Manufacturing Engineering Technician

Manufacturing Engineering Technician

Lee Spring manufactures and distributes mechanical springs, wire forms, stampings and fourslide parts worldwide. We offer an extensive product line of more than 25,000 inventoried products in a variety of materials available in stock and ready to ship today. In addition, we also manufacture springs made to customer specifications. Lee Spring is the premier global source for stock catalog and custom designed mechanical springs and related products.

Founded by Robert Lee Johannsen in 1918, Lee Spring began in Brooklyn New York and our Global Headquarters are still based in Brooklyn today. Through the years, we have expanded with additional strategic locations throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. We are well known for our extensive and comprehensive catalog of stock springs that have been used by engineers, professionals and buyers for decades. Beyond the catalog, we have considerable custom spring capabilities, personnel and a proficiency that comes with our many years within the industry.

The manufacturing engineer position provides a crucial link between customer requirements and the final product that we deliver to our customers. The manufacturing engineer helps to define product specifications, develop and implement cost-effective manufacturing processes, and coordinate overall manufacturing/sourcing methods for both new and existing products.

Responsibilities:

• Interpretation of customer production specifications in the form of drawings (blueprints), text, samples or application requirements.
• Analysis of product material and configuration specifications to determine suitability of form, fit and function.
• Analysis of product specification and tolerance with regards to quality versus manufacturing process capabilities.
• Determination of the manufacturing process including product structure (bill of materials), manufacturing routing(s), outside service processes and the application of manufacturing engineering standards.
• Definition of product and raw material stock codes including description, invoked industry standards and revision levels.
• Preparation of cost estimates in support sales and customer service to determine prices and subsequently acknowledge quotations to customers.
• Preparation of factory documentation including drawings.
• Design and development of primary and alternate manufacturing processes capable of complying with product design requirements.
• Definition and application of product scheduling, parameters including calculation of lead time, definition of economic or other batch quantities and determine of material supply requirements.
• Interfacing with production system and quality system personnel.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in industrial or mechanical engineering.
• 3-5 years of related experience
• Knowledge of mechanical manufacturing processes, including assembly and testing.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.