Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer is accountable for improving and maintaining first pass yield for specified parts and/or processes. This is accomplished by driving continuous improvement initiatives, process development/modification, documentation of standards/best practices, and equipment onboarding/troubleshooting. Candidate shall also support cross functional initiatives with Production, Quality and Purchasing departments to meet company goals and product quality standards.

• Troubleshooting of quality issues throughout the production process: welding, brazing, nickel plating, cleaning, and borescope inspection. Additional processes: bending.
• Use continuous improvement and lean techniques to increase production efficiency, eliminate waste, and drive cost savings opportunities.
• Support production staff with specification/technical knowledge, inspection techniques, weld/braze consumables management and day-to-day trouble shooting efforts.
• Documentation and standardization of processes via work instructions and operating instructions to increase efficiency, facilitate cross-training and enable proper equipment usage.
• Equipment and tooling on-boarding into production process to support new product, process efficiency, ergonomics or safety. Basic troubleshooting, light-level repair and/or export of orbital weld machines, orbital weld heads, steam cleaning machines, tungsten grinders etc.
• Effective communication with production employees, management staff and cross-functional team to ensure the alignment of efforts to meet company goals.
• Conduct classes and trainings to support continuous improvements efforts and product quality i.e. Visual Inspection and Back-to-Basics courses.
• Manage operator qualifications to ensure production staff is qualified to perform given tasks.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented team environment.
• Ability to read, interpret, translate engineering drawings and customer specifications to drive compliance.
• Excellent team player with a great attitude.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience
• Mechanical/Manufacturing/CI education helpful, but not required
• CI, mistake proofing experience a plus.
• Candidate should like working in shop floor environment with people
• Trained in problem solving skills – 5 whys, fishbone diagram, six sigma, etc.

Additional Information

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