Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, program management, and expertise to Plant Operations, to include providing leadership and direction to the maintenance team
• Be a point of contact for technical changes to assigned area and accountable for conclusion making process
• Direct and improve 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
• Support all plant priorities in the areas of EHS, Schedule Attainment, Spoilage & Yield, Labor & Overtime, Productivity, Spare Parts cost controls and Lean Manufacturing
• Execute 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 deliver continuous improvement in the areas of up-time and cost controls
• Develop and manage the TPM checklists to receive feedback from controlmen
• Lead Action Work Outs (AWO) to improve the effectiveness of the equipment
• Cookordination 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 trouble-shooting
• Initiate and integrate activities to resolve repetitive production problems and implement preventive maintenance programs on key pieces of equipment to improve process output reliability
• 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 trouble-shooting and downtime response in specified area of expertise
• Steer up-time and equipment reliability improvements through simplification activities
• Own 5S in the area and enforce adherence
• Develop and guide cross functional projects with other departments and suppliers to make entire supply chain more robust, driving OEE

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or related field)
• 5+ years of technical trouble-shooting experience in high-volume manufacturing
• 3+ years of project management and planning experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical trouble-shooting experience in high-volume manufacturing
• 10+ years of project management and planning experience
• Proven track record in achieving results through structured, methodical problem-solving and team collaboration
• Hands-on experience with Lean Manufacturing implementations