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Manufacturing Engineer

Function:

To manage or assist in managing engineering projects inclusive of building layout, tool and capital acquisition, machine modification or design, and to resolve manufacturing or quality problems;

Assist in product development or design changes.

Authority:

At the direction of the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, purchase tools, and capital equipment;
Coordinate machine and tooling modifications;
Change plant layout for continuous improvement;
Recommend changes to product design for cost reduction or quality improvement projects;
Support and direct manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams from the engineering perspective.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support and develop countermeasures for safety related issues through safety team;
Develop specifications and purchase new tooling and manufacturing equipment;
Make changes to plant layout. Coordinate movement of machines;
Coordinate with design engineers with respect to product development and improvement;
Assist in the day-to-day resolution of problems arising on the production floor. These may be either machine problems or quality problems;
Coordinate with outside tool shops/vendors in the purchase or modification of tooling and equipment;
Expedite late tooling and equipment, maintain timeline;
Prepare reports daily/weekly/monthly as required;
Document and communicate activities across the organization as required;
Request and self assign work orders to communicate and document machine activities;
Lead problem solving and cost reduction groups with technical and hourly associates;
Maintains Bill of Materials, routings (labor times) and cost updates;
Establish and maintains Operator, Pokayoke, PM, etc instructions;
Develop material handling systems and maintain in accordance with good ergonomic practices;
Process validation/tool tryout
Assist quality department in gauge/check fixture development.;
Complete and/or lead ECO activities;
Complete CAR’s as required;
Maintain 5S of office and storage areas;
Support scrap reduction activities;
Actively participate in Morning and Evening market activities and lead and report out downtime portion of activities;
Support companies perspective and direction with customer issues;
Cost avoidance projects in support of Engineering rationalization;
Support lean ergonomic activities;
Other duties as assigned.

Classes and other responsibilities:

Molding Engineer must have relevant working knowledge of injection molding. As well as being capable of leading the molding department, strategic planning, insourcing, establishing tool maintenance and PM’s, dryer knowledge, etc. This position will have ultimate ownership of all molding activities in the plant.

Tooling Facilitator / CNC:

Tooling Engineer is specifically responsible for supporting our tool room activities and coordinating tooling personnel.
Supervision experience in a tooling environment is a must along with cost estimating, materials and processes selection, tooling management, equipment acquisition, etc.
This position also performs primary support of all CNC activities in the plant and makes decisions on selection of best cost machining tooling and processes.

Welding:

Welding Engineer must have relevant working knowledge of Mig and Tig welding. They must be capable of giving direction to weld technicians, training, selection and cost justification of equipment, and have overall ownership of all welding activities in the plant. They must also be instrumental in determining proper PM’s and maintenance of welding equipment.

MEASUREMENTS/COMPETENCIES:

Rationalization targets;
Performance of assigned production lines;
Capability of new tooling or equipment;
Ability to solve day-to-day problems;
Ability to manage projects;
Timeliness of reporting;
Customer satisfaction;
Other measurements as defined.

SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This job operates in a professional environment, as well as a manufacturing environment.
This role routinely uses standard office equipment. This role also is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

QUALIFICATIONS:

High school diploma or equivalent.
BS in engineering or equivalent, with MS degree preferred.
Minimum 5 years experience in metal removal, stamping, welding, injection molding and assembly preferred or as required by position.
Results-oriented, with leadership abilities.
Working knowledge of GD&T, work cells, single piece flow and J.I.T.
Must have excellent problem solving abilities.
Excellent communication skills.
AutoCAD experience a plus.
Ability to take project from design through tooling in to a repetitive manufacturing environment. All tasks including specifying and ordering tooling and equipment, machine installation, prototype handling, all container planning, quantity and placement of WIP, operator training, process control plans, budgeting, etc.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
This position requires the incumbent to stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl occasionally and regularly requires walking, sitting, talking, and using hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee may occasionally lift, unassisted, up to 25 pounds. The employee will be required to use a computer for extended periods of time and talk on the phone. Specific vision abilities required by this job are close, distance,

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK:

This is a full-time position. Typical days and hours of work are Monday through Friday.
This position requires extended hours and possible weekend work.

TRAVEL:

Local travel to various worksites is required.

DISCLAIMER:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

AAP/EEO STATEMENT:

It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, or sex in all personnel actions including recruitment, evaluation, selection, promotion, compensation, training, and termination.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

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