Manufacturing Engineering Planning

Full time
Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC is a privately held company with over 35 years of history dedicated to providing corrugated box manufacturing machines and services to the changing industry. As the paperboard packaging industry's premier global supplier of productivity-enhancing process machinery and systems, we supply innovative designs, intelligent automation, and optimized workflow, coupled with highly responsive parts and service support. Our United States and Europe based engineering, manufacturing, sales and service operations provide a global support system covering the full product portfolio of Alliance, Serco, TEI, ASC, Pallmac, J&L and Tanabe machines.
Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. The Manufacturing Engineer develops and improves manufacturing processes surrounding mechanical components or systems through a combination of direct and indirect methods. Engineer position ensures that design, installation and operation conform to Industry and Company standards and helps to develop stronger conformity to those standards in order to promote a Quality product.
The Manufacturing Engineer also develops or improves manufacturing processes through product research, facilitating interviews or improvement events, in turn the combined information is used to make appropriate recommendations.
Develops, evaluates and recommends manufacturing processes through designing and conducting research programs; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from workers and working with the Engineering team.
Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning the workflow, production documents, space requirements, and equipment layout.
Design or revise existing drawings using Solidworks; develop floor plans/ layouts using 2D software such as AutoCAD or Draftsight.
Familiarity of Lean Manufacturing concepts such as Value-Added time, Waste, PDCA cycle and 5S.
Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods; testing finished product and process capabilities; confirming manufacturing processes.
Promotes the transition of traditional Fabrication design philosophies to Mistake-Proofed, Self-Fixturing philosophy through facilitation of design review process and the gathering of user feedback, the solid model revision process and the prototype/ model validation.
may be required to instruct several topics through various mediums such as video, Job Instruction Guideline sheets, In-person formal instruction.
Provides manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor, and material costs; reviewing production schedules; Familiar with Project Lifecycle and Project Management tools to organize and document information accordingly.
Support Safety, Quality and Improvement
Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning the workflow, production documents, space requirements, and equipment layout.
Manufacturing Engineers may be required to facilitate and lead presentation or Safety, Quality or Improvement events including design review discussions
Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods; testing finished product and process capabilities; confirming manufacturing processes.
Familiarity of Lean Manufacturing concepts such as Value, Waste, Mistake-Proofing/ Poka-Yoke’ and 5S with ability to apply CI tools to work environment.
Conducts experiments, tests and inspections of products or processes to evaluate quality, performance or facilitate learning.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Manufacturing/ Mfg. 3-5 years’ Manufacturing work experience and education or work experience with appropriate transferable skills (Critical Thinking, Strong Communication, Time Management and Troubleshooting).
~ Travel as needed.
Sit at a desk or computer for extended periods of time.
Move about the office and factory with occasional lifting, bending and reaching.
Dial, hear and respond to telephone calls and inquiries.
Employee Equipment
Alliance offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, 401K with employer match, PTO, paid holidays and a bonus program.
It’s that vision that drives us in creating world-class experiences and solutions for our customers and unites us around our common goal—to use the power of our business to build a better world.
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