Manufacturing Engineer

Full-time - Mid Level

New Britain, CT

About the position

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you’ll be part of our Tools and Outdoor team working as a hybrid employee. You’ll get to lead as a change agent within a global manufacturing organization to deliver transformational activities. Support and drive a targeted intervention/continuous improvement effort at specific sites co-identified with manufacturing leadership. Facilitate site maturity assessments and develop roadmaps with plant leadership to address any gaps; supporting sites to reach the next level of maturity. Drive operational improvement through the implementation of Lean standard tools and concepts such as Flow, Standard Work, 5S, Visual-Management, SMED, Poka-Yoke, PDCA, TPM, Kaizen, etc. Coach shop floor-based personnel including makers, supervisors, managers in new ways of working. Manage projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline, and actions necessary to ensure success. Review/assess operational data and implement action plans to address gaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead as a change agent within global manufacturing organization to deliver transformational activities.
• Support and drive a targeted intervention/continuous improvement effort at specific sites co-identified with manufacturing leadership.
• Facilitate site maturity assessments and develop roadmaps with plant leadership to address any gaps.
• Drive operational improvement through the implementation of Lean standard tools and concepts.
• Coach shop floor-based personnel including makers, supervisors, managers in new ways of working.
• Manage projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline.
• Review/assess operational data and implement action plans to address gaps.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Supply Chain.
• 5+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Manufacturing experience in line responsibility and/or experience with the main manufacturing functions: production, maintenance, quality, production engineering, internal logistics, and launch (NPI).
• Prior operational consulting experience desirable.
• Lean / CI methodologies experience in operations.
• Lean Six Sigma or other process improvement certification.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile, or other project management certification preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint, Excel.
• Trained in the Use of Six Sigma Tools and Techniques (i.e., Six Sigma Green Belt) such as: Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R).
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time, global and domestic.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.