Senior Manufacturing Engineer

POSITION DETAILS

Position Summary

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer shall support the business in areas of new product development; process improvement; daily product support; project manage key programs; technical authority in metal processes; analyze and interpret technical data (engineering drawings, specifications, purchase orders, etc.) and create shop routings, operations sheets, tools, and other necessary processes and equipment to produce a high-quality product.

Principal Activities

• Based on requirements from customer orders, plan sequences of operations for fabrication and assembly of products.
• Ensure efficient and effective manufacturing methods are used that are compatible to available machines.
• Specifies, design and/or procures special tooling or equipment required to attain product per customer requirement within budgeted cost and time.
• Programs CNC machines to effectively and efficiently product desired product.
• Analyse and resolve fabrication and tooling issues to avoid problems.
• Create new or modify existing manufacturing drawings used CAD methodology.
• Value engineer existing products and processes to reduce cost, lead time and cycle times.
• Complies with all company policies/procedures.
• Complies with all contractual requirements.
  
  

Candidate Requirements

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• 8+ years of hands-on manufacturing experience in a manufacturing environment with high mix/low to mid volume product rates.
• Extension machining background in the production of close tolerance highly precision products involving various types of metal allows. CAD/CAM experience with exposure in working with NX, Solid Works or Master Cam preferred.
• Bachelor of Engineering, Masters of Science in Engineering a plus.
• Strong metal processing background, i.e., Heat Treating, Surface Finishing, Forging, Casting, etc.
• Strong Project Management Skills.
• Thorough knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Project, CAD Packages and other applicable tools.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; develops alternative solutions; works well in a group problem solving situations; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention; displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions includes appropriate people in decision-making process.
• Passion for data, analysis, trends, reporting and technology. Ability to read and interpret documents. Ability to write clearly and informatively routine reports, correspondence, and designs workflows and procedures. Presents numerical data effectively.
• Demonstrated aptitude for process improvement and use of Lean and Six Sigma resources and tools.
  
  

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical, Production or Industrial) with 10-15 years of experience, or Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical, Production or Industrial) with 15-18 years of equivalent experience