Manufacturing Engineer II

- Mid Level

West Valley City, UT

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Manufacturing Engineer II supports Operation's goals and objectives especially as related to quality improvements, cost reductions, cycle reductions and product delivery. Works closely with purchasing to ensure suppliers are qualified, have validated processes and assure components are compliant to specifications. Maximizes efficiency by analyzing layout of equipment, workflow, assembly methods and work force utilization standards in order to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specification and cost reduction initiatives. Assures compliance with approved methods and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and analyze effectiveness of processes. Implement actions to improve equipment uptime, yield, efficiencies and quality of production.
• Apply standard manufacturing analysis techniques such as flowcharting, Pareto analysis, cause & effect diagrams, root cause and statistical process control to reduce variation and improve quality of manufactured as well as purchased components.
• Lead the Lifecycle Management projects for the Cincinnati site to maintain and improve Integra's existing core products.
• Establish, manage, and communicate priorities for Lifecycle Management projects to Integra's Leadership Team.
• Organize and lead process reviews with production and engineering personnel, prepare clear process procedures/instructions to be used and understood by shop personnel.
• Champion the process towards rework, scrap and labor variance reduction/elimination.
• Lead the Engineering activities in a collaborative cross-functional team environment.
• Create, update and maintain routers, rework routers, DMR and any other Operation's technical documents including DHF.
• Provide other technical guidance and/or assistance as required by the business.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment or a Master's degree with 0-2 years of experience or equivalent education and years of experience.
• Medical device experience is preferred.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing, basic machine and tool design and start up & trouble shooting of new equipment and processes.
• Experience in implementing TQM, SPC, Continuous Improvement, Cellular Flow, JIT, 5S and Cycle Time Reduction is desirable.
• Six Sigma black or green belt certification preferred.
• Previous supervisory experience and/or experience working with production associates is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills; ability to coach, train and lead others.
• Experience with statistical software.
• Demonstrated cost reduction and quality improvement results.
• Proficiency with development tools (e.g. Solidworks, AutoCad).
• Proficient in Microsoft Project.