Manufacturing Engineer

PennEngineering® • Waterford, MI

4h

About The Position

This position plans, directs, and coordinates manufacturing processes in the
plant

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.E.) in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering from four-year college or university
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations, to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, and peers
• Ability to apply mathematical operations and/or statistical analysis to calculate standards, efficiency, capacity, etc.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Dimensional skill required
• Initiative, ability to learn, oral and written communications, adaptability, team cooperation, planning and organization, and problem solution
• Experience in the automotive industry and automation equipment
• Strong interpersonal and computer skills including CAD
• Experience with PLEX and PDM
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative leadership style
• Self-motivated team player with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Professional, position and people-oriented approach

Responsibilities

• Analyzes work force utilization, facility layout, and operational data such as production costs, process flow charts, and production schedules, to determine efficient utilization of workers and equipment
• Recommends methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as restructuring job duties, reorganizing workflow, relocating workstations and equipment, and purchase of equipment
• Confers with management to implement plans and analyzes product or equipment specifications, performance requirements to determine product designs, which can be produced by existing manufacturing or processing facilities and methods
• Determines feasibility of designing new plant equipment or modifying existing facilities considering costs, available space, time limitations, company planning, and other technical and economic factors
• Provides technical information concerning manufacturing or processing techniques, materials, properties, and process advantages and limitations which affect long range plant and product engineering planning
• Confers with plant manager to clarify or resolve problems and develops design
• Prepares or directs preparation of product or system layout, tooling layouts, product design and detailed drawings and schematics
• Compiles and analyzes operational, test, and research data to establish performance standards for newly designed or modified equipment or product
• Plans and develops experimental test programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level