PRIMARY PURPOSE:
This position, through engineering projects, directly supports the entire production organization by leading continuous improvement efforts, capital project management, and cost reduction activities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop methods, tooling and techniques to continuously reduce the time and effort involved in setting-up, changing over and operations of manufacturing equipment.
- Implement bottleneck cycle time reduction in manufacturing cells.
- Troubleshoot PLC programs as required (Siemens & Allen Bradley)
- Modify manufacturing processes for safety improvement, quality improvement, cost reduction, or design changes.
- Achieve financial objectives by assisting in the preparation of the budget, scheduling expenditures, managing project budgets and initiating corrective actions.
- Manage capital projects, including: development of equipment specification, coordination of equipment runoffs, installation of equipment, and management of outside contractors.
- Updates and maintains equipment drawings for production and equipment, including layouts.
- Develop engineering solutions for repetitive equipment/process failures.
- Assist in identification of departmental training requirements and may provide the training for improvement of skill levels.
- Review, recommend and coordinate TPM, PM, Proactive Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance Programs to prevent equipment failures and maximize machinery uptime.
- Take ownership, in conjunction with Quality Engineer, of PFMEA, Control plans and process flows.
- Supports shop floor teams through daily interaction, problem solving skills and aiding in development of standard work instructions.
- Manage outside contractors involved in process/equipment improvement.
- Work closely with all levels of the organization to improve upon manufacturing machinery and process improvements.
- Lead Kaizen activities, and document results.
- Knows significant environmental aspects of the job and the related operational controls.
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
Formal qualifications required:
Essential
Two or more years of experience in manufacturing engineering, and automation.
Lean Enterprise experience
Desirable
Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
Specific Functional Capabilities, Knowledge, and Skills required:
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical and/or Industrial Engineering, or related degree or equivalent experience. Computer Skills (MS Word, Excel, MfgPro, Kronos)
