Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Smiths Group • Elmwood Park, NJ

88d

About The Position

STS Aerospace is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer that is accountable for improving and maintaining first pass yield for specified parts and/or processes. This is accomplished by driving continuous improvement initiatives, process development/modification, documentation of standards/best practices, and equipment onboarding/troubleshooting. Candidate shall also support cross functional initiatives with Production, Quality and Purchasing departments to meet company goals and product quality standards.

Requirements

• Proven working experience as a manufacturing engineer or in a related field.
• Experience in blueprint reading and spec interpretation.
• Must be comfortable in a manufacturing environment often fast-paced and loud.
• Must be able to stand, lift, walk, bend, and reach during their shift.
• Must be comfortable wearing safety glasses.
• Work well within a team.
• Creative and innovative thinking skills.
• Problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting of quality issues throughout the production process: welding, brazing, nickel plating, cleaning, and borescope inspection.
• Use continuous improvement and lean techniques to increase production efficiency, eliminate waste, and drive cost savings opportunities.
• Support production staff with specification/technical knowledge, inspection techniques, weld/braze consumables management and day-to-day trouble shooting efforts.
• Documentation and standardization of processes via work instructions and operating instructions to increase efficiency, facilitate cross-training and enable proper equipment usage.
• Equipment and tooling onboarding into production process to support new product, process efficiency, ergonomics or safety.
• Basic troubleshooting, light-level repair and/or export of orbital weld machines, orbital weld heads, steam cleaning machines, tungsten grinders etc.
• Effective communication with production employees, management staff and cross-functional team to ensure the alignment of efforts to meet company goals.
• Conduct classes and trainings to support continuous improvements efforts and product quality i.e. Visual Inspection and Back-to-Basics courses.
• Manage operator qualifications to ensure production staff is qualified to perform given tasks.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented team environment.
• Ability to read, interpret, translate engineering drawings and customer specifications to drive compliance.
• Excellent team player with a great attitude.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees