Process Engineer

About the role

At Conn Selmer, we're passionate about music and dedicated to producing the highest-quality instruments for musicians of all skill levels. As a member of our organization, we seek candidates who possess the following values: Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, Inclusivity, and Innovation. Please see our Conn Selmer website (www.connselmer.com) for more information about who we are.

Responsibilities

• Determine operations required to procedure products and develop processes to ensure quality, cost and efficiency requirements are met
• Analyze production processes, procedures, tooling and equipment to determine capacity to perform at required level
• Develop and implement LEAN work cells and material flow
• Actively participate in Kaizen support efforts
• Process improvements that result in realized cost savings
• Provide expertise in areas of machining, material flow and process flow
• Develop innovative ideas and alternative methods to be cost competitive
• Construct RFE’s with ROI
• Assist with value stream mapping and utilization calculations
• Calculate Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and drive gains
• Work with Quality to determine, eliminate and sustain root cause
• Work with Quality to train operators on new processes or equipment
• Tooling and fixture design
• Design, maintain & improve manufacturing processes to optimize quality & efficiency while reducing cost
• Review, calculate & maintain material & labor cost for BOMs & routings
• Analyze & plan efficient production workflow utilizing best practice methods & engineered time standards
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Requirements

• 4-year Engineering degree (mechanical or industrial) or 8 years of Engineering experience as a process or manufacturing engineer without degree
• 1-5 years experience in manufacturing preferably in metal fabrication, wood fabrication or machining intense environment
• Demonstrated ability to analyzing Takt times for improved efficiency and utilization
• Mechanical acumen (hands-on knowledge of mechanics)
• Experience designing and developing fixtures and tooling for manufacturing effectiveness
• SolidWorks experience
• Tooling experience
• Understand of Dynamics-365 ERP system a plus
• Concept of Standard Operating Procedures & Operational Control Plans
• Strong communication skills, written and oral
• Proven experience in LEAN and Six Sigma techniques and practices
• CNC experience a plus
• Music Experience a plus
• Ability to lift 40 pounds
• Requires periods of sedentary work, daily standing and walking on shop floor
• Requires repetitive upper body movement – keyboard and monitor use
• Visual and hearing acuity