Manufacturing Engineer Trainee

Dodge Industrial•Carson City, NV

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer Trainee will provide support to lead engineer on various manufacturing projects and documentation control management. This individual will also get the opportunity to learn various manufacturing lean processes, apply engineering principles to support manufacturing operations improvements like SS, cell development, workflow optimization, and time studies.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related manufacturing field
Good understanding of mechanical engineering principles and testing techniques.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook required.
Demonstrate a "hands-on" team approach to solving problems.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, especially interaction with production and with other disciplines outside of engineering like account managers, marketing, etc.
Highly organized, able to multi-task and seamlessly transition between different projects is essential.
Must have the ability to read and interpret blueprint designs, and capable of producing manufacturing drawings with and understanding of GD& T, and capable of using inspection equipment such as calipers, height gauges, etc.
Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, U.S. National, Refugee, or Asylee) due to ITAR and EAR regulations.

Nice To Haves

Some experience recommended but not required in a variety of manufacturing processes, including machining, sheet metal fabrication, and laser cutting.
Understanding of lean principles (plus): Root cause analysis, FEMA, DMAIC ... etc.

Responsibilities

Support ME Department with time studies design fixtures
Provide hands on build/repair of existing equipment
Build new test equipment
Support shop layout review
Create detail itemized drawings and create/maintain bills of materials (BOM) for product manufacturing, marketing, and purchasing, as well as supporting production and fabrication documents through IBM i systems.
Create detail part drawings, 3D models and manage part numbers system through IBM i system.
Assist in taking time studies for costing and process flow improvements and identify constraints.
Provide support to manufacturing engineers in other areas such as new product design, collection data, and cleaning data.
Participating in defining problems, establish data driving facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Maintaining accurate engineering documents and working very closely with production on all engineering updates.
Create, revise, and maintain production and procurement documents to produce parts and components per design specifications and quality standards.
Support quality assurance by documenting FA or testing results.
Confirm that most current revision is maintained and updated on a regular basis such as maintaining libraries of CAD models, manufacturing prints, CNC programs.
Occasionally operate CNC machines to support manufacturing.