Process Engineer IV

Job Description

Job Description

Process Engineer I V

Expert Technical Solutions is seeking a skilled Process Engineer I V for one of our premier, industry leading clients in Montgomery, AL 36109 . You will provide technical support for process planning, control, and improvements. You will participate in critical activities, such as design and evaluation of processes, tooling, product costing, and preparation of specifications for bids and proposals. You will assist in monitoring and maintaining technological control over all processes while providing continual technical guidance to support improvements to these processes.

This position performs engineering and technical procedures providing economical manufacturing methods to accomplish optimum utilization of machines, tooling, equipment, facilities, quality and timely production.

This is a permanent, ONSITE opportunity offering excellent pay , benefits, and growth potential. Relocation Assistance will be provided!

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Determine the most efficient workstation layout, machines, tools, and operations required to develop optimum line balance for sequential operations. Devises and develops the use of substitute equipment, tools, and operations to overcome production schedule or technical problems.
• Plan and design complex production dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges and cutting tools.
• Develop improvements of special hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical equipment. After design, monitors and controls fabrication progress, establishes estimates of time, material and labor costs on projects submitted.
• Investigate availability of special machines, restrictions of workplace layout and available facilities prior to estimation material, labor, and machine costs. Obtains necessary data from various sources such as research and development engineering, quality control, and material costs required to support specific items of equipment or production schedules. Reviews and directs the integration of this information as facets of cost into bid proposals.
• Investigate new process technologies. Prepares specifications, appropriations, and initiates purchases of capital equipment and oversee their installation and implementation.
• Develop capability requirements and acceptance criteria for new and existing manufacturing processes.
• Recommend and develop flow layouts.
• Analyze all manufacturing and procedural proposals to determine the most feasible methods, the probable capital or expense expenditure requirements and the estimated total cost.
• Assist in evaluating the condition and providing recommendations as to the effective maintenance of process equipment.
• Investigate and provide solutions for process issues to reduce defects, scrap, or re-work to improve the quality of the product and productivity of the plant.
• Determine ways to reduce work-in-process, finished goods inventories, raw materials, or non-value- added activities to aid in controlling operating cost of the facility.
• Interpret instructions and company policy to employees such as ISO 9000 documentation. Maintain standards of performance and training of new personnel, discipline good employee management relations, improvement of costs and quantity and quality of work of employees.
• Plan, devise and document engineering information such as operation sequences, materials, machines, equipment, tooling, and processes required to manufacture, fabricate, assemble or process electrical, mechanical, sheet metal or non-ferrous components, assemblies and systems of minimum material, labor and machine costs.
• Develop and compile specifications or operating parameters for production materials and / or processes.
• Prepare and document the specifications prescribing the physical or chemical means of pre-treatment for metallic surfaces for effective welding or coating materials.
• Contact vendors and manufacturers in the development and investigation of new materials or processes and in determining the application of new or substitute materials.
• Review and analyze product drawings, technical data, product samples and other available information on assigned projects for cost and manufacturability.
• Process planning, including inter and intra departmental material handling methods and storage.
• Perform “Make vs. Buy” analyses using activity-based costing techniques for decision purposes.
• Serve on Product Development Teams advising designs for manufacturing and assembly concepts for new and redesigns of product.

Require d Qualifications :