Engineer

Position summary:

Designs manufacturing processes procedures and production layouts for assemblies equipment installation processing machining and material handling. Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout. Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance. Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan. Inspects performance of machinery equipment and tools to verify their efficiency and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality. Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques. Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques. Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

Primary responsibilities:

Work with teams to propose and implement manufacturing processes and workflow layouts for based on customer requirements using appropriate software

• Work with production and facility personnel to optimize equipment tooling and work-bench layouts to meet manufacturing company and customer needs
• Interpret customer engineering databases (drawings specifications and processes)
• Coordinate engineering changes with internal and customer teams and assures entry into engineering and MRP databases
• Support production planning production control procurement and quality personnel in interpretation of engineering into work orders as required
• Support non-conformance rework/repair with manufacturing process recommendations and consult with customer and internal team members as required
• Support planning production and programming to implement and optimize machining set-ups and programs
• May occasionally perform special projects; Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge & Skills:

• Basic knowledge of manufacturing methods fabrication processes (i.e. forming stamping machining heat treatment machines/machine tools cutting tools and fluids N/C programming instrumentation data acquisition and control systems)
• Ability to select the best method of producing parts tools or assemblies
• Understanding of workflow to include parts flow through machining surface processing and assembly; Ability to optimize factory work flow through analysis of machine and work-bench layout tooling set-ups scheduling and staging
• Knowledge of statistical control lean and continuous improvement methods in a manufacturing environment
• Skill and ability to collect organize synthesize and analyze data; summarize findings; and develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources
• Blueprint reading skills; Appropriate math skills; Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word Excel PowerPoint)
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and written
• Attention to detail; Willingness to learn and as required help and/or train others

Experience:

2-3 years of related experience

Work Conditions:

• Mixed office and shop/industrial
• Occasional moving parts machine noise; VDTs computers
• Sedentary to low activity with intra-building walking
• Lift/Move/Position: None to occasional 20#