Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Eaton Corporation•Kings Mountain, NC

31d•$86,000 - $126,000•Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer. This position will be located at our Kings Mountain, NC facility. Relocation benefits will be provided within the United States only. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will design, implement, improve, and maintain the processes in area of responsibility, related to gear and shaft manufacturing required for OEM and aftermarket customers in alignment to Department Goals around Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Productivity. This includes research and development of new technologies and techniques, coordinating new product launches and automated manufacturing cells.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
Minimum of three (3) years experience in a manufacturing environment.
Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any "CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Nice To Haves

Gear manufacturing experience.
Experience with Industry 4.0 tools (e.g. Automation / Additive Manufacturing / SPC / Real-time production monitoring).
Experience with statistical methods used to analyze process variations.
Design experience in ProEngineer or related CAD systems.
3D printing experience.
Experience with PLC related logic and robotics (fanuc) troubleshooting and recovery.

Responsibilities

Development of safe work methods and processes.
Development of processes in area of responsibility that result in a high level of quality.
Updating work instructions, posted references, process alerts, PFMEA, process flows, control plans, standard work, & related documents.
Improving the reliability and capability of equipment.
Evaluating related processes for efficiency, waste reduction, and work balancing (Lean tools: A3, Kaizen).
Becoming a Lean Tool expert in A3, VSM and Set Up Reduction.
Evaluation of change notifications and a quick understanding of the impact to processes.
Project management of cross functional teams such as safety, controls, maintenance, material delivery and operators for process changes and necessary training.
Evaluate, improve and update PFMEAs per APQP guidelines, Work Instructions and Job Safety Analysis.
Developing and testing improved fail-safe strategies through part design, 3D printing and testing.
Responding to corrective actions to help drive continuous improvement.
Active member of a cross functional Flow Line team to meet departmental goals and objectives.
Participate in capital planning, investigate equipment alternatives, prepare appropriation justifications, implement equipment, and evaluate results.
Assist in the implementation and deployment of actions to ensure compliance with all safety regulations as they apply to areas of responsibility. Participate in meeting plant Environment, Health, and Safety objectives
Maintain a constant search for identifiable and measurable cost reductions through scrap analysis and technology applications.
Work with operations, engineering technicians and maintenance technicians on day-to-day production issues.
Create and revise Process Drawings, Process Sheets, and routings both in Oracle and Matrix.
Capability to conduct time studies and implement solutions for bottleneck improvements and line balancing.
Coordination of projects involving many groups such as engineering, production, quality, tool design, EHS.
Assure that the efficiency of the plant and quality of the parts stay high through employee involvement.
Ability to work with minimal supervision.