Manufacturing Engineer

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for assisting and developing manufacturing cost estimates for business cases.
• Leading in DFM/DFA workshops.
• Ensuring that customer requirements are met by planning and helping to design manufacturing equipment, tooling and processes for Teijin production facilities.
• Coordinates the launch of manufacturing equipment/processes for new and revised products across Teijin facilities from inception to execution.
• Ensure manufacturability of engineering designs and engineering changes.
• Collaborates with I.E. and Product Engineering groups to determine the parts, equipment, tools, material handling, part flow and processes needed to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specifications.
• Maintain and ensure supplier compliance to equipment standards by creating detailed RFQ's and efficient project management through timely design reviews, validation, and installation.
• Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, company performance standards and specifications.
• Effectively work and communicate with customer and or Program Manager to interpret their needs and requirements.
• Perform overall project control of the equipment launch (budget, schedule, plans) and report regularly on project status.
• Review project deliverables and initiate appropriate corrective actions for all areas of the equipment/process being launched.
• Identify, qualify, and develop new equipment suppliers.
• Performs research, testing, data gathering, measurements, or engineering analysis in an office, laboratory or manufacturing environment.
• Engineering assignments of average complexity may be performed independently.
• Support internal and external teams during the concept development process for the industrialization of customer projects.
• Conduct time and method studies establishing time standards for manufacturing operations.
• Develop standards for plant layouts, work instructions, process flow layout, set-up procedures while adhering to safety, quality and productivity procedures and policies.
• Conduct line balancing studies, process simulations and material flow studies to achieve optimum balance between man and machine.
• Time management and organization skills.
• Decision making ability and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or relative field with minimum of 5 years of experience or technical training with 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing engineering related field.
• Previous work experience or knowledge of engineering, automotive, or manufacturing strongly preferred including experience with navigating various 3D drawing formats and a working understanding of GD&T.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Project, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Composites post mold processing experience is a plus.