What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineer position at W Industries?
W-Industries is an energy service company that specializes in Automation Solutions, I&E Construction Services, Power Generation and Packaged Equipment for the Energy and Industrial markets. Our expertise encompasses the full spectrum of system technologies from pneumatic - hydraulic control systems to state-of-the-art programmable solutions to chemical injection systems, and everything in-between.
This role involves supporting the management team with manufacturing engineering expertise to drive continuous improvement, cost reductions, and process optimization, while analyzing data on labor, production, and facility layout. Additional responsibilities include developing standards, applying lean principles, and recommending methods to enhance worker effectiveness, safety, and quality while minimizing costs.
Requirements
- Participate in continuous improvement and cost reductions by providing support for the management team using manufacturing engineering technical expertise and working collaboratively on manufacturing processes as a team lead or team member
- Utilize work measurement tools to analyze work samples to develop standards for labor utilization and estimates production times, staffing requirements and related costs to provide information for management decision
- Analyze operational data like work force utilization, facility layout, workflow and apply lean manufacturing principles to optimize equipment and workspace effectiveness, actively participating (Occasionally leading) in kaizen for continuous improvement
- Recommend methods for worker effectiveness, safety, and quality while minimizing costs through job duty restructuring, workflow optimization according to PDS principles, and equipment management
- Collaborate with management to develop work instructions, training checklists, matrices, and in partnership with Safety Manager enhance safety procedures and ergonomics in manufacturing.
- Facilitate manufacturability in new product development by collaborating with cross-functional design teams, defining production processes, estimating costs, and offering manufacturing support to NPI teams (e.g., PFMEA, process flow changes, tool / fixture design).
- Provide equipment design specifications, solicit quotes, and recommend equipment purchases for process enhancement
- Assess capital equipment investment options, provide purchase recommendations, prepare funding requests for small and medium-sized capital projects, and oversee project completion
- Lead efforts to assure timely and accurate completion of job skill knowledge (JSK) evaluations for hourly personnel.
Required Skills & Competencies
Required Experience & Education
Physical Requirements
Offered Benefits
W-Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We ensure that no applicant for employment or employee is denied an equal opportunity based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.
W-Industries is a participant of E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information entered by an employer from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to records available to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to confirm employment eligibility.
