Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (Semi-Remote / Crawfordsville,IN)

We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come… for our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We are positioned at the intersection of sustainability and technology. Our businesses develop technology that helps save our customers energy and reduce their carbon emissions. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and location-aware applications.

Job Summary

Be Approachable, Be Mindful of solutions, Be Energetic with your customers - Be A.M.E.!

We're seeking a talented and enthusiastic Advanced Manufacturing Engineer with experience improving process integrity. The Advanced Manufacturing Engineer is a pivotal position with the priority of successfully evaluating new and existing processes and configuring manufacturing systems to reduce cost, improve sustainability, and develop best practices within processes throughout the supply chain. We invite you to apply and join our winning team and light the way to a brilliant, productive and connected world!

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Design and implement new equipment, mechatronic solutions, and business solutions to improve manufacturing methods for maximum efficiency and quality (20%)
• Research and review industry trends and emerging technology advancements by attending trade shows, reading various trade publications, and working with vendors (10%)
• Work with product and engineering teams in the development of new products to ensure they are designed for manufacturability, service, and meet corporate cost and quality objectives (10%)
• Project engineering/management, including creating and maintaining project logbooks, design reviews, progress control, pre/final acceptance with suppliers and internal departments (10%)
• Direct and oversee projects in collaboration with internal and external project resources. Develop formal business cases for new investment projects and present solutions to executive leadership. Develop and control approved project budgets and spending (10%)
• Responsible for developing and reviewing machine capacity models and providing recommendations/solutions for capacity shortfalls. Provide capability analysis (Cp/Cpk) & GR&R support for new and existing processes (10%)
• Identify and support production quality processes and procedures to increase production throughput and eliminate impact to the customer (10%)
• Participate, lead, and facilitate kaizen events to improve internal LEAN manufacturing (ABS) processes to increase production's efficiency and quality. Train production operators on lean principles and manufacturing processes to increase production's efficiency and quality (10%)
  
  

Skills And Experience Required

• Strong appetite to innovate and lead with speed & accuracy
• Design and implement new Industry 4.0 initiatives around Process Digitization such as:
• Cobotics/ Robotics (Labor Assist to Prevent / Remove unsafe, repetitive, un-productive tasks)
• Additive Manufacturing (3D) and Digital Warehouse
• Simulation Engineering (Digital Twin Modeling)
• Cloud based computing / Smart Cell Design / A.I. capabilities
• Democratising Data (connecting operations to gain accessibility to disparate data sources)
• Predictive Analytics (decreasing downtime, increasing throughput, and overall reducing costs)
• Experience and knowledge of Lean Principles, Lean Cell Design, Kaizen, and demonstrated ability in continuous improvement
• Must be proficient in Microsoft products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI)
• Excellent analytical skills including the ability to analyze, troubleshoot, process, change and improve design and equipment
  

Education (minimum education required)

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent
  
  

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in Engineering and/or Engineering Technology or equivalent field.
  
  

Experience (minimum Experience Required)

• 3 to 5 years
  
  

Preferred Experience

• 1 to 5 year's experience in manufacturing would be a plus
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Medium work – Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and /or up to 20 pounds of forces frequently, and /or 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
  
  

Travel

• Domestic and/or International up to 25%
  
  

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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