Manufacturing Engineer (Machining)

Intercontinental Engineering-Manufacturing Corp.•Riverside, MO

6h•$90,000 - $105,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We build the machinery that moves ships. Steel plate comes in the door, and we burn it, fit it, weld it, and machine it into finished components that run 40,000 pounds and up for the commercial marine, defense, and mining industries. We need a Manufacturing Engineer on the machining side — horizontal boring mills, large lathes, and everything that surrounds them. This is a hands-on job. You will be in the office when you need to be and on the floor the rest of the time, with the machines and the people running them. We are not looking for someone to keep the process running the way it has always run. We have been at this since 1960, and some of what we do is proven and some of it is just old. We want an engineer who can tell the difference — who asks why we do it this way, goes and finds a better method, brings in the technology that makes it possible, and then does the work to make it stick.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field, with experience in a manufacturing function
Ability to read and interpret complex drawings
Thorough understanding of GD&T
Experience programming CNC controls using G-code
Real experience with machining, part setup, cutting tools, and materials
Proficient with Microsoft Office
Comfortable working with minimal supervision — you will be trusted to set your own priorities
A real bias toward improvement. “That is how we have always done it” should bother you, and you should be the kind of engineer who goes looking for the better way instead of waiting to be asked.
Strong interpersonal skills. You will be talking to suppliers, customers, machinists, and engineers, often on the same day.
Internship or co-op time in a manufacturing environment counts. Tell us what you have built, fixed, or figured out.

Nice To Haves

Experience with APQP tools
CAD/CAM software — we use Autodesk Inventor
Tool path verification and simulation software
Familiarity with weldments and fit-up processes
Large-part, long-cycle, or low-volume machining experience
Time in a defense, marine, or other regulated manufacturing environment
Know machining cold and want to move into engineering
Engineer coming out of high-volume work and are tired of optimizing the same part for the ten-thousandth time
Have ever been the person in the shop pushing for the new method, the new machine, or the new software — and got told no — come tell us what you were trying to do.

Responsibilities

Owning the machining processes end to end — how the part gets made, how we prove it is right, and how we make it repeatable.
CNC programming. Developing, modifying, and reviewing G-code for horizontal boring mills, lathes, and other heavy equipment
Machine characterization and optimization. Finding out what a machine can actually hold, then building the process around it
Process documentation and control. PFMEAs, process control plans, work instructions, and engineering and process change control
Tooling and equipment. Specifying tooling and equipment for efficient, high-quality production, and identifying capital purchases worth making
Mechanical drawings in support of new and existing products
Root cause and corrective action. Supporting investigations with your peers and leading the effort to cut scrap, rework, repair, and warranty cost
Standard work. Creating it, training it, and driving it across shop floor processes
Finding and bringing in what is next. Watching what is happening in tooling, workholding, automation, probing, metrology, and software, then deciding what is worth trialing here — and building the business case to get it in the door
Floor layouts and implementation plans for major factory moves
Technical support across the value stream, working directly with production, quality, suppliers, and customers
Leading cross-functional groups of peers from production and quality to get a job out the door on time.