Mfg Engineer Indirect

Kaman Human Resources•Bennington, VT

22h

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer, working under the direction of the Manufacturing Engineering Manager with minimum supervision, is responsible for maintaining product delivery and quality requirements. This can include; RCCA, PFMEA support, Manufacturing Instructions, implementation of process improvements, and daily involvement in production support.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related technical field required
Must be able to read blueprints, technical drawings, bills of material, assembly instructions utilized to build units, assemblies, and parts.
Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as mechanical or aerospace engineering.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Proficiency with CAD software (SolidWorks preferred), ERP systems (Epicor preferred) and general office applications (MS Office preferred)
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
Ability to work hands on within the production environment
Ability to work effectively with internal and external customers

Nice To Haves

3 years related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepares Manufacturing Engineering, modifications/improvements to Tool Design, Tool Fabrication and activity schedules required to assure conformance to contract delivery requirements.
Creates CAD models, drawings, and work instructions meeting customer specifications and delivery commitments
Designs and develops improvements/make-new to tooling, processes, and procedures to support manufacture of composite parts and assemblies including mold tools, drill fixtures, and assembly tools
Provide sustaining engineering as required; maintain and improve company’s competitive position by identifying, justifying, and implementing manufacturing improvements.
Assist in development of technical portions of new business proposals including selection of manufacturing methods and production processes, selection of tooling, and definition of costs required to implement.
Perform make verses buy analyses and provide related recommendations to management.
Create and maintain records, data schedules and other pertinent information as required.
Provide ME support to Lean activities, cellular standardization and continuous improvement efforts as required.
May assist in structuring departmental budgets.
Conducts producibility studies to evaluate production process reliability and provide appropriate recommendations.
Prepares specification of production operations, prepares vendor instructions for operations sourced outside the company and defines tooling requirements and issuance of tool orders to Tool Fabrication department.
Interact with customer organizations including, tool and configuration and manufacturing tolerances that affect producibility, cost and schedules.
Perform other duties as assigned. Accomplish related results as needed.