Sr Manufacturing Engineer Exempt

The Sr. Manufacturing Engineer will play a key role in product design refinement establishing manufacturing processes with selected suppliers ensuring process controls are appropriately in place orchestrating qualification activities and supporting product release by ensuring appropriate Quality Management System procedures and documentation are completed. This role requires collaboration with Mechanical Engineering Quality and Suppliers to ensure that manufacturing processes achieve desired design critical function and performance.

Top Technical Skills Required

• Create and release Work Instructions
• Process Flow and Optimization
• Cross-functional Collaboration and Communication
• Technical/Analytical Skills (e.g. computer skills Minitab CAD statistical tools modeling)

Education and Experience

Education Required: BS in Engineering

Years Experience Required: 2-5 years

Work Schedule and Location

This position requires working 40 hours a week. The role is primarily onsite in Lafayette CO with occasional remote work allowed.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Design manufacturing processes procedures and production layouts for assemblies equipment installation processing machining and material handling.
• Design the arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure the most efficient and productive layout.
• Design sequence of operations and specify procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapt machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
• Incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Inspect performance of machinery equipment and tools to verify their efficiency and initiate corrective action for problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Develop manufacturing processes applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques.
• Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensure processes and procedures comply with regulations.

Specialist Career Stream

This position typically involves individual contributions within a professional discipline or specialty. The role involves delivering and/or managing projects assigned and working with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. The candidate may act as a mentor to colleagues or direct the work of other lower-level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing projects from design to implementation while adhering to policies and using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

Differentiating Factors

• Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor working independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions. Coaches and reviews the work of lower-level specialists and may manage projects/processes.
• Organizational Impact: Responsible for entire projects or processes within the job area. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
• Innovation and Complexity: Faces difficult problems and issues requiring understanding of multiple issues job areas or specialties. Makes improvements to processes systems or products to enhance performance of the job area. Provides in-depth analysis and often recommends process improvements.
• Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors. Exchanges information of facts statuses ideas and issues to achieve objectives and influence decision-making.
• Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance coaching and training to other employees within the job area. May manage projects requiring delegation of work and review of others work product.

Required Knowledge and Experience

Requires advanced knowledge of the job area combining breadth and depth typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have practical knowledge of project management. Requires a University Degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

Required Experience:

Senior IC