Senior Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will design, implement, improve, and maintain processes in the area of responsibility for gear and shaft manufacturing. This includes researching and developing new technologies and techniques, coordinating new product launches, and implementing automated manufacturing cells.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, improve and maintain processes in area of responsibility for transmission components in the Kings Mountain facility through: Development of safe work methods and processes.
• Development of processes in area of responsibility that result in a high level of quality.
• Updating work instructions, posted references, process alerts, PFMEA, process flows, control plans, standard work, & related documents.
• Improving the reliability and capability of equipment.
• Evaluating related processes for efficiency, waste reduction, and work balancing (Lean tools: A3, Kaizen).
• Becoming a Lean Tool expert in A3, VSM and Set Up Reduction.
• Implementation Of Change Through Evaluation of change notifications and a quick understanding of the impact to processes.
• Project management of cross functional teams such as safety, controls, maintenance, material delivery and operators for process changes and necessary training.
• Evaluate, improve and update PFMEAs per APQP guidelines, Work Instructions and Job Safety Analysis.
• Developing and testing improved fail-safe strategies through part design, 3D printing and testing.
• Responding to corrective actions to help drive continuous improvement.
• Active member of a cross functional Flow Line team to meet departmental goals and objectives.
• Participate in capital planning, investigate equipment alternatives, prepare appropriation justifications, implement equipment, and evaluate results.
• Aid in the implementation and deployment of actions to ensure compliance with all safety regulations as they apply to areas of responsibility.
• Maintain a constant search for identifiable and measurable cost reductions through scrap analysis and technology applications.
• Work with operations, engineering technicians and maintenance technicians on day-to-day production issues.
• Create and revise Process Drawings, Process Sheets, and routings both in Oracle and Matrix.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in a manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with gear manufacturing.
• Experience with Industry 4.0 tools (e.g. Automation / Additive Manufacturing / SPC / Real-time production monitoring).
• Experience with statistical methods used to analyze process variations.
• Design experience in ProEngineer or related CAD systems.
• 3D printing experience.
• Experience with PLC related logic and robotics (fanuc) troubleshooting and recovery.