Manufacturing Engineer (Engineering)
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
Under general supervision, develops and upgrades manufacturing processes to improve quality, cost, delivery, and safety performance. Also responsible to define and develop NPI capital equipment, tooling, and workflow processes to support new program introduction.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Develop manufacturing process plans for NPI launches for all new programs.
- Analyze and plan workflow, and design layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency and effective ergonomic and safety.
- Develop Operational Method sheets and work instructions. Maintain OM sheets to current ECN levels.
- Confer with vendors to communicate requirements and arrange for procurement of capital equipment or tools. Prepares documentation for purchase and justification.
- Resolve product and process problems. Facilitate improvements to tooling, gauging, and purchased materials and services to support quality and productivity objectives.
- Maintain accurate product standards. Evaluate product performance and recommend and implement actions to improve gross margin performance.
- Evaluate and improve process flow and reliability of manufacturing systems through time studies and other Lean Six Sigma techniques.
- Identify and implement methods to increase equipment utilization.
- Conduct operator training related to process improvements.
- Understand and apply FMEA concepts where appropriate.
- Evaluate new capital equipment, tooling, and processes for application to existing methods. Assist in the justification and implementation of new technology.
- Assist the planning and scheduling team with capacity planning.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor's degree and 3 or more years related experience and/or training in sheet metal fabrication, welding, and powder coating or equivalent combination of education and experience. 3D solid modeling and/or 2D CAD experience preferred. Preferred experience in dynamic nesting and SolidWorks. Strong back ground in Process Development, Lean and problem solving tools and value stream mapping experience. Background in sheet metal fabrication and familiarity with quality/process capability tools (Cpk, GD&T, etc).
SCOPE:
The job is responsible for the development and improvement of manufacturing processes in support of specific goals for quality, cost, delivery and safety. This position works independently with little supervision and without direct reports.
COMPETENCIES:
Action-Oriented: ) Enjoys working hard, is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Functional/technical skills:
Strong back ground in Process Development
Lean & Problem solving tools experience
Value stream mapping experience
Background in sheet metal fabrication, welding, powder coating
Familiarity with quality/process capability tools (Cpk, GD&T, etc).
Learns on the fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Organized: Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently; arranges information and files in a useful manner.
Problem Solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
Process Management: Good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can't; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.
