Overview of the Position:Responsible for ensuring the continued operation and optimization of assembly processes. This role involves a wide range of activities, including process development, troubleshooting, and implementing improvements.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Develop, document, implement, and continuously improve assembly processes to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
- Conduct time studies and process capability analysis to identify areas for improvement.
- Diagnose and resolve assembly process issues to identify the underlying causes of problems (root cause analysis).
- Monitor product quality and ensure compliance with quality standards.
- Collaborate with quality assurance teams to identify and resolve quality issues.
- Implement quality control measures to prevent defects and improve product reliability.
- Provide technical support to assembly technicians and other team members, while also developing and maintaining technical documentation, including assembly procedures and work instructions.
- Oversee the maintenance and calibration of assembly equipment.
- Identify and implement equipment upgrades to improve productivity and efficiency.
Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Strong technical background in mechanical engineering or related field.
- Experience with assembly processes and manufacturing operations.
- Proficiency in CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD).
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate in a team environment.
- Lean manufacturing principles and tools.
- Knowledge of statistical process control (SPC) and other quality improvement techniques.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Education / Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree in engineering with minimum 8 years related manufacturing experience and training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Qualifications:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Is frequently required to talk or listen.
- Is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
- Is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, lift up to 25 pounds, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Must have depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
- Works in moderate to loud noise levels.
- Travel up to 20%
