Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Franklin, TN | Full-time | Bachelor's Degree required | No sponsorship available

About the Role

Provides engineering support to assigned areas in manufacturing, maintenance, and facility operations. Recommends, plans, coordinates, documents, and implements plant and process control systems on a company-wide basis. Develops specifications for new models and modifications to existing models to improve production uptime in assigned areas. Provides guidance and leadership to lower-level engineers. Coordinates with contractors to provide engineering support, technical assistance, and training. Communicates with suppliers to provide guidelines, specifications, and engineering support to ensure Nissan goals of quality, cost, and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provides specification, design, and installation support for manufacturing and non-manufacturing, production control, and facility operations; ensures all equipment, facility systems, and utilities in assigned areas are in an acceptable state of operation and repair.
• Monitors and records process system and equipment changes; updates and maintains electrical, schematic, and mechanical drawings for new and modified equipment in assigned areas; develops and implements safety procedures for equipment in assigned areas.
• Provides system problem solving; ensures continuous reliability and uptime improvement, accuracy and ease of use enhancements, analysis of trends and symptoms, and identification of missing or misleading information in assigned areas.
• Assists with new project development and resource and budget planning within assigned areas; facilitates project folder preparation, project management, and model and capacity studies with budget development.
• Communicates with suppliers concerning performance of their products, improvement, and potential cost savings; works with suppliers to investigate new technologies for improved manufacturing methods and higher quality products, and to resolve problems and concerns.
• Trains and supports contract staff in assigned areas; provides emergency engineering response to daily manufacturing support problems; provides system maintenance and management support by monitoring system performance, conducting operating system tuning, and system troubleshooting; updates and modifies the preventative maintenance program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned to support business objectives.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or Engineering Technology.
• Six to ten years of related experience at a professional level.
• One to two years of supervisory experience in a work leader role coordinating the work of other employees or contractors, including training new employees, assigning work, and checking the timeliness and quality of work.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead and provide direction.
• Knowledge of Nissan corporate policies, Nissan engineering standards, ISO14000, federal, state, and local laws relating to safety, electric, and building codes.
• Ability to develop conceptual level designs and cost estimates for future model studies.
• Knowledge of HVAC control systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical, welding, and mechanical fields.
• Above average troubleshooting and computer skills.
• Capable of working without close supervision.
• Advanced knowledge of word processors, spreadsheets, and other PC applications to create specialized applications or products of a highly technical nature.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Benefits

• Career Growth and Continuous Learning Opportunities: Diverse career paths, cross-departmental moves, and innovative learning platforms. Access to seminars, leadership training, and tuition reimbursement programs.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical and mental health coverage, parental leave, retirement savings plans, and unique Nissan perks such as discounts on lease vehicles through the Employee Lease Program and the Vehicle Purchase Program (VPP).