Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: East Aurora, NY 14052

Job Type: Direct-Hire

Note:

• Hours are 7:00 am-3:00 pm 8 Hrs M-F
• This is for a direct hire opportunity. There will be relocation assistance for candidates outside of Western New York. This position will be 100% onsite.
• The salary range for this role is $80-$140K
• Direct Hire fee is 20% off annual salary

Job Description:

• Client is seeking a Sr. Manufacturing Engineer to take on a critical role in supporting the Prismatic (Complex Milling) Manufacturing Group located in East Aurora NY.
• The primary responsibility will be supporting the development of new product/development manufacturing processes, as well as applying continuous improvement manufacturing technologies to existing or mature production programs.
• In this role, you’ll take ownership and drive results performing challenging and non‑routine manufacturing engineering applying standard engineering techniques, procedures, and “out of the box” thinking.
• In addition to accountability for the manufacturing processes in East Aurora, NY you will also help support our other aircraft facilities worldwide as required.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and develop new and emerging technologies in manufacturing engineering and production process development.
• Play a major role in coordinating Design for Manufacturing efforts amongst various development engineering groups for new and existing programs.
• Determine manufacturing procedures, operation sequencing, prepare tooling and gauge lists, create, and prove out N/C programs, writing of detailed operations sheets and work instructions to produce complex milled machined parts and sub-assemblies.
• Hands on approach in supporting continuous improvement efforts for existing production processes.
• Prepare, monitor, and update engineered or estimated time standards for set up and run hours, man to machine ratios and economic run quantities for each component's processes throughout the entire parts routing.
• Provide detailed cost estimates for new business capture and process improvement efforts.
• Leadership in new manufacturing capital equipment evaluation, justification, purchasing and implementation.
• Daily interaction with a variety of disciplines, including other Client engineers, technicians, operations, and quality personnel, as well as external suppliers, to solve process related problems and mentor others.
• Workdays are split between hands on shop interaction and office assignments.
• Many times, the Manufacturing engineers performs their own machine program prove outs side by side with shop personnel.
• Project leadership opportunities assigned by the Group Lead and/or Manufacturing Engineering Manager.
• Support of production automated manufacturing cells, driving process stability to achieve reduced attended labor and human factor variation.
• Assignment/Ownership of a dedicated manufacturing cell is likely.
• Some international and/or domestic travel as required (5% or approx. two weeks/year).

Requirements:

• Additional seasoned experience in manufacturing engineering that would be equivalent to what is learned in a degreed program would be reviewed for an acceptable alternative to the B. S. Degree requirement.
• A minimum of 5 years Manufacturing Engineering with milled parts experience with increasing responsibility.
• A minimum equivalent of 5 years hands on machining experience.
• CAD/CAM CNC milled parts programming experience (Siemens NX preferred). Fluent in G&M Code programming.
• Strong cutting tool and work holding knowledge, selection, and design. Quick change and automation tooling/work holding experience a plus.
• Strong manufacturing process knowledge to create efficient CNC programs for complex milled parts.
• A progressive thinker and self-starter to help advance our current methodologies and technologies as we drive to automated manufacturing cells.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills to work effectively with a variety of people.
• The ability to provide guidance and direction to other manufacturing engineers.
• Experience developing automated and advanced manufacturing systems.
• A "Lean Mindset” and leadership skills to drive change towards a "Lean factory” and "Standardized Work”. (Lean belt certification a plus)
• The ability to manage and execute multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience with MS Project is a plus.
• Strong computer skills proficiency. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in blueprint reading and GD&T
• 5-Axis Machining center programming experience required. Client's 5-Axis Global Machining Platform consists of Okuma MU-4000V, MU-5000V, MU-8000V and Mazak I-600 machines. Experience with these machines is a plus.
• Experience in machining a wide variety of Aerospace materials (Aluminium, Titanium, Stainless Steels, etc) on complex milled parts.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science Degree (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Eng or Tech).