Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Controls

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Determine best methods for manufacturing products with maximum efficiency
• Create and edit PLC, PMC, and TP programs
• Support electrical and PLC, PMC, and TP program related problems
• Design and modify electrical schematics for special machine modifications
• Design, build, create drawings for and assemble automation solutions and equipment
• Support production and assembly with building, wiring and testing of custom machines and equipment
• Develop and test optional tooling for work holding, fixturing, and material presentation
• Assist with basic, onsite and remote, support to production technicians
• Execute, control, and oversee modifications to control systems
• Prepare diagrams and control panel layouts
• Provide support for maintenance technicians to ensure the functionality of all mechanical equipment and machinery to support the production processes
• Design production layouts, select and optimize equipment, and develop new manufacturing processes that represent the most competitive cost alternative while maintaining acceptable quality levels
• Analyze and improve current manufacturing processes to increase efficiency and reduce production costs
• Implement safety and quality control measures to ensure a safe and consistent product
• Design, develop, and test mechanical components, machines, and equipment
• Specifies electrical components for machines, equipment, and control systems
• Creates and tests methods and specifications that go into the production of mechanical devices
• Provide training and support to plant personnel on new equipment and processes

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical understanding for troubleshooting/designing manufacturing equipment
• Extensive experience with 3D CAD design
• Experience with CNC, punch presses, fiber lasers, robots, PLC, and welding
• Equipment programming including lasers, robots, sensors and PLC's preferable
• Working Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, and Six Sigma principles
• Experience with facility layout, process design, PFMEA, and DOE
• Able to communicate at all levels from the shop floor to Executive level to justify strategies and implement them effectively
• Able to lead cross-functional teams to project completion
• Effective problem solver, with ability to utilize analytical techniques to resolve conceptual issues
• Able to develop creative solutions that will result in technology that can provide a technological edge over competition
• Able to travel 10% of the time

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering or mechanical engineering
• 10+ years of Manufacturing Engineering experience designing equipment/tooling/fixtures
• Experience with Microsoft office and AutoCAD
• Experience and understanding of MRP systems a plus

Other Skills and Abilities

• Experience designing tooling, fixturing and specifying the correct equipment for manufacturing processes
• Experience with DFA, FMEA, DOE lean manufacturing and Six Sigma tools
• Ability to work well under compressed time constraints
• Project management skills