Facilities & Manufacturing Engineer

About the Role

Assist with planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure and equipment within our Knapheide Truck Equipment Center facilities. Manage projects related to building systems. Support Knapheide Truck Equipment Centers with designing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes. Focus on improving efficiency, quality, and cost by analyzing existing systems, developing new equipment, and/or processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist Facilities Manager with new, expanded, or remodeled sites, including facility/site layouts, facility design, site design, capital planning, construction management, capital purchases, production line layouts, racking, paint booths, overhead cranes, equipment procurement, etc.
• Evaluate existing processes to identify areas that could benefit from changes and/or improvements.
• Responsible for specifications, designs, sourcing, and project management of line layouts, tooling, fixtures, and equipment projects for both equipment center operations and fleet run operations.
• Define, document, and implement new and changed manufacturing and installation processes.
• Evaluate processes across multiple locations and determine best practices for standardization across all equipment centers.
• Gather and organize necessary data for justification of projects requiring capital investment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Construction Management preferred.
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience is preferred.
• Experience running large-scale/capital projects preferred.
• Experience with Procore and Bluebeam is preferred.
• Must be willing to work in a fast-paced environment and be a self-motivator with a sense of urgency.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• SolidWorks (or other solid modeling software), 2D CAD, and MS Office knowledge are a must.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a cross-functional team and communicate progress across all levels of management.
• 25-50% travel expected.

Physical/Mental Requirements

• Normal standing, bending, walking, or lifting ability associated with an office environment.
• Capable of working in an industrial manufacturing environment in proximity to sources of noise, weld flash, and metal dust.
• Must be capable of communicating verbally with individuals at all levels of the organization and have good critical reasoning, organization, and mechanical skills.