Manufacturing Engineer

New Product Launch

• Process design, cost planning, budget creation/management, capital approvals, machine specifications, project and supplier schedule management, equipment runoff and validation, control documentation development.
• Direct production line support through Continuous Flow Training (CFT) activities for safety, quality, productivity, and cost management.
• Utilize KPI measures to direct improvement actions, collaborate with QA department to plan, execute, and document countermeasures for quality issues, manage process changes through planning, testing implementation, and document revision.
• Train production and maintenance members on new equipment/systems.

Direct Production Line Support

• Collaborate with QA department to plan, execute, and document countermeasures for quality issues.
• Manage process changes through planning, testing implementation, and document revision.
• Train production and maintenance members on new equipment/systems.

Program Engineering Collaboration

• Receive program updates, information, and instructions from Program Engineering Team to complete necessary remanufacturing process changes.

Component and Process Expertise

• Demonstrate subject matter expertise on assigned component parts and each of the respective processes across the manufacturing enterprise.
• Share and train best practices with operations team.

Process Improvement

• Complete evaluations of component part manufacturing process at the workstation level and develop process improvements in the areas of tooling, part retention, fixtures, presses, gauges, and instrumentation.
• Collaborate with Program Engineers to develop focused action plans and projects aimed at process improvement.
• Develop and implement proven solutions across all common component and processes across the enterprise.

Engineering and Process Ownership Practices

• Evaluate, support, and sustain a robust process with front line team members and supervisors.
• Collaborate with Quality Engineering Team to develop action plans focused on total quality improvement.
• Translate and implement customer product specifications into financially sound manufacturing methods and processes.
• Responsible for process improvements and complete process re-designs when applicable.
• Identifies and develops improved tooling and inspection equipment to support operational goals.
• Reviews customer supplied Bill of Materials (BOM) and develops an internal manufacturing BOM according to company standards.
• Prepares and submits new process change documentation and supervises new product validation plans to the customer for final approval (PPAP).
• Prepares and submits new process floor layout proposals and prepares such presentations for customer and leadership approval.
• Troubleshoots operational capability, quality, capacity, and equipment reliability problems and facilitates problem-solving efforts to determine root cause and corrective actions.
• Prepares and submits methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as: reorganizing work flow, relocating work stations and equipment, and the purchase of equipment.
• Analyzes business demands and develops forward-looking capital spend plan planning documents.
• Provides regular status reports and updates to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

Leadership and Mentorship

• Mentor and train subordinate production and engineering staff.

Operational Excellence

• Engages in daily process improvement with front line team members and supervisors as a best practice.
• Utilizes the operational excellence operating system as a fundamental tool to streamline production systems; working towards one-piece-flow, reducing work-in-process inventory, and sustaining process improvements with total productive maintenance.
• Reviews customer supplied BOM and develops an internal manufacturing BOM according to company standards.
• Prepares and submits new process change documentation and supervises new product validation plans to the customer for final approval (PPAP).
• Prepares and submits new process floor layout proposals and prepares such presentations for customer and leadership approval.
• Troubleshoots operational capability, quality, capacity, and equipment reliability problems and facilitates problem-solving efforts to determine root cause and corrective actions.
• Prepares and submits methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as: reorganizing work flow, relocating work stations and equipment, and the purchase of equipment.
• Analyzes business demands and develops forward-looking capital spend plan planning documents.
• Provides regular status reports and updates to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.