Manufacturing Engineer

Crane Company•Saddle Brook, NJ

8d•$85,000 - $115,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for supporting production through daily troubleshooting and root cause analysis to ensure processes are safe, meet quality and throughput requirements, and make work easier for operators. This requires hands-on involvement and working on the shop floor. In addition to this support, they will be responsible for the design and implementation of tooling and/or process changes to improve manufacturing processes. They will also own larger cost reduction projects from ideation, feasibility and design, Capital Expenditure approval, and implementation. The role involves leading/supporting quality improvement initiatives as per IATF 16949-2016 to achieve set sigma levels for value streams and guiding the production team on issue resolution using departmental specialty knowledge.

Requirements

B.S. in Engineering or related degree.
Problem solving and root cause analysis skills.
Proficient with 2D and 3D CAD software

Nice To Haves

Exposure to lean manufacturing, six sigma, and 5S practices.
Proficient with data analysis, statistics, and applied mathematics.
Demonstrated ability to understand process & product specifications.
Basic understanding of industrial assembly, fabrication, and machining processes.
Working experience with Autodesk Inventor Professional

Responsibilities

Provides support to obtain safe, efficient, productive and economical manufacturing operations.
Develops and maintains routings, tool lists, fixtures, process instructions and process requirements, for manufacturing equipment and operations.
Develops Work instructions and standard work to document processes and flow.
Drives out waste from manufacturing operations through the deployment of lean and CBS methodology.
Addresses production Andon stoppages and develops counter measures using 5 why methodology.
Trains operators on proper, efficient manufacturing methods and procedures, to maximize machine and process productivity.
Coordinates the purchase of necessary production materials and tooling.
Implements changes to tools and fixtures.
Supports new process and product development implementation.
Assists with developing and implementing current and future state value stream maps and continuous Improvement plans.
Audits and improves existing manufacturing processes.
Solves daily manufacturing process problems.
Tries out experimental commercial tooling.
Simplifies the methods/tooling and therefore reduces cycle times and W.I.P.
Improves area equipment layouts and material flow.
Assists operators with daily assembly problems with equipment, methods and tooling.
Assists in justifying and coordinating the installation of capital equipment.
Participates actively in the Continuous Improvement and Quality processes including project team involvement and problem solving.
Participate quality improvements as per IATF 16949 2016 ensure to complete toll gates for DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, Process capability study for in house process
Ensure requirements of relevant standards like ISO 9001-2015, etc. are being consistently met and improved.