Manufacturing Engineer

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. 

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. 

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.

Job Description

• Provide technical support and troubleshoot issues in Manufacturing
• Act as liaison between Manufacturing and Engineering.
• Create and maintain engineering & manufacturing documentation.
• Lead and support projects focused on process improvement, quality control, and lean manufacturing.
• Managing and reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in alignment with corporate policies and procedures.
• Generate routings.
• Investigate labor variances and correct standards as needed.
• Lead or support Capital Expenditure Projects.
• Respond and implement process change requests as required.
• Identify opportunity for productivity improvements related to equipment, methods of manufacturing and workflow enhancements and recommend and implement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of Engineered to CNC manufacturing experience (machining, CNC lathes and mills).
• Previous work in an ISO controlled work environment.
• Experience writing quality variance requests. 
• Experience in a low volume/high mix manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with cost reduction, quality improvement and throughput improvement projects.
• Demonstrated project management experience and process improvements. 
• Ability to use Solid Edge software. 
• Experience with Quality (ISO 9001), Environmental (ISO 14001), and Health & Safety (OSHA 18001) business management systems.
• Experience with Haas and Mazak and associated tooling. 
• Detail oriented, problem solver. 
• Hands on experience working in a production environment in a machine shop floor. 

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, View email address on us.fitly.work Network, and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future. 

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