Manufacturing Technician Engineer

About the position

The Manufacturing/Process Engineer will support various site locations including Lexington, KY, Oxford, OH, and Nashville, TN, with approximately 30% travel required. This is a 1-year contract position with the possibility of transitioning to a permanent role. The working hours are Monday to Friday during the first shift, with little to no overtime expected. The interview process will involve an initial round via Teams with Aaron and a local plant representative, followed by a final onsite interview. The role focuses on shipping and packaging assembly execution.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the process and manufacturing teams to implement the NAM Primary Packaging Roadmap dictated by the PP/PS Sustainability Team.
• Conduct research and studies on sustainable packaging products suitable for implementation at the local site, including coordinating formalized testing at laboratories.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, process, SCH, procurement, etc. on implementing new sustainable materials.
• Lead local team to ensure all aspects of the project have been implemented.
• Physically assist with label changes, warehouse changes, workstation modifications, bin changes, etc. as needed per project.
• Research and procure new fixtures, tools, bins, workstations, etc. as needed per project.
• Conduct 3F and assist with FAIR reporting.
• Provide hyper-care for new sustainable materials that have been implemented, and continuously resolve issues with new implementations.
• Assist with reporting to PP/PS Sustainability team on project updates and completions.
• Conduct financial impacts per project, including cost analysis, cycle time analysis, etc.
• Assist with any XFMEA analysis that is required for each implementation.
• Assist with work instruction modifications. Document the technical and generic specifications of the packaging process including line layouts, station layouts, capacity and workload balancing, preferred component usage, etc.
• Ensure assembly process deliverables are aligned with global assembly process practices.
• Coordinate and assist with equipment installations and validations, if required.
• Obtain plant acceptance and provide the final sign-off on tool and process for project deliverables while following the principles of Client Performance System (SPS).

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or similar.
• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing and/or process engineering.
• Experience with component replenishment / Kanban / related material handling tasks.
• Experience in a new product development environment or related stage gate process awareness.
• Knowledge of verification and validation process / approvals process for new product development.
• Proven ability to work successfully in a multicultural virtual environment across various functions (design engineering, purchasing, quality, marketing, finance, mfg. operations and others).
• Motivated self-starter, who is able to work autonomously in parallel on multiple projects.
• Facilitator to drive problem solving and project management activities.

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing and/or process engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in packaging / shipping processes and related equipment.
• Experience in SAP production software.