Industrial Manufacturing Engineer

North American Stamping•Portland, TN

About The Position

The Industrial Manufacturing Engineer reports to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager and assists with implementing new manufacturing processes and projects at the plant level. The role helps ensure customers receive world-class technology and processes, and that existing tooling and welding processes perform to expected levels and achieve quoted rates. Work includes buildings and construction, new equipment, equipment maintenance, and establishing and setting up assembly, manufacturing, stamping, and/or welding processes. The engineer works with departmental staff on new product launch activities to meet customer and company milestones for budget, quality, and performance, and improves production-facility and equipment-layout efficiency. The role supports process preparation, production equipment and facilities, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, quality, problem solving, training, and plant layout and expansion activities. Travel to other plants in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico is required.

Requirements

High school graduate.
Five years of experience in stamping or a related field.
Five years of Manufacturing Engineering or related experience.
Experience with process design, improvement, and/or verification.
Five years of production welding experience.
Knowledge of electrical controls and systems.
Knowledge of preventive-maintenance systems and methodology.
Strong understanding of waste elimination.
Understanding of APQP requirements.
Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
Solid working knowledge and demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office and other computer-based applications.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
Ability to travel to other plants in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Nice To Haves

University degree in a related field.
Proficiency with CAD software.
Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with operations to support successful launches of new and takeover products.
Develop process and production-preparation plans for new manufacturing or assembly components.
Create assembly instructions and visual aids that guide production teams on specifications and processes.
Create and maintain work instructions, time studies, and preventive-maintenance instructions in compliance with IATF16949 requirements.
Assist with troubleshooting automation, stamping processes, and production equipment; train operations staff and hand completed processes over to manufacturing teams.
Support manufacturing engineering, program management, and new-product-launch meetings, including design reviews, project-status reports, key-measure reports, and handovers.
Address production-preparation issues in a timely manner to enable countermeasures, and communicate implementation status to other departments and upper management.
Assist with existing or new manufacturing and assembly equipment, including equipment installations and updates.
Support safety, process capability, efficiency, and standardization.
Assist maintenance activities on manufacturing equipment, processes, buildings, and utility systems.
Help implement preventive-maintenance programs with shared-services Manufacturing Engineering to ensure plant production equipment and facilities remain operable.
Participate in problem solving to prevent recurrence of nonconformities involving products, processes, and the quality system.
Work with production and quality assurance to ensure parts meet customer quality standards.
Participate in root-cause analysis and problem-solving methods, including 8-D activities.
Assist with pre-production FMEAs and initial samples, and lead associates in addressing production, customer, and supplier concerns.
Maintain positive associate relations through mutual trust, dignity, respect, fairness, consistency, two-way communication, teamwork, and harmony.
Assist with troubleshooting production equipment, upgrading preventive-maintenance programs, and assessing facility condition with the Maintenance Manager.
Assist with training plant personnel, future plant expansion layout and implementation, and ongoing plant-layout improvements.
Help ensure a safe work environment and assist with strategic-plan and budget preparation.
Participate in associate-involvement teams and complete training as needed for job responsibilities.
Assist with technology implementation in the welding department and review downtime regularly to plan improvements.
Support ongoing improvement of manufacturing processes through technological advancements.