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Tyler Union in Anniston, Alabama is seeking a Tooling and Fixture Engineer to work in our Flange Machining Shop. Establish and review manufacturing processes, fixtures, and tooling to minimize total cost and improve quality and productivity. Engineer will work under the guidance of the flange shop management to gather feedback and manufacturing improvements towards continual improvements for production processes, fixturing, and tooling. Proactively promotes The McWane Way principals, values, and behaviors and lives the Compass Culture.
Tyler Union, a division of McWane, Inc. located in Anniston, Alabama has a century of success in manufacturing and selling ductile iron fittings, joint restraints, and valve boxes for the waterworks industry. This is a salaried position with an excellent benefits package with health, life, dental, and vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, vacation, and holiday. Be part of the team!
Take a tour of Tyler Union here.
All candidates offered employment must submit to a drug screen, physical, background check and be COVID-19 vaccinated.
Responsibilities
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBLITIES
None
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 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.
Education and/or Experience
Required Traits
Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add and subtract and to multiply and divide. Uses mathematics to solve problems.
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
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Must enter confined spaces. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wide range of temperatures, humid conditions, moving machinery, dust, fumes, gases, odors, vibrations and varying noise levels.
Tyler Union in Anniston, Alabama is seeking a Tooling and Fixture Engineer to work in our Flange Machining Shop. Establish and review manufacturing processes, fixtures, and tooling to minimize total cost and improve quality and productivity. Engineer will work under the guidance of the flange shop management to gather feedback and manufacturing improvements towards continual improvements for production processes, fixturing, and tooling. Proactively promotes The McWane Way principals, values, and behaviors and lives the Compass Culture.
Tyler Union, a division of McWane, Inc. located in Anniston, Alabama has a century of success in manufacturing and selling ductile iron fittings, joint restraints, and valve boxes for the waterworks industry. This is a salaried position with an excellent benefits package with health, life, dental, and vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, vacation, and holiday. Be part of the team!
Take a tour of Tyler Union here.
All candidates offered employment must submit to a drug screen, physical, background check and be COVID-19 vaccinated.
Responsibilities
- Follow all processes and procedures associated with the Tyler Union Safety Management Program. Always adhere to Company safety rules and regulations and work safely.
- Proactively promotes The McWane Way Principles.
- Assists supervisors and managers in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.
- Wear appropriate PPE which may include fall protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head and eye protection.
- Uses proper lifting and ergo techniques.
- Work closely with Production Management to gather feedback and suggestions towards continual improvements for production processes.
- Evaluate, design, and maintain fixture and tooling requirements to ensure they prove to be the best method of manufacturing, with priority list and timelines for completion.
- Facilitate the document control process including upkeep of appropriate records, fixture and tooling drawings as well as maintaining approved documentation of machine, Tooling and Fixture information for specific machines.
- Process prints and assist Production with processing documentation on process sheets.
- Ensure cycle times are updated with supervisors and cost accounting.
- Design and introduce equipment to error proof and/or automate processes.
- Perform process and equipment validations in conjunction with Engineering, Quality and Maintenance.
- Assist with the introduction of, and training for, new prints, processes, and instructions.
- Support new product development projects by providing manufacturing feasibility and definition.
- Deliver clear and concise written and verbal communication to management, other team members and end users.
- Maintain familiarity with the "state of the art" in machining techniques, materials science, computer aided design solutions and mechanical engineering.
- Manage manufacturing engineering team members, projects and priorities.
- Understand the payback and justification of managing projects.
- Utilize project timelines to ensure accurate and on-time projects.
- Develop and maintain equipment production load sheets.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBLITIES
None
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 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.
Education and/or Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Associates degree in related field plus equivalent experience.
- Experience in process improvement and statistical process control (SPC) is preferred.
Required Traits
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Aptitude in paying close attention to detail.
- Ability to analyze issues and develop corrective and preventive actions that address the root cause.
- A positive attitude and a passion for excellence in customer service and for promoting the well-being of the company, its products, and its employees.
- Ability to work with others of varied backgrounds and skill sets and assign tasks accordingly.
Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add and subtract and to multiply and divide. Uses mathematics to solve problems.
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
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Must enter confined spaces. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wide range of temperatures, humid conditions, moving machinery, dust, fumes, gases, odors, vibrations and varying noise levels.
