Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

Reports To: Product Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for cost savings with the organization and communicate with inter-company personnel.
• Maintain various product engineering documents, drawings, files.
• Ensure accurate creation and distribution of component lists.
• Design, create and maintain bill of material functions.
• Identify potential issues that could affect the implementation of change and provide countermeasures.
• Support and attend all required customer and internal functional trials/meetings.
• Set schedule, identify priorities, and initiate action plans for requested design changes.
• Communicate status of changes to various internal and external customer groups.
• Examine specification documents and development plans. Compile pictures and drawings from customer-supplied documents and component lists for internal use.
• Attend meetings and provide support/documentation for various marketing and sales requests.
• Analyze product failure data and laboratory test results to determine causes of problems and develop solutions.
• Attend the trial activities facilitated by Quality and/or Engineering.
• Monitor material performance and evaluate material deterioration.
• Follow established work practices that support compliance with all company policies, safety standards, 5S practices, regulatory and/or customer requirements.
• Senior Product Engineer: Mentor new product engineers and PE technicians in engineering, department, and company responsibilities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required. Associate's or Bachelor's degree with a concentration of coursework in industrial technology, industrial or mechanical engineering from an accredited institution preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience as a P.E. Technician.
• Experience working with Windows operating system as well as Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Good organizational skills.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Must be able to travel with limited notice.

Work environment & physical demands

• This job operates in an office and manufacturing environment, and routinely uses standard office equipment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
• The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• The employee may also be required to work in hot temperatures.