Engineering Aide

As a Manufacturing Engineering Aide, you will:
Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineers (ME) on various technical tasks, providing crucial support in gathering, maintaining, formatting, compiling, and manipulating technical data, such as engineering designs and design changes.
Produce high-quality engineering documentation, reports, marking files, designs, drawings (flow charts, block diagrams, and schematics), and machine operation procedures, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail.
Act as a key liaison between the ME and production teams, assisting in providing technical guidance and timely problem resolution to support assembly performance.
Review, respond to, and adjudicate EODIs and requests for floor support, working closely with the assembly team to identify and correct issues firsthand.
Update assembly work instructions based on drawings and/or models, reviewing content with Manufacturing Engineers prior to release to the floor.
Assist in working ME's tasks on Qnotes and EODIs, inputting data provided by ME to tools in support of planning, routing, work instruction generation, status reporting, and issue resolution.
Actively engage in PMT (Performance Management Team) and assist in implementing lean principles and technologies and other process improvement activities, ensuring continuous growth and improvement.
Maintain and control shop aids used in the production process, programming and maintaining assembly-related machines as required for their respective areas.
Work closely with the Wire Cut area to provide assistance with machine set-up and support, troubleshoot issues, optimize machine performance, and implement process improvements to enhance overall productivity and quality.

Basic Qualifications :
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing role.
- Collaborate in the creation manufacturing engineer instructions and visuals
- High School diploma, or equivalent experience/combined education, with additional technical training sufficient enough to perform required basic calculations, electronic/mechanical assembly, computer operations, etc.
- Ability to read and understand engineering design drawings and interpret design specifications and their applicability to manufacturing.
- Microsoft Office suite experience with MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Publisher
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent verbal/written communications skills
- Ability to provide technical guidance and timely problem resolution to production floor operators
- Familiarity with cable and/or harnesses production, and has the ability to analyze electrical and mechanical schematics and diagrams
- Familiarity with mechanical, power, and pneumatic tools
- Familiarity with cable wire cutter and stripper machines

Desired skills :
- Familiarity with SAP (Qnotes, Routings, Bills of material) or a related manufacturing system
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing concepts and technique and experience generating/implementing process improvements
- Must have strong interpersonal skills and be able to work effectively in a team environment.