** Manufacturing Engineer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Works with Value Stream team to identify and apply continuous improvement methods to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness
• Designs, develops, tests or sources and cost-justifies various tools, machinery, and equipment for recommended manufacturing methods
• Supports senior engineers in research, design and development of manufacturing processes including welding schedules, production flow, assembly methods, production equipment and machining
• Project management of identified capital equipment projects
• Applies failure analysis to determine root causes of problems and failures and develops solutions or recommends changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods
• Evaluates equipment requirements, performs cost analyses, and proposes for integrating machinery and equipment into manufacturing process
• Captures all pre-production activities including sample evaluation, design qualification and prototype production
• Prepares documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures
• Proficient with design software to perform engineering and design tasks
• Contributes to the development and implementation of best practice Lean vision, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance
• Affords assistance to technicians and/or maintenance with troubleshooting, building and/or assembly of various machines and equipment as necessary

Requirements

• Experience with and knowledge of solid modeling, SolidWorks or AutoCAD engineering design software, and engineering materials and their properties
• Active Listening – Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Communication Skills – The ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally with all levels of supervision on the status of jobs
• Complex Problem Solving – Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
• Deductive Reasoning – The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
• Engineering and Technology – Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services
• Information Ordering – The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations)
• Judgment and Decision Making – Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
• Mechanical – Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Problem Sensitivity – The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem
• Production and Processing – Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Systems Analysis – Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes
• Troubleshooting – Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it

Education And/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university in Engineering or related field
• Minimum 3 years relevant manufacturing experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Salary Description

$80,000 + (negotiable)