Manufacturing Engineer - Foundry
About The Position
The Manufacturing Engineer will utilize lean manufacturing tools to streamline operations throughout the plant by implementing changes to workstation layout, material handling, or processing. This role involves writing and reviewing standard operating procedures, developing operator training protocols, and initiating process trials to optimize cost-effectiveness and quality. The position also requires developing scorecards for quality metrics, creating daily metrics to reduce scrap and process variation, and planning improvements for operator-related scrap. The engineer will maintain a positive work atmosphere, support all shifts, and confer with various departments and external stakeholders on new product introductions. A key responsibility is auditing and improving snag/CNC processes and product quality to reduce variation and ensure process reliability. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, or other related Engineering discipline.
- Experience in using Lean Manufacturing tools like Kaizen, TPM, 6S, Standard Work, Kan-Ban, Poka-Yoke.
- Basic knowledge of production processes, machine tooling and operations, hand tools and automation concepts and practices required.
- Expertise in use of Microsoft Office Products (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access) required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience performing time studies a plus.
Responsibilities
- Utilize lean manufacturing tools to streamline operations throughout plant via changes to workstation layout, material handling, or processing.
- Write area Standard Operating Procedures and Engineering Procedures as required and review operator training procedures.
- Develop protocol for qualifying new operators.
- Initiate process trials to determine most cost-effective way to deliver a quality part to our customers.
- Develop scorecard for quality metrics defined by Eastlake Handling scrap category.
- Develop additional daily metrics as needed to reduce scrap, rework and process variation.
- Develop plans to improve operator related scrap and communicate improvement timeline to management.
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers, and supervisors.
- Position supports all shifts and candidate must demonstrate a willingness to work any shift required when the need arises.
- Confer with engineering, quality, manufacturing, outside vendors and other representatives, including customers, in planning, scheduling, coordinating and implementing NPI’s (fixture requirements etc).
- Audit and continuously improve snag/CNC processes and product produced by those processes to reduce variation seen at finishing, visual and dimensional.
- Assure reliability of the process.
- Other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
