Manufacturing Engineer

WW Industries•Houston, TX

16d•Onsite

About The Position

Summary: This position is responsible for performing estimates and preparing quotes, as well as managing the quote system and related documentation. It includes reviewing contracts and creating and issuing shop routers to ensure jobs are executed correctly and all quality requirements are identified.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (engineering, engineering technology, industrial) or commensurate education and work experience.
5+ years in a production environment, working with bills of materials and routings, hands on experience in production, production control, capacity planning, MRP, manufacturing engineering and other related functions
Knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes, planning and shop floor control
Significant ERP experience (such as SAP, Global Shop Solutions, Epicor, Oracle, other)
Excellent communication skills and ability to work harmoniously on multifunction teams
Impeccable reputation and high ethical standards
Self-motivated and willing to take initiative with limited direction

Responsibilities

Review project documentation and specifications to get an understanding of the scope of work.
Review and interpret fabrication manufacturing drawings.
Prepare cost estimates utilizing standard costs, manufacturing practices, engineering specifications, labor hours and rates, material costs, and other relevant data.
Prepare estimates for projects including price, delivery, and supporting documents.
Implement and continually improve quantity take off and estimating standards.
Execute take offs of project documents and input into estimating spreadsheets.
Work as a team with purchasing for pricing of materials and services.
Prepare cost analysis of material, labor, equipment, and subcontractor costs incurred for projects.
Create detailed shop routers and instructions
Detailed contract review
Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services.
Maintain project records to include open bids, lost bids, bids awarded.
Attend departmental meetings as required.
Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
Completes design and development projects by training and guiding technicians.
Provides manufacturing engineering information by answering questions and request.
Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods, testing finished product and process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes.
Provide hands-on engineering support to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems in production.
Create and maintain process work instructions, routers, fixture drawings, and train manufacturing associates.
Research and identify new manufacturing technologies.
Evaluates manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research programs; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from operators.
Develops manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; researching, designing, modifying and testing manufacturing methods and equipment conferring with equipment vendors.