep understanding of Exchange and LYNC? Can you build and automate solutions that empower customers and reduce support costs? If the answer to these questions is YES, then the Corporate Infrastructure team at Amazon.com wants to talk to you.
The Corporate Infrastructure's team mission is to deliver robust, highly available, and easy to use services to our internal customers across the global enterprise. We are looking for an engineer who is an expert in Collaboration technologies, specifically Microsoft Exchange and LYNC. As a Senior Systems Engineer you will help design and build the future of Collaboration at Amazon while maintaining the current global infrastructure. To be successful in this position you must have a strong desire to automate, lead, and be comfortable taking imitative.

You will be responsible for implementation, monitoring and maintaining the critical systems that all Amazonians depend on. This also includes capacity planning, project coordination, and providing on-call technical support.This position requires the applicant selected to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility and access. A US Government administered polygraph examination will be required. TS/SCI eligibility is not required to start; however, the applicant selected will be subject to a Single-Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified national security information. Applicants with a current SSBI, SBPR or PPR, may be eligible for crossover in accordance with ICPG 704.4.

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or 5+ years relevant work experience.
- 5+ years supporting Microsoft Exchange
- Ability to program to solve problems and automate repetitive tasks in a common scripting or programming language such as Perl, PowerShell, and/or VBScript.
- Clear, professional communication skills able to contribute to team discussions, knowing when to contribute, when to listen, and when to ask questions.
- Strong leadership skills and a successful track record of driving projects to completion- Experience administrating Linux-based email systems and email firewall appliances
- Experience with Microsoft OCS or LYNC

Preferred Qualifications

- Flexibility, thinking on your feet, and strong problem solving skills
- Demonstrable track record dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering measurable results in an agile environment

How to Apply:

ONLINE: http://track.tmpservice.com/ApplyClick.aspx?id=1799759-2040-4020

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Process Engineer (Hanwha Azdel, Inc.)

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:24:31 GMT

Job Title: Process Engineer
Company: Hanwha Azdel, Inc.
Location: Forest, VA

The position is responsible for initiating and leading continuous improvement activities and projects in the areas of capacity improvement, efficiency enhancement, quality corrective actions and process capability/repeatability. These improvements will be accomplished through the use systematic troubleshooting skills (ie., 6 Sigma) data collection and analysis, systematic troubleshooting experimentation involving operations personnel as required.

The position is responsible for maximizing yields and quality through improvements in process control and capability. These improvements are to be achieved through sound problem identification analysis including process mapping, Pareto analysis, cause and effect analysis, and other methods.

The Process Engineer works closely with the technology, maintenance, operations, and quality departments to understand customer needs and issues, as well as current product development activities. Ongoing programs will be employed to gain/maintain a better understanding of key process variables. This includes the use of cost modeling, design of experiments, analyzing/presenting data and documentation through reports and memos. The ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously with timely execution is needed.

The Process Engineer may be called on to serve on or lead several teams, both technical and business related or to address customer needs, through corrective action teams or other quality, business and social teams that resolve quality issues. The Process Engineer is expected to maintain effective working relationships with all associates, both wage and salaried.

Core Duties/Responsibilities includes but not limited to:

1. Provides proactive leadership to work towards CpK > 1.33 on all key product characteristics.

2. Ensure that the technical and manufacturing associates are trained in any skills needed to complete their job in a satisfactory manner. This training may include mechanical, analytical, statistical and computer techniques.
3. Customer Support - Attend customer trials and assist in troubleshooting on molding and design. Develop market literature and programs (i.e., Molder�s Workshop).

4. On-Line Inspection Systems - Optimizes utilization of existing system and develops/implements plans to upgrade and expand this technology (e.g., vision system).

5. Process Control Systems - Implements and maintains effective operation of process control equipment/services to maximize Hanwha Azdel�s capability to meet customer requirements, and to achieve goals related to safety, quality, operating efficiencies, and yields.

6. Experimentation/Documentation - Conduct experiments to develop a better understanding of our processes. Analyze results and properly document and report.

7. Resources - Effectively utilizes available resources in Hanwha Azdel and parent company to reach organization goals.

8. Stays abreast of new technology and methods that would improve process outputs.

Minimal Qualifications or Requirements:
� Bachelor�s degree in Engineering
� 0-2 years� experience in a manufacturing environment
� Demonstrated proficiency in analytical problem solving techniques, good organization skills, and the ability to work on a wide variety of projects simultaneously with minimal supervision
� Demonstrated ability to understand mathematics, physics and engineering principles to solve complex problems in production, maintenance, quality and customer related areas.
� Demonstrated ability to correlate based on first principles manufacturing parameters with final material characteristics
� Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:
� Experience in Paper and Pulp
� Lean and six sigma experience
� Experience with PLC programming, instrument testing, and calibration

How to Apply:

EMAIL: HR@azdel.com

Please send resume to HR@azdel.com

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