Senior Manufacturing Engineer - 3rd Shift

About the role

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer at GE Appliances provides technical support, project management, and expertise to Plant Operations across multiple shifts. They support activities related to chronic equipment/process problem solving, equipment troubleshooting, Overall Equipment Effectiveness improvement, equipment specification, and Total Productive Maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Supports activities related to chronic equipment/process problem solving, equipment troubleshooting, Overall Equipment Effectiveness improvement, equipment specification, and Total Productive Maintenance.
• Develops and implements strategies / projects to improve reliability and cost performance for assigned Value Stream.
• Provides overall leadership and direction for an AP5 Value Stream.
• Serves as the primary contact within the plant to provide technical support and consultation on the plant infrastructure and facility support systems.
• Provides technical expertise on plant layout, connections into/out of the plant, and in the troubleshooting of facility operational issues.
• Provides technical leadership, program management, and expertise to Plant Operations, to include providing leadership and direction to the maintenance team.
• Improves and directs Preventive Maintenance plan for assigned area.
• Root cause-based troubleshooting, schematic reading, PLC's and ladder logic programming, variable frequency drives, Ethernet communications, Vision Systems and safety procedures such as Lock Out - Tag Out.
• Supports all plant objectives in the areas of EHS, Schedule Attainment, Spoilage & Yield, Labor & Overtime, Productivity, Spare Parts cost controls and Lean Manufacturing.
• Executes routine equipment purchases, to include presenting justification for capital expenses or process improvements, design and specification of equipment and standardization of equipment within manufacturing methods and safety requirements.
• First response to our maintenance employees when guidance or assistance is required. This will include some after hours and weekend supervision.
• Establish, develop, implement and sustain world-class practices in our Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program and drive continuous improvement in the areas of uptime and cost controls.
• Coordinate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (AME) efforts to ensure operational efficiency goals are met.
• Provide support, direction and training to AMEs, Process Improvement Engineers, maintenance, systems and shop projects with specification, drawings, equipment/process acceptance, and troubleshooting.
• Initiate and integrate activities to resolve repetitive production problems and implement preventive maintenance programs on key pieces of equipment to improve process output reliability.
• Provide leadership to hourly maintenance employees to ensure day-to-day production requirements.
• Establish measured work practices for maintenance employees, to include documentation of work performed and the time required to perform it.
• Provide training and aid in troubleshooting and downtime response in specified area of expertise.
• Drive uptime and equipment reliability improvements through simplification activities.
• Own the 5S in the area and enforce adherence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or other equivalent technical work experience.
• Ability to implement long-term plans into day-to-day operations.
• Skills to include interpersonal, facilitation, positive multi-level verbal/written communication and team building.
• Demonstrated Project Management skills.
• Proven Mechanical and Electrical/PLC Diagnostic and Technical Skills required.
• Proven PLC Controls/Electrical troubleshooting a must.
• Solid Computer skills (i.e. Microsoft suite, software/programming and PLC).
• Proven shop floor troubleshooting skills.
• Proven problem-solving skills.
• Previous supervisory experience and/or experience working directly with high volume manufacturing Production Operations and Union Operators.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills through coaching, training and positive influencing.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of support operations or maintenance supervision experience.
• Design/Tooling/new product launch background a plus.
• Self-motivated: ability to balance multiple priorities and effectively determine level of responsiveness and resource allocation.
• Skilled Union trades management experience.

Skills

• Green Belt Certified, Black Belt Certified preferred.
• Preferred qualifications include:

• Green Belt Certified, Black Belt Certified.

Benefits

GE Appliances offers competitive compensation and benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Position supports 24/7 manufacturing facilities. Occasional off shift, on call and weekend work may be required.

Our Culture

Our work is centered on our People and Culture as reflected in our Zero Distance philosophy and we recognize the importance of reaffirming our commitment to inclusion and diversity (I&D). This underscores our commitment to fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, connected, and empowered to contribute, while positioning our organization to adapt seamlessly to the evolving needs of our workforce and communities.