Senior Manufacturing Engineer - 3rd Shift

GE Appliances, a Haier company•Louisville, KY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer provides ideas, technical support, project/program management, and expertise to Plant Operations across multiple shifts. This engineer supports activities related to chronic equipment/process problem solving, equipment troubleshooting, Overall Equipment Effectiveness improvement, equipment specification, and Total Productive Maintenance. Develops and implement strategies / projects to improve reliability and cost performance for assigned Value Stream. The Senior ME will provide overall leadership and direction for an AP5 Value Stream. This role will serve as the primary contact within the plant to provide technical support and consultation on the plant infrastructure and facility support systems. Provide technical expertise on plant layout, connections into/out of the plant, and in the troubleshooting of facility operational issues. Provides this technical support and expertise to Plant Operations across multiple shifts. Provide technical leadership, program management, and expertise to Plant Operations, to include providing leadership and direction to the maintenance team. Be the single point of contact for technical changes to assigned area and accountable for decision making process. Improve and direct Preventive Maintenance plan for assigned area. Root cause-based troubleshooting, schematic reading, PLC's and ladder logic programming, variable frequency drives, Ethernet communications, Vision Systems and safety procedures such as Lock Out -Tag Out. Support all plant objectives in the areas of EHS, Schedule Attainment, Spoilage & Yield, Labor & Overtime, Productivity, Spare Parts cost controls and Lean Manufacturing. Execute routine equipment purchases, to include presenting justification for capital expenses or process improvements, design and specification of equipment and standardization of equipment within manufacturing methods and safety requirements. First response to our maintenance employees when guidance or assistance is required. This will include some after hours and weekend supervision. Establish, develop, implement and sustain world-class practices in our Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program and drive continuous improvement in the areas of uptime and cost controls. Coordinate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (AME) efforts to ensure operational efficiency goals are met. Provide support, direction and training to AMEs, Process Improvement Engineers, maintenance, systems and shop projects with specification, drawings, equipment/process acceptance, and troubleshooting. Initiate and integrate activities to resolve repetitive production problems and implement preventive maintenance programs on key pieces of equipment to improve process output reliability. Provide leadership to hourly maintenance employees to ensure day-to-day production requirements. Establish measured work practices for maintenance employees, to include documentation of work performed and the time required to perform it. Provide training and aid in troubleshooting and downtime response in specified area of expertise. Drive uptime and equipment reliability improvements through simplification activities. Own the 5S in the area and enforce adherence. Support as required: Equipment design and specification development Planning for integration into operations. Support the installation, debug and programming of equipment.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or other equivalent technical work experience.
Ability to implement long-term plans into day-to-day operations.
Skills to include interpersonal, facilitation, positive multi-level verbal/written communication and team building.
Demonstrated Project Management skills.
Proven Mechanical and Electrical/PLC Diagnostic and Technical Skills required.
Proven PLC Controls/Electrical troubleshooting a must.
Solid Computer skills (i.e. Microsoft suite, software/programming and PLC).
Proven shop floor troubleshooting skills.
Proven problem-solving skills.
Previous supervisory experience and/or experience working directly with high volume manufacturing Production Operations and Union Operators.
Demonstrated strong leadership skills through coaching, training and positive influencing.
Position supports 24/7 manufacturing facilities.
Occasional off shift, on call and weekend work may be required.

Nice To Haves

Green Belt Certified, Black Belt Certified.
Minimum 5 years of support operations or maintenance supervision experience.
Design/Tooling/new product launch background a plus.
Self-motivated: ability to balance multiple priorities and effectively determine level of responsiveness and resource allocation.
Skilled Union trades management experience.

Responsibilities

Provides ideas, technical support, project/program management, and expertise to Plant Operations across multiple shifts.
Supports activities related to chronic equipment/process problem solving, equipment troubleshooting, Overall Equipment Effectiveness improvement, equipment specification, and Total Productive Maintenance.
Develops and implements strategies / projects to improve reliability and cost performance for assigned Value Stream.
Provides overall leadership and direction for an AP5 Value Stream.
Serves as the primary contact within the plant to provide technical support and consultation on the plant infrastructure and facility support systems.
Provides technical expertise on plant layout, connections into/out of the plant, and in the troubleshooting of facility operational issues.
Provides technical leadership, program management, and expertise to Plant Operations, including leadership and direction to the maintenance team.
Acts as the single point of contact for technical changes to assigned area and is accountable for the decision-making process.
Improves and directs the Preventive Maintenance plan for the assigned area.
Performs root cause-based troubleshooting, schematic reading, PLC's and ladder logic programming, variable frequency drives, Ethernet communications, Vision Systems and safety procedures such as Lock Out -Tag Out.
Supports all plant objectives in the areas of EHS, Schedule Attainment, Spoilage & Yield, Labor & Overtime, Productivity, Spare Parts cost controls and Lean Manufacturing.
Executes routine equipment purchases, including presenting justification for capital expenses or process improvements, design and specification of equipment, and standardization of equipment within manufacturing methods and safety requirements.
Acts as the first response to maintenance employees when guidance or assistance is required, including some after-hours and weekend supervision.
Establishes, develops, implements, and sustains world-class practices in the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program and drives continuous improvement in uptime and cost controls.
Coordinates with Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (AME) efforts to ensure operational efficiency goals are met.
Provides support, direction, and training to AMEs, Process Improvement Engineers, maintenance, systems, and shop projects with specification, drawings, equipment/process acceptance, and troubleshooting.
Initiates and integrates activities to resolve repetitive production problems and implements preventive maintenance programs on key pieces of equipment to improve process output reliability.
Provides leadership to hourly maintenance employees to ensure day-to-day production requirements.
Establishes measured work practices for maintenance employees, including documentation of work performed and the time required to perform it.
Provides training and aid in troubleshooting and downtime response in the specified area of expertise.
Drives uptime and equipment reliability improvements through simplification activities.
Owns the 5S in the area and enforces adherence.
Supports equipment design and specification development.
Supports planning for integration into operations.
Supports the installation, debug, and programming of equipment.