Manufacturing Engineer III

About the position

Manufacturing Engineer II is responsible for assigned production manufacturing process design and sustainment for safe, quality-focused, efficient, and cost-effective results.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain safe, efficient and accurate layout plan based on local standards.
• Proactively maintain appropriate line balance based on current state demand volumes.
• Drive standard work processes/work instructions. Update for best known method to drive Safety, Quality and Throughput. Maintain dataset for each discrete operation (Cycle Times, Job-Difficulty Rating, # of Workstations, Safety Score, etc.)
• Understand (at all times) assigned product line capacities at current and future demand volumes and all natural break points. Understand and work towards alleviating process and equipment constraints to growth.
• Establish and maintain accurate work content through standard time studies.
• Teach Lean Principles and Engineering Best Practices to drive continual improvements to manufacturing and supporting processes throughout the team.
• Urgent response to line disruption issues. Drive root cause analysis (RCA) to accurate solutions and control improvements.
• Kaizen event leader and designer
• Mentor for less experienced engineers
• Drive continual improvement to operational metrics (Cycle Times, Sq. Ft., Downtime, OEE/OPE, Work Content, Labor $/Unit, Material $/Unit, units/person, etc.) through process equipment development, material consumption reduction, process improvement, and other personal initiatives.
• Provide communications and/or presentations to customers, suppliers, vendors and internal stakeholders on problems solving, initiative results, improvement proposals and other topics.
• Capture and deliver feedback and recommendations for cost reductions, manufacturability enhancements to design of product, capital projects and other initiatives.
• Provide manufacturing expertise for product development under Design for Manufacturing methods and standards.
• Input to bid and proposal activities as needed.
• Represent manufacturing in cross-departmental activities such as MRB, design reviews, failure analysis, Kaizen events and Value Stream Mapping.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen
• Ability to work independently but in a collaborative nature.
• Ability to speak or present in front of a group.
• Ability to forward think and connect concepts to business impact as a whole.
• Ability to drive impactful change with little direction/instruction.
• Hands-on experience with time study and drafting software applications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.
• May require the ability to obtain and maintain US security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• 4-year degree from an accredited university in Engineering or related field OR a combination of education and relevant experience
• 4-6 years related work experience minimum
• Experience with Lean Six-Sigma required; Green Belt+ certification preferred
• Project management experience preferred

Benefits

• Many positions offer a 9/80 schedule providing every other Friday off
• Competitive compensation & 401k matching program of up to 6%, to plan for your future
• Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
• Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
• Flexible Vacation & PTO
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identify Theft, Pet Insurance, and many more options
• Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees