Description

ACS Group is a privately held company that designs and manufactures comprehensive lines of auxiliary products for the plastics processing industry. ACS Group maintains an expansive product line, which includes size reduction equipment (granulators and shredders), material conveying equipment, metering and blending devices, heat exchangers (mold temperature control units and chillers), drying systems, and presses. These products are marketed under such recognizable brand names as AEC, Sterling, Cumberland, Wabash and Carver.
 
Manufacturing facilities are located in New Berlin, Wisconsin and Wabash, Indiana with a third facility located Suzhou, China to handle the needs of the Asian market. 

A successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Work with Mechanical and Electrical Engineers for manufacturability aspects of design for equipment; including review of drawings, routings and bills of materials.
• Work with suppliers to improve quality and delivery issues.
• Support make/buy decisions and establish alternative outside supply when needed.
• Communicate ECR’s (Engineering Change Request) to Design Engineering; and ECN’s (Engineering Change Notifications) to Manufacturing.
• Work with manufacturing to ensure product manufacturability and troubleshoot flow issues.
• Generate work instructions and provide training to associates.
• Lead and support lean/continuous process improvement initiatives regarding 5S, productivity, and quality.
• Support new product launches.
• Provide support for plant maintenance personnel for equipment downtime issues and submit capital expenditure requests complete with detailed justification.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A qualified candidate will be pro-active, dedicated, and possess these basic requirements:

• Associates Degree in Mechanical or Electrical or Manufacturing Engineering and/or 2-5 years of design and project management experience.
• Design experience, including creating drawings and bills of materials
• CNC programming experience
• Quoting (including scope of work) experience
• Design for manufacturability experience.
• Ability to develop and make presentations to customers and company management
• Communication Skills with an emphasis on cross-functional team building.
• Computer Literate with experience in the Microsoft Office Suite and Solid works.
• Ability to travel as required. (Less than 10% travel)