Manufacturing Engineer
About the role
The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for designing, optimizing, and maintaining manufacturing processes within the Radiation Monitoring manufacturing department, focusing on improving efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness by analyzing production methods, equipment, and materials, often collaborating with other departments to identify and implement improvements across nuclear product lines.
Responsibilities
- Process/product mastery and ownership
- Day-to‑day shop floor support
- Manufacturing traveler/router creation and modification
- Manufacturing equipment selection and implementation
- Disposition of non‑conforming product and equipment
- Product and process failure analysis and troubleshooting
- Fixturing design and implementation
- Manufacturing procedure creation, modification, and associated operator training
- Engineering change management
- Capital equipment project justifications, submissions and management
- Manufacturing process and quality control through collaboration with operators, data collection, and trend tracking
- Manufacturing process audits
- Purchasing manufacturing tooling and consumables
- Scrap reduction through process improvement projects
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college required. At least 4 years of experience preferred in Manufacturing or Process Engineering. Candidates possessing degrees in the following areas will be considered: Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electronic Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Engineering Physics, Manufacturing Engineering Technology.
Skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Ability to influence others and lead small teams
- Ability to make decisions relating to products and customers
- Lead initiatives of moderate scope and business impact
- Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously
- Effective problem identification and solution skills
- Proven analytical and organizational ability
- Complex problem solving; Shainin, and/or Six Sigma knowledge
- Proficient with use of lab equipment (tensile testers, microscopes, etc.)
- Proficient with use of benchtop electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, multi‑meters, etc.)
- Proficient at reading and interpreting design drawings and specifications
- Demonstrated proficiency in engineering design tools and software