Associate Manufacturing Engineer- Fabrication

Duties And Responsibilities

• Providing technical support to production department: Developing metrics, reviewing resources, troubleshooting/problem solving production quality issues, initiating process improvements, training production employees, and providing corrective actions on customer issues.
• Development of new products: Involvement with product development on project, provide direction on prototypes/pilot runs/1st articles, interaction with production employees on requirements, and review capital equipment.
• Develop and maintain production documentation: Initiate and Update routings & ECO’s, controlled documents, etc.
• Ensures ISO 9001 and 14001 procedures are followed, and requirements are met.
• Team member on various lean improvement projects: Actively involved in Kaizen/Lean events, internal audits, action items, various engineering projects.
• Plans and designs manufacturing processes for a production facility; Analyzes assembly, fabrication, machining, and other processes.
• Works on some complex tasks/projects individually.
• Works on some complex tasks/projects individually.
• Plans and implements preventive and corrective actions for reducing scrap, rework and downtime.
• Contributes to creation and continuous improvement of manufacturing work instructions, process control plans and other documentation required for production release.
• Supports operations performance in meeting quality, safety, morale, cost, productivity and delivery objectives.

Qualifications

• B.S degree in engineering or related field
• 4-year degree from an accredited university and 4+ years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with lean manufacturing principals and tools
• 3+ years related experience

ATTRIBUTES

• Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods
• Evaluates production equipment capabilities in meeting product requirements
• Understands variation and causes of it, works to improve adherence to design requirements using SPC, capabilities analysis, manufacturing standards, and review of Print tolerances
• Applies statistical methods/SPC in reviewing production capability to design requirements
• Understands Lean manufacturing concepts and applies them when analyzing workflow and space requirements
• Processes ECO’s, routings, and other product data in a timely, productive manner
• Solid mechanical aptitude
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Work as a team player
• Persistent in resolving issues in a reasonable timeframe
• Able to differentiate between actions required to address quality issues, to differentiate between corrections for following the process versus corrective actions needed by implementing process changes.
• Establish trust in the continuous improvement process by finding balance between taking personal responsibility for process aspects proven effective yet questioning aspects that reflect excessive waste or misguided principles.
• Maintain connectivity to shop floor issues by being involved when quality issues arise; being accessible, collaborating with shop floor employees, knowing design requirements, creating standard work, and taking personal responsibility for the reasonable execution of standard work.
• Important to simplify process tasks to ensure repeatability for a robust process
• Maintain trust by others by being authentic, leading by example, and basing decisions on “right thing to do”
• Lead on defining process requirements