Mfg Engineer I

Crown Equipment Corporation•Greencastle, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world's largest lift truck manufacturers, offers local support on a global scale with more than 15 manufacturing facilities worldwide and more than 500 retail locations in over 80 countries. Our global sales and service network provides our customers with a local resource for a wide variety of quality material handling equipment, fleet management solutions, warehouse products and support services to meet their needs anytime, anywhere.

Requirements

8-15 years related experience
High School graduate or equivalent
Must have valid driving privileges

Nice To Haves

Certain technical skills and training such as CNC programming, CAD layout, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), process capability theory and statistical process control (SPC) may be required.
Must be able to lead cross-functional teams, manage medium to large projects, and contribute to the development and implementation of strategic initiatives.
Requires excellent organizational and interpersonal skills and the ability to support and mentor Process Technicians, Supervisors and others.
Must demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to lead the discussion, meeting, project, etc., and communicate across all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

Support current process technology and implement improvements to department/plant operations based upon manufacturing engineering analysis of existing operations compared to future requirements based on capacity, cost reduction, safety and/or risk avoidance opportunities.
Help to prepare project justification including recommendations, make-vs.-buy analysis, layout, cost impact and schedule activities as required.
Implementation of processes including equipment procurement, coordination of installation, process capability prove-out, training, process documentation, work standard measurement and production start-up. Implementation of process improvements including activities such as project management, tooling selection through implementation, N/C programming, etc.
Ongoing support of processes resulting from process improvement, part changes, changing capacities, etc.
Contribute to the product introduction process.
Activities will vary depending on project size, structure and phase but may include: cost estimation, suggestion and evaluation for design for manufacturability, process investigation, schedule development, make-vs.-buy analysis, prototype manufacture, etc.
Review production problems as they are identified and implement solutions.
Develop, implement and update documentation and training.
Contribute to initiatives by other plant functions such as quality, safety, environment, production control, etc., to improve operations.
Develop reports, project briefings and management presentations.
Perform other duties as assigned.