The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for providing innovative and cost-effective processes and solutions required to manufacture products. This includes the design and development of new and improved manufacturing techniques, processes and procedures. The Manufacturing Engineer develops, maintains, and continuously improves manufacturing processes and techniques using LEAN and Six Sigma. The Manufacturing Engineer develops standards and establishes implementation plans, including training plans for shop floor personnel, and production metrics. The Manufacturing Engineer collaborates with Engineering and Manufacturing Technology to ensure that processes are created and developed for new products and that return-on-experience is captured for existing processes. The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible to solve complex manufacturing problems and take an active role in troubleshooting quality and production yield related issues within manufacturing. The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for finding, investigating, and/or creating new, next generation, innovative and cost-effective technology solutions required to manufacture and improve existing and new products. This includes the creation and development of a manufacturing technology roadmap for new and existing product technologies. For new technologies, the Manufacturing Engineer takes processes from the concept phase all the way to successful implementation.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues on shop floor.
- Lean Six Sigma.
- Responsible for the design and continuous improvement of processes using Lean concepts, such as: standardized work instructions, line balancing, layout and work sequence (routing) optimization,
- training development matrix, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen/5S workouts, pull processes, TPM (total preventive maintenance), cell design, and quick changeover/batch-size optimization.
- Drive process optimization using Six Sigma tools such as Design of Experiments.
- Processes.
- Leads the production team in designing and continuously improving manufacturing process to improve yield, cycle time and productivity.
- Implement engineering specifications into processes and provides shop feedback to capture lessons learnt for existing and future designs.
- Creates, implements, and monitors key performance indicators and metrics on manufacturing process capability and product quality.
- Responsible for establishing and improving manufacturing process cost.
- Quality.
- Responsible for assisting in investigation, root cause analysis and corrective actions tied to manufacturing process quality.
- Provide shop floor feedback on product design and manufacturability issues to Engineering and DFMs (e.g. through the use of Engineering Change Requests - ECRs).
Minimum Job Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering OR extensive manufacturing background in role requiring technical manufacturing understanding/expertise. Strong understanding of mechanical systems to aid shop floor in understanding schematics/drawings, troubleshooting, and establishing standard manufacturing processes. Microsoft Office Suite expert level proficiency. Able to effectively communicate to wide audience from technicians to executives.
