Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title : Manufacturing Engineer

Location : Shell Lake, WI

Duration : Permanent Hire

Knowledge and experience in Manufacturing

Fabrication: Experience with turret, fiber laser, and brake press equipment beneficial

Powder coating: Experience with powder coating aluminum and color changes beneficial

Assembly processes, Sub & Final: Experience with tooling and automation beneficial

Knowledge of Safety & Health practices

Experience using sound project management practices

Understand process and workflows for new products and product revision implementation

Experience implementing Lean principles

Experience with fixture design, automation, and process flow

Knowledge and experience using CAD software, ideally SolidWorks

Understand and create budgets for ongoing operations and CapEx planning

Roles & Responsibilities

Human Factor Engineering:

Leads a Culture committed to respect for people, continuous improvement, Safety and Quality

Train team members on new processes, equipment, or tools

Supports a Safety culture and implement Safety initiatives that drive the organization to achieve the goal of zero Safety risks

Asses ergonomic impacts on new and existing processes

Nonconformance Support:

Set up part/material inspection from incoming vendors and or internal manufacturing

Assist with developing and implementing quality standards

Monitor and analyze quality performance

Develop corrective actions, solutions, and improvements

Develop Quality Control standards and assurance instruments to ensure the integrity of the lifecycle of a product’s manufacturing process

Process Development:

Investigate and resolve operational, system, machine, and process problems

Identify and implement changes or improvements to manufacturing’s systems and processes

Manage standard workflows and documentation

Optimize facility layouts, production lines, and machine operations and performance

Work with new and existing vendors regarding materials, specifications, and quality

Use operational excellence techniques to optimize flow and maximize profitability such as line balancing, basic industrial engineering, operator balance charts, and cellular layouts

Establish standards and processes for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) including Total Productive Maintenance and SMED (quick changeover)

Fixture and tooling designs for product improvements and new product implementations

Product Development Support:

Partner with Marketing & Sales, Product Development, and outside customers to launch new products and address issues with existing products

Investigate and resolve operational, system, machine, and process problems

Inspection of parts from prototyping and provide feedback to PD and or Manufacturing

Contribute “voice of manufacturing” to Product Development

Continuous Improvement:

Apply continuous improvement methods to improve Quality and reliability of operations, systems and processes, machines and equipment

Drive operational Excellence projects including lean manufacturing, root cause analysis and problem solving, 5S, and other techniques for improved Safety, Quality, efficiency, and productivity.

Programming:

Program machinery using associated software.

Blanking software (TruTops, Stream)

Bending software (TruTops, Stream)

CNC router (Solidworks - HSMWorks- MasterCAM)

PLC interface

Turret programming

Other software platforms as needed

Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Manager.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $81,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 3 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work setting:

• In-person

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Manufacturing Engineer: 4 years (Required)
• trutops: 3 years (Required)
• solidworks: 3 years (Required)
• fiber laser: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Stillwater, MN 55082 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Stillwater, MN 55082: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person