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Our Manufacturing/Automation Engineer serves as the onsite specialist to support production lines and CNC machine shop and also is responsible to lead the overall strategy to implement automated process for material handling, equipment updates and line efficiencies to improve the way that GCX manufacture products. The Engineer provides technical expertise for appropriate business operation and continuity.
Key Responsibilities:- Lead the execution of projects including, but not limited to line upgrades and improvements, automation and control, CNC programming, packaging process updates, complete validations and execute change control process.
- Ensure production floor and other areas, the system documentation is current, controlled, approved, and reviewed to meet quality, information security, and safety compliance requirements.
- Develop and monitor metrics and performance indicators.
- Drive efficiencies across the site through suitable adoption of new technologies and enhanced approaches.
- Collaborate with internal groups and vendors to deploy technologies, capabilities and systems based on Business and Customer requirements.
- Provide preventive/corrective maintenance and troubleshooting to equipment into the facility.
- Investigate and recommend on the selection of new equipment.
- Lead proposal processes, including draft of requirements, conceptualization, and piloting of proposed solutions.
- Enable a culture of Process Excellence to include best industry practices.
- Implement programs for process control, yield, cycle time, quality, equipment change-over, and equipment reliability.
- Execute cost reduction and efficiency improvement projects using Lean and Six Sigma techniques.
- Utilize risk management tools such as FMEA, to improve process/equipment.
- Maintain knowledge of company processes and procedures including, but not limited to safety, environmental, information security, validation, and change control.
- Work with other Manufacturing Engineers to maintain the item master, product routings and bills of material in the MRP system.
- Participate or lead layout design / implementation for facility and equipment.
- Support R&D on new products development and quality system implementation.
- A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required. Focus degree in Mechanical, Industrial/Systems, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering is preferred.
- Between 5-7 years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience in production environments with automated equipment and systems.
- Manufacturing working experience of CNC Knowledge & program Skills
- Tool, jig and fixture design and selection
- Experience using continues improvement methodologies.
- Experience in implementing and/or maintaining automated equipment, including some level of managing and documenting equipment changes.
- Demonstrated knowledge to write effectively, rationalize conclusions and recommendations, and compliantly document for regulatory bodies.
- Ability to collaborate within a diverse and inclusive environment.
- Ability to work with cross functional teams to lead projects.
- Use of Process Excellence Tools / Lean -Six Sigma certification
- Experience with Rockwell Studio 5000 or RSLogix 5000
- Experience with Cognex vision system applications,
- Experience with barcode scanning equipment and configuration methods for 1D and Datamatrix formats.
- Experience leading multiple coordinated projects with many team members across information technology, quality, maintenance, and operations groups.
- Be familiar with Auto CAD/ UG and other relevant Engineering software.
- Able to travel up to 10% of domestic and international travel.
