Manufacturing Engineering Technician

Leggett & Platt • Grand Rapids, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future. Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products. From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries. Summary: Position will be responsible to collect and provide inspection data/capability data to help analyze and solve quality issues. Position will work with Manufacturing Engineers to make changes and improvements to product designs, standard work instructions, engineering standards and specifications, and manufacturing processes. Other responsibilities include conducting pre and post runs on new sample jobs, training operators, conducting audits and analyzing quality data including costs, issuing Quality Alerts and applying fundamental statistical methods for process control. Occasional customer/site visits may be necessary.

Requirements

• Associate degree from a college in Engineering discipline (Industrial, Product, Manufacturing, etc.) or an equivalent amount of experience/ training in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical procedures and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports and procedural manuals.
• Ability to present information and instructions and respond to questions, complaints, or inquiries from employees, customers and management.
• Ability to calculate figures and other calculations and apply mathematical concepts as required.
• Ability to use computer software for projects and reports as needed.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw conclusions, and offer solutions.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job.
• The employee will be on the shop floor on a regular basis and may need to occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds. Vision abilities will require good vision and the ability to focus on diagrams, layouts, equipment, etc.

Responsibilities

• Conduct floor inspections based on resolving process problems, customer issues and audit findings.
• Work on assigned Quality Improvement Projects. This could include: participating on project teams with customers, plant leadership and hourly employees to solve problems. Also includes participation on Continuous Improvement teams for 6S and PDCA projects.
• Work on assigned Customer Complaints and resolve in a reasonable amount of time. This would include such tasks as: investigating issue to determine a cause, implementing a solution and effectively communicating results to manufacturing, leadership and customers when necessary.
• Work on assigned Corrective Action Requests and resolve in a reasonable amount of time. This would include such tasks as: conducting a more comprehensive investigation using formal problem solving tools to determine root cause, implementing a solution and effectively communicating results to manufacturing, leadership and customers when necessary.
• Issues engineering changes as requested from internal production modifications and cost changes.
• Issues internal engineering changes related to processes and material changes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees