What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Engineer position at Wanzl North America?
Position Overview
Performs professional engineering work in the support of day-to-day operations and general services.
Company And Opportunity Overview
Wanzl North America’s (WNA) vision is to be a leading entrepreneurial player in terms of market share, agility, and game-changing solutions. WNA is a solution provider, creating value along the supply chain of our customers, from the online purchase to the delivery to their customers.
WNA, which includes the Technibilt and Cari-All brands, headquartered in Denver, North Carolina. With nearly 500 employees and 175 MUSD of sales, WNA focuses on the retail and distribution market segments with marquee customers such as Walmart, Amazon, and the majority of large grocers and retailers.
In addition to being the largest manufacturer of shopping carts in North America, WNA has three (3) additional main product segments as well as a Service business, providing turnkey solutions for customer guidance (Access Systems) and Shelving & Fixtures, as well as Material Handling/Rolling Stock products. Additionally, WNA is active in building a “digital” business line with products for shopping cart containment, smart exit gate technology, and solutions for autonomous and/or semi-autonomous retail stores.
WNA is part of the Wanzl group, headquartered in Germany, and has 12 plants in 8 countries, providing comprehensive, solutions-driven service and expert knowledge of local markets for customers across the globe through their 360° service.
Duties And Responsibilities
Performs professional engineering work in the support of day-to-day operations and general services.
Company And Opportunity Overview
Wanzl North America’s (WNA) vision is to be a leading entrepreneurial player in terms of market share, agility, and game-changing solutions. WNA is a solution provider, creating value along the supply chain of our customers, from the online purchase to the delivery to their customers.
WNA, which includes the Technibilt and Cari-All brands, headquartered in Denver, North Carolina. With nearly 500 employees and 175 MUSD of sales, WNA focuses on the retail and distribution market segments with marquee customers such as Walmart, Amazon, and the majority of large grocers and retailers.
In addition to being the largest manufacturer of shopping carts in North America, WNA has three (3) additional main product segments as well as a Service business, providing turnkey solutions for customer guidance (Access Systems) and Shelving & Fixtures, as well as Material Handling/Rolling Stock products. Additionally, WNA is active in building a “digital” business line with products for shopping cart containment, smart exit gate technology, and solutions for autonomous and/or semi-autonomous retail stores.
WNA is part of the Wanzl group, headquartered in Germany, and has 12 plants in 8 countries, providing comprehensive, solutions-driven service and expert knowledge of local markets for customers across the globe through their 360° service.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Implementation of lean and 5S principles; create and drive KPI improvement plan based around OEE
- Provide engineering support for maintenance, E-coat/powder coat processes
- Operations support: process documentation, equipment maintenance, operator / setup training including creation of work instructions
- Create, modify, and maintain technical documentation: PM, process flow, PFMEA and control plans, operator / setup work instructions, drawings, engineering change requests, etc.
- Generating and implementing cost savings opportunities; including scrap reduction, process optimizations and OEE improvements
- Leading projects (i.e., capital expenditures, cost reduction, new product, etc...)
- Monitor/audit critical systems
- Other duties as assigned
- BS degree in Engineering / Technology or 10 years equivalent experience
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills with all levels of the company
- Fluent with CAD software 2D/3D, prefer SolidWorks experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products
- Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team
- Time/project management
- Organization/planning
- Hands-on
- Self-motivated
- 3 years of related experience in manufacturing environment (preferably metal working – machining, welding, forming, automation, material handling, coating)
- Fabrication, Welding, Robotics, CMM operation, CNC programming, Assembly a plus
- Experience in automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical or food industry a plus
- Effective planning/organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to multi-task and set up priorities
- CMMS experience, Wanzl uses Limble CMMS
