Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities

• Perform technical analysis of manufacturing processes to support management decisions.
• Design / direct the acquisition, design, fabrication and repair of all necessary tooling and machines.
• Troubleshoot day-to-day process performance issues, develop solutions, and monitor improvements.
• Develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods, utilizing knowledge of manufacturing best practices, product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, test methods, and quality control standards.
• Validate process cycle times by conducting time studies.
• Provide day-to-day coaching duties in absence of team leader.
• Respond to customer issues and lead process improvements.
• Determine manufacturing time and cost of new assemblies; provide Production Managers with a labor quote.
• Work with suppliers to determine product specifications and conformance to quality standards, and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts.

Skills and Abilities

• Prior experience working in a lean manufacturing environment.
• Metal forming/welding/fabrications experience in a manufacturing environment (preferred).
• Ability to work with a diverse group of employees and customers.
• Good communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Effectively establish, understand and communicate with individuals at multiple levels of the organization including shop floor and office.
• Experience in conducting time studies.
• Experience identifying and developing solutions to safety, quality and velocity issues in a shop floor environment.
• Thorough knowledge of manufacturing concepts.
• Formal problem‑solving training/skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Engineering.
• Lean experience.
• Project management including facilitating cross‑functional teams.
• 3–5 years of manufacturing engineering related experience.
• ERP experience (JDE preferred).
• Experience with 3D modeling software (Solid Edge, SolidWorks, etc.).
• Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning & tolerancing; ability to read/interpret engineering drawings.