Manufacturing Engineer, Fixtures

About the role

The Manufacturing Engineer, Fixtures will work with Facilities and Maintenance Director to upgrade equipment to the latest technology. They will assist in developing the annual capital equipment budget for replacing existing manufacturing equipment and lead the launching of new equipment according to the 5-Year Capital investment strategy. This role involves preparing and recommending specifications, evaluating bids, and supporting various aspects of manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Work with Facilities and Maintenance Director to upgrade equipment to the latest technology.
• Aid in developing the annual capital equipment budget for replacing existing manufacturing equipment.
• Lead the launching of new manufacturing equipment according to the 5-Year Capital investment strategy.
• Prepare and recommend specifications and evaluate bids for contractor activities and/or equipment purchases.
• Actively participate in the Production readiness buy-off process for new equipment launches, process changes, and equipment relocation.
• Support Safety Risk RPN reduction initiatives.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes in support of new and existing products to ensure timely delivery of quality products.
• Provide Manufacturing Engineering support for the company and offer ongoing support to the maintenance department.
• Absorb and manage document control procedures through the existing Quality Management System (QMS).
• Manage the justification, planning, and execution of individual capital projects to scheduled timelines and within approved budgets.
• Evaluate production capacity capabilities of existing operations and recommend and implement enhancements as needed.
• Analyze production processes, work balance, production scheduling, capacity, and cell concepts to optimize crew distribution for efficiency, capacity, and lead-time.
• Identify manufacturing variability issues and work with Product Engineering, Production, and Maintenance to reduce or eliminate variation in manufacturing processes.
• Implement lean manufacturing and Kaizen principles and concepts in the manufacturing areas.
• System level Simulation using Creo and analyze validation results from the CAE tools related to FEA.
• Responsible for Component-level design that includes hoses, tubes, simple fabricated steel structures, component mounting systems, and non-metallic components.
• Achieve quality, cost, and time targets as set by the NPI teams.
• Maintain high quality models and bill of materials in Windchill for fixtures.
• Conduct design reviews after successful completion of final concepts, collaborate with FEA, Virtual Audit Group, and other system cross-functional teams, and implement design changes as required.
• Domestic (U.S.) travel is required up to 10% for supplier visits for new fixtures build and dealer/customer visits for product-related issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or in a Manufacturing Engineer, Fixtures-related occupation.
• Demonstrable experience interfacing with vendors, contractors, and employees at all levels in the organization.
• Demonstrable experience implementing new technology including robot automation.
• Demonstrable experience with MS-Office, JDE, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or Catia for welding fixtures design, material handling equipment like carts, trolleys, and racks design, semi-automated welding and assembly fixtures.
• Demonstrable experience in industrial manufacturing environment, new product development, manufacturing, or manufacturing engineering.
• Demonstrable experience with capital equipment and facility layout projects.
• Demonstrable experience with metal fabrication, welding, assembly, and/or paint systems/processes.
• Demonstrable experience with lean manufacturing principles including waste reduction to improve the process, support on MTTR and MTBF, improve tooling design and safety in welding fixtures, Kaizen on existing and new tooling’s, eliminate non-value-added time in fixtures.

Benefits

Competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits, including paid vacation, 401(k), medical, dental, and vision.

Pay

Details TBD

Schedule

Full Time

Contact

To apply: Send email resume to esgrecruiting@terex.com. Please refer to job REQ - 13360