Manufacturing Engineer KY

Key Responsibilities and Priorities :

• Safety is our number one priority. This role will promote safety culture through safety toolbox talks, safety committee participation, and projects and tasks to improve safety.
• Leads Process Improvement projects to improve safety, quality, and efficiency
• Responsible for maintaining the cost of manufactured products by managing routings in the ERP system
• Performs research, design, development, and implementation of manufacturing processes, including production flow, assembly methods, and production equipment ​
• Coordinates the manufacturing launch of new / revised products, including establishing goals, training team members and evaluating results
• Designs, develops, implements, tests or sources and cost-justifies various tools, machinery and equipment for recommended safe manufacturing methods
• Responsible for all internal time studies and validation on manufactured processes
• Determine root causes to eliminate safety and quality issues in the manufacturing process
• Develop best practices for manufacturing methods and standardize across all sites
• Create and update work instructions to document manufacturing methods
• Prepares and maintains detailed layouts of buildings and equipment
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Position Consults with :   This position will work with Operations, Safety, and Engineering personnel at all sites, as well as with some suppliers.

Years of Experience Required :    1 – 5 years’ experience as a manufacturing engineer

Education Requirements : Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or equivalent experience.

Skills, Specialized Knowledge and Abilities :

Working Conditions / Travel Requirements :   Occasional travel may be required.

Normal manufacturing environments should be expected.  Use of safety glasses, safety shoes, and hearing protection may be required.