Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will apply appropriate engineering and manufacturing technology to develop/improve existing processes in the area of quality, productivity, and cost reduction for the plant and its customers. The engineer serves as a value stream leader, project leader on major plant expenditures, new equipment purchases, and process improvements within the company.

Responsibilities

• Designs manufacturing processes that meet customer product, delivery, and cost requirements.
• Designs or manages the design of new machines and tooling.
• Identifies, establishes, and manages development programs that bring new ideas and technologies to practical application in production.
• Prepares engineering and cost analyses for process improvement.
• Maintains the engineering database: Bills of materials, Routing and production standards, Drawings and process sheets, ECR/ECNs.
• Ensures plant(s) environment is safe, efficient, and meets all local, state, and/or federal requirements.
• Provides necessary support to plant management and plant teams to assure that proper tools and assistance is available to perform assigned task and maintain engineering files and documents
• Supports and manages within the company Code of Conduct, Core Values, and their Process Based Leadership philosophy.
• Actively supports and shows personal ownership for the company Quality Plan and 5S Safety Program.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of experience working within a manufacturing maintenance environment.
• Extrusion experience or experience with hydraulic presses and metal forming.
• Experience leading or supporting new product introduction (NPI).
• Excellent communication and computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• A strong work ethic and a strong commitment to a team environment