Associate Manufacturing Engineer

Landscape Structures•Delano, MN

8d•$32 - $39•Onsite

About The Position

The role of the manufacturing engineer is to plan, direct, and coordinate manufacturing processes and improvements for the company. Designing efficiency, cost-effectiveness, environmental and safety controls into a process.

Requirements

B.S degree in engineering or related field 4-year degree from an accredited university and 4+ years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience with lean manufacturing principals and tools
3+ years related experience

Nice To Haves

Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods
Evaluates production equipment capabilities in meeting product requirements
Understands variation and causes of it, works to improve adherence to design requirements using SPC, capabilities analysis, manufacturing standards, and review of Print tolerances
Applies statistical methods/SPC in reviewing production capability to design requirements
Understands Lean manufacturing concepts and applies them when analyzing workflow and space requirements
Estimates production costs needed for management decisions
Processes ECO’s, routings, and other product data in a timely, productive manner
Solid mechanical aptitude
Good oral and written communication skills
Work as a team player
Persistent in resolving issues in a reasonable timeframe
Able to differentiate between actions required to address quality issues, to differentiate between corrections for following the process versus corrective actions needed by implementing process changes.
Establish trust in the continuous improvement process by finding balance between taking personal responsibility for process aspects proven effective yet questioning aspects that reflect excessive waste or misguided principles.
Maintain connectivity to shop floor issues by being involved when quality issues arise; being accessible, collaborating with shop floor employees, knowing design requirements, creating standard work, and taking personal responsibility for the reasonable execution of standard work.
Important to simplify process tasks to ensure repeatability for a robust process
Establish trust by others by being authentic, leading by example, and basing decisions on “right thing to do”
Lead on defining process requirements

Responsibilities

Providing technical support to production department: Developing metrics, reviewing resources, troubleshooting/problem solving production quality issues, initiating process improvements, training production employees, and providing corrective actions on customer issues.
Development of new products: Involvement with product development on project, provide direction on prototypes/pilot runs/1st articles, interaction with production employees on requirements, and review capital equipment.
Develop and maintain production documentation: Initiate and Update routings & ECO’s, controlled documents, etc.
Ensure ISO 9001 and 14001 procedures are followed, and requirements are met.
Team member on various lean improvement projects: Actively involved in Kaizen/Lean events, internal audits, action items, various engineering projects.
Plans and designs manufacturing processes for a production facility; Analyzes assembly, fabrication, machining, and other processes.
Works on some complex tasks/projects individually
Work may be directed by others (supervisor, production supervisors, product development, etc.)
Plan and implement preventive and corrective actions for reducing scrap, rework and down time
Contribute to creation and continuous improvement of manufacturing work instructions, process control plans and other documentation required for production release.
Support operations performance in meeting quality, safety, morale, cost, productivity and delivery objectives.
Understand and support ISO and quality