JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer works to maximize throughput of products while ensuring high levels of reliability and customer satisfaction.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review manufacturing processes and implement cost effective improvements focusing on set-up and changeover time reductions and equipment uptime, and process improvements on a continual basis.
• Support and work closely with Production, Maintenance Purchasing, Marketing, R&D, and many other functions of the company, with implementing SOP’s, setup instructions, training and debugging problem processes and equipment.
• Consult Safety team, advise, design, and implement safety devices and lead changes to processes and equipment where and when necessary.
• Analyze and reduce scrap and rework; identify reasons for scrap, implement corrective actions to reduce and monitor results, working with Quality department.
• Provide Manufacturing Engineering input during product line start-ups and upgrading of existing production facilities, and processes.
• Initiate cost reduction proposals in materials, manufacturing processes and product design.
• Provide project management and project tracking and updates to the project team, as well as being able to organize a team to complete tasks and projects.
• Design tools, jigs, fixtures and complete manufacturing systems, up to and including all processes company wide and developing new processes.
• Support new product development with manufacturing introduction of changes.
• Identify and assist in procuring better tools, fixtures, and equipment for manufacturing.
• Do layouts of buildings, product lines and manufacturing systems.
• Submit initial proposal of Capital Expense Budgets for projects & in areas assigned.
• Serve as implementation/cost advisor to all continuous improvement suggestions in areas assigned.
• Assist in training if needed on new processes or process improvements.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Metal Forming Experience:

• Experience in the design of dies and tools for forming metal.
• Ability to troubleshoot manufacturing issues and concerns.
• Experience in developing training for engineers, maintenance, and production personnel.
• Ability to develop preventative maintenance programs.
• Experience in purchasing capital equipment and running capital projects.

Computer Skills:

• CAD (Solidworks preferred) and ERP System.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree (BA) in an engineering related field from four-year college or university plus 7 to 10 years minimum experience in a manufacturing engineering environment.