Manufacturing Engineering Technician

Gleason•Loves Park, IL

4d•$60,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineering Technician bridges the gap between physical shop-floor production, digital automation, and manufacturing engineering. This role optimizes manufacturing workflows by combining hands-on CNC programming and fixture design. You will refine machining processes, generate G-Code CNC programs, support workholding operations through routings and processing, and solve real-time production challenges.

Requirements

Familiarity with Esprit, Fusion 360, Creo NC, or similar platforms.
PTC Creo experience or similar solid-model CAD software for designing and detailing mechanical elements for machine components.
Understanding of engineering drawings and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
2+ years of hands-on CNC setup, operation, and programming experience.
Associate's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or a related technical discipline preferred; equivalent combination of hands-on machining experience and education will be considered.
High school diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

Generate G-Code: Write and optimize multi-axis programs using CAD/CAM software for CNC mills, lathes, and grinding equipment.
Select Tooling: Specify optimal cutting tools, workholding fixtures, speeds, and feeds for a variety of raw materials.
Prove Out: Perform digital simulations and dry runs to prevent machine crashes.
Order Processing: Generate manufacturing process routings to ensure cost-effective, high-quality precision components.
Create product quotations with target margin for sales/customer inquiries.
Communicate with manufacturing, customers and sales team to maintain high customer satisfaction.
Resolve production bottlenecks, part defects, or machine alarms.
Create 3-D models and production drawings for workholding components, jigs, and templates using Creo CAD software.
Track cycle times, scrap rates, and equipment downtime to improve efficiency.
Gradually assist senior team members in automating routine file management or data collection as skills grow.
Participate on continuous improvement initiatives and kaizen teams, apply lean techniques of problem solving including; PDCA, Five-Whys, Fish Bone Diagrams, Pareto Charts, Gemba, Poka-Yoke, 6S, TPM, OEE, VSM, etc.
Work with tooling vendors to identify opportunities for testing and machining efficiency improvement opportunities.