Mechanical Engineer 1

Job Description/Typical Task Breakdown

Candidate will be responding to issues on the shop floor. Most time is spent addressing AQE’s that are assigned to engineering and responding to any questions/issues directly from the shop (section managers, auditors, assemblers, and the manufacturing, quality, and supplier quality engineers).

Will communicate and collaborate often with the design teams through email and Teams chat/calls/meetings to resolve design issues.

Time spent on shop floor and desk varies depending on need.

Will partake in weekly AQE, BIQ, and warranty review meetings.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain close interaction with the LMT assembly areas to communicate engineering issues created during manufacturing/assembly processes.
• Communicate engineering issues created during manufacturing/fabrication/assembly processes to the responsible Engineering Team primarily in the form of Assembly Quality Events (AQE), Built In Quality (BIQ) issues and projects, and Continuous Improvement (CI) cards and is accountable for their successful resolution by collaborating with Operations, Manufacturing, and Quality teams.
• Responsible for machine-level prints (paint and lube, General arrangement prints, Test instructions, etc.) and bill of material (BOM) updates.
• Attend shop floor voice of customer (VOC) meetings.
• Support prototype and pilot machine builds that are part of a New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Create and get authorization for deviations implemented to resolve design issues.
• Occasionally perform pre delivery audits (PDA) of finished assemblies which includes marking the issues found, working with the operators to immediately fix the issues, performing static torque checks, and documenting by compiling a report with part numbers and model snapshots.

Education & Experience

• Years of experience: 0 -2 years
• Degree requirement: AS or BS in a manufacturing or engineering discipline
• Masters Degree would be overqualified

Required Technical Skills

• Machine assembly/processing experience
• Basic understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Good knowledge of basic software (Word, Excel, PowerBI and PowerPoint)
• Experience with machine design/process design
• Previous Engineering coordination activity experience
• Use of VisView
• Use of TeamCenter is a plus
• Experience with PRWB
• Tableau (view AQE’s)
• Decatur Web Apps
• Access to MES
• Access to AQE
• ETQ Reliance Portal (Deviation)
• CPI-BIQ
• I-Cubed
• CI processes
• Parts Discovery Tools
• NPI and BIQ experience

Benefits

• 10 paid holidays per year
• 2 weeks of paid time off per year, the current year is pro-rated based on start date
• Access to the company’s medical insurance, including dental and vision
• Eligibility for life insurance and disability coverage for short or long-term disabilities or long- term care needs
• 401 (k) eligibility with employer contribution annually
• Reimbursement for relocation expenses up to a certain amount on a case-by-case basis
• Yearly bonus based on company performance

Pay Range

The Pay Range For This Role Is 60,000 - 64,000 USD per year(Decatur, IL )