Prototype Engineer

C&M Conveyor has rebranded as INNOVEYANCE. We deliver conveyor solutions that facilitate the flow of materials safely, reliably and efficiently throughout your plant. We stock essential material-handling products that streamline your operations while meeting delivery and discharge requirements. We engineer, fabricate, install and service every product and system we sell in Mitchell, IN.

JOB SUMMARY

This Prototype Lead will focus mainly on building and testing of prototype machinery and will report directly to the Mechanical Engineering Manager. This person will assist installation of prototypes, develop operational, installation and service documentation for tech writing.

Maintaining existing applications, service and warranty needs may be among the diverse needs of the position. Training service and installation.

There may arise the need to travel to help a customer or project through a complex need in the field.  The position may require travel up to 20% to fulfill these requirements of the job.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This list is not all inclusive and is subject to change; other duties may be assigned.)

• Reviews designs for build efficiency, shipping, rigging, transport and manufacturability.
• Assembles entire machines, including mechanical drives, counterbalances, hydraulics, pneumatics, lubrication and controls.
• Leads acceptance run-off within plant and at installation site.
• Develops installation and service requirements for tech writer.
• Trains & tracks install and service needs for prototype equipment.
• Develops / Improves work environment for new product assembly.
• Tune home, pick and drop points for Fanuc robots.
• Tracks issues, time estimate gaps, quality and schedule for builds.
• Builds relationships at the technical and commercial level with the local site leads
• Provide support of proposal efforts or customer presentations
• Performs safety and housekeeping duties
• Participates in required training and applies safety skills / knowledge
• Participates in continuous improvement teams and / or empowerment teams
• Accurately completes required documentation
• Participates in training of co-workers in all aspects of job responsibilities
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Mechanical Engineering Manager.
• Discusses service and warranty issues on all of the above with the service manager, technicians and customers
• Participates in lessons learned efforts for improving next builds.
• Tracks BOM accuracy
• Leads supporting help on builds
• Works with Lead controls engineer for testing, tuning and final acceptance testing. Records stats on key characteristics.

Essential Skills and Abilities

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

BENEFITS

INNOVEYANCE offers a robust suite of benefits : Paid Time Off, 401(k) matching program (100% match on first 4% contributed and 50% match on the next 2% contributed), Paid Holidays, Health / Dental / Vision coverage, Health Reimbursement Arrangement (to help offset the cost of health care expenses), company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability (when enrolled in medical plan), and company paid Life Insurance

INNOVEYANCE provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. No person is to be discriminated against in any aspect of the employment relationship due to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment drug screening and background / criminal check, consistent with applicable laws.

Third party recruiters and agencies should not contact employees of INNOVEYANCE or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent to a hiring manager or submitted to INNOVEYANCE employees are considered unsolicited and property of INNOVEYANCE. INNOVEYANCE will not pay a placement fee unless the agency or recruiter has a signed contract with INNOVEYANCE’s Human Resources department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.