Manufacturing Engineer - The Toro Company

About the role

The Toro Company's Shakopee plant is the largest non-engine supplier to Toro with 125,000 square feet of production facility. The Engineering Manager oversees the Manufacturing Engineer who works in the Grinding production area.

Responsibilities

• Provides engineering expertise to aid in the development of annual and long-term business plans.
• Designs, justifies, develops and implements the engineering portions of the plans.
• Evaluates and initiates new methods, processes, materials and equipment to ensure competitive position.
• Prepares IAR's; coordinates the investigation, selection, installation, prove-out and training to successfully integrate projects into the unit.
• Reviews new parts in the concept stage. Makes recommendations to standardize features, promote cost effective zero defect manufacturing, and improve functionality that support DFMA.
• Determine parts to be produced within the Value Stream. Provides manufacturing input and coordination to design project teams to assure timely and effective new part introductions.
• Prepares supporting documentation (cost estimate/tooling budgets) for new project development milestones and all other product redesign as assigned.
• Provides analyzed cost data to Engineering, Marketing, and Finance for use in determining project direction, product pricing, parts pricing, budgeting P&L’s, and internal rate of return investment calculations.
• Provides direct interface to Design Engineering on process capability, materials utilization, and design alternatives to optimize value.
• Develop, update and maintain process documentation and costing data for manufacturing equipment.
• Review and evaluate the sourcing of parts pertaining to the production unit. Recommend alternate sourcing when appropriate. Provide direction for long term sourcing decisions.
• Provide support for key or specialized processes with functions such as tool design, tool layouts, CNC programming, set-up data/procedures and metallurgical analysis.
• General manufacturing floor support, including mentoring and training grinding machine operators.
• Apply Total Quality, Project Management and LEAN principles in the daily performance of the job.
• Interfaces with other departments in a spirit of cooperation consistent with the overall objectives of the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor's of Science or Masters degree in Mechanical, Materials Science, or Manufacturing Engineering preferred from ABET accredited college or university.
• Engineer II-2-4 years experience experience in various manufacturing disciplines.
• Engineer III-5+ years experience in various manufacturing disciplines.
• Position is on first shift. Must have the ability to flex into other shifts as needed to support production.
• Able to read and understand engineering drawings using a GD&T system.
• Industry experience in grinding process engineering.
• Excellent attention to detail and be able to accurately measure, record and analyze process/part data to ensure compliance with product specifications.
• Ability to create and troubleshoot programs for inspection devices and other auxiliary equipment.
• Knowledge/experience in metallurgy and heat treating processes.