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Position Summary:
The purpose of this position is to support production manufacturing through root cause analysis and implementing of machine repair countermeasures, as well as interacting with production departments to develop and improve manufacturing.
Position Duties and Responsibilities (% of Time Spent Performing Duties):
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications (Education, Experience, and Skills):
Preferred Qualifications:
Skills and Abilities:
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Software:
Essential to Job Functions -- Physical and/or Mental Restrictions:
Work Environment -- Travel, Noise, Smells, Quiet, Indoors or Outdoors, etc.
Equipment Used
Position Summary:
The purpose of this position is to support production manufacturing through root cause analysis and implementing of machine repair countermeasures, as well as interacting with production departments to develop and improve manufacturing.
Position Duties and Responsibilities (% of Time Spent Performing Duties):
- Provide engineering support to production departments:10%
- Schedule and coordinate timely preventive maintenance of equipment:10%
- Countermeasure and machine repair implementation:15%
- Interact with the production departments to develop and improve manufacturing:25%
- Identify cost-savings and quality improvement projects in area:20%
- Produce reports to show impact of activities and attend meetings as required:10%
- Maintain accurate documentation of processes and designs: 5%
- Liaison between production and Engineering: 5%
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications (Education, Experience, and Skills):
- BS in Mechanical, Industrial or Technical Engineering
- Very good written and verbal communication skills and Microsoft office tools
- Previous use/understanding of lean concepts
- Strong, proven problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of computer systems and spreadsheets necessary to perform job duties
- Ability to work nights and weekends as required
- Inventor or other 3D modeling / design experience is required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of CNC and PLC systems and programming
- Knowledge of Robots (Motoman)
- Demonstrated Die Casting knowledge
- Troubleshooting for surface die cast issues
- Machines, valves and vacuum systems knowledge
- Knowledge of Casting processes
- Magnesium Aluminum high pressure as well as Gravity
Skills and Abilities:
- Must have proven ability to: make sound business decisions; exercise good judgment; be highly motivated
- Excellent analytical % problem-solving skills, high level of accuracy
- Proven ability to make sound business decisions, exercise good judgment, and be highly motivated
- Develops controls department or corporate budgets and approves expenditures
- Maintains clean orderly work environment
- Interacts with various levels of associates
- Improves manufacturing proficiency levels to meet plant goals and objectives
- Coordinates and recommends cost savings ideas and efficiency for the facility
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to interact with all levels of organization needed
- Develop and test models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess feasibility and operating condition effects
- Evaluate and implement integrated processes and documentation on specific manufacturing line
- Design, implement, maintain and improve electrical instruments, equipment, components or products on specific manufacturing lines
- Confer with higher level engineers to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information
- Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions
- Maintain functional knowledge of processes, procedures and equipment
- Utilize and maintain effective written and verbal communication skills and techniques and to effectively interact with all levels of organization
- Clearly communicate through written and verbal skills with people outside the department/suppliers
- Analyze test results and provide feedback and interpretation to production management of staff
- Create and implement inspection testing criteria or procedures
- Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction, and installation standards and specifications which spans multiple manufacturing lines
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- No
Software:
- Intermediate experience required in MS Word, Glovia, PLC, CNC, and AutoCAD
- Intermediate experience required in MS Excel and PowerPoint
- Intermediate experience in Windows and MS Word is preferred
- Advanced level experience in MS Excel and PowerPoint is preferred
Essential to Job Functions -- Physical and/or Mental Restrictions:
- Visual ability to work accurately with detailed information and a computer screen
- Full Motor Skills
- Ability to lift and/or move 25 pounds
Work Environment -- Travel, Noise, Smells, Quiet, Indoors or Outdoors, etc.
- Factory setting with noise
Equipment Used
- General Manufacturing Equipment
- Personal Computer
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Hand Tools
