Manufacturing Engineer II

Manufacturing Engineer II

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

The Manufacturing Engineer II is responsible for implementing and improving engineering and manufacturing processes across Kollmorgen. This role will work directly with various functional groups inside Kollmorgen to establish project, product, or process specifications. They then translate these specifications into product, process, tooling, or equipment designs and work with internal engineering teams and external suppliers to see projects through to completion. Typical projects may include introduction of new and/or automated processes to a production setting, product/process redesign efforts for material or labor cost reduction, and management of strategic business goals for manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

• Develops detailed specifications for process, equipment, or tooling required to achieve objectives.
• Develops process, equipment, and tooling runoff and validation plans. May directly execute runoff plans and tasks related to equipment build, recipe creation or modification required for successful validation.
• Drives process improvements and activities to achieve waste elimination, cost improvement, and lead time reduction.
• Develops and maintains project schedules, identifies and manages on time delivery of critical path items.
• Partners with suppliers of tooling and equipment as necessary to achieve project goals.
• Forecasts spending and manages budgets for any Capital Investment Project that may be identified or assigned.
• Leads or facilitates kaizen activities to improve production processes or introduce new solutions for business growth.
• May prepare project updates for management reviews.
• May serve as a project leader of cross-functional teams
• May help mentor and develop other engineers or engineering technicians.
• Travels to support equipment validation prior to arrival, travel <15%.

Requirements:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field, with significant mechanical experience is preferred, or relevant experience.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum of 2 years' experience with lean engineering or similar business methodology

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience coordinating complex projects
• Familiarity with tools, including kaizen (continuous improvement), lean, standard work, mistake-proofing, statistical process control, FMEA, and problem-solving processes
• Experience in verification and validation of manufacturing processes
• Experience with equipment or tooling design and fabrication
• Technical drawing interpretation and report writing
• Mechanical design, 3D modeling, 2D detail drawing creation
• Able to work with open-ended objectives to prioritize and identify critical paths
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency to meet project objectives
• Skilled problem solver focused on achieving desired results

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a "U.S. Person", which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.