Engineering Technician

Guhring • Brookfield, WI

10d

About The Position

Under the direction of the Engineering Manager, the Engineering Technician provides clerical and technical support for processing customer orders by following published process guidelines and standard Engineering Design Guidelines. The role supports the manufacture of cutting tools through process planning, engineering-system updates, tool layouts and basic designs, customer application assistance, repeat-order processing, and pricing activities. The position also assists engineers with developing and maintaining standard routings, methods, and time data.

Requirements

• Associate degree or three to five years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, with an emphasis in metal working or machine trades.
• Basic blueprint-reading skills.
• Working knowledge of mathematics through trigonometry.
• Ability to apply basic practical engineering techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Leadership ability.
• Ability to communicate complex matters.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or industrial engineering.

Responsibilities

• Originate process methods and routings required in the manufacture of cutting tools.
• Use existing tool prints to maintain and update engineering systems in response to change-order requests from engineering, manufacturing, or sales.
• Lay out tools from finished-part prints and maintain records and files pertinent to the job function.
• Finish basic single-diameter tool designs.
• Recommend speeds and feeds to customers and troubleshoot basic application problems.
• Perform repeat orders.
• Assist engineers in developing standard routings for basic tool types and in maintaining established methods and time data to reflect changing conditions.
• Occasionally prepare prices for intermediate- to complex-level Guhring products or process repeat orders of a basic to intermediate nature.
• Provide form sketches for customer approval when a print does not exist.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree