Mfg Engineer II (I)

- Mid Level

Bennington, VT

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Manufacturing Engineer II, working under the direction of the Manufacturing Engineering Manager with minimum supervision, is responsible for maintaining process integrity, product delivery and quality requirements. This may include but not limited to; RCCA, PFMEA support, Manufacturing Instructions, implementation of process improvements, and daily involvement in production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and/or modify tooling, processes, and procedures to support manufacture of composite parts and assemblies including mold tools, drill fixtures, and assembly tools.
• Modifications/improvements to Tool Design, Tool fabrication and manufacturing documentation.
• Creates CAD models, drawings, and work instructions meeting customer specifications and delivery commitments.
• Maintain and improve company's competitive position by identifying, justifying, and implementing manufacturing improvements.
• Prepare the technical portion of new business proposals working effectively with customer representatives and other company functional units to assure compliance to the customer's 'Request for Quotation.'
• Perform make verses buy analyses and provide related recommendations to management.
• Create and maintain records, data schedules and other pertinent information as required.
• Cultivates and Supports Lean Activities, Cellular Standardization and Continuous Improvement practices throughout, using the various tools and methods.
• May assist in structuring departmental budgets.
• Conducts producibility studies to evaluate production process reliability and provide appropriate recommendations.
• Assist in developing future processes that may be required to meet departmental and company goals.
• Prepares specification of production operations, prepares vendor instructions for operations sourced outside the company and defines tooling requirements and issuance of tool orders to Tool Fabrication department.
• Interact with customer organizations including, tool and product configuration and manufacturing tolerances that affect producibility, cost and schedules.
• Use blueprints and applicable specifications to determine inspection requirements.
• Completes other tasks as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field required.
• 5+ years related experience preferred.
• Must be able to read complex blueprints, technical drawings, bills of material, assembly instructions utilized to build units, assemblies, and parts.
• Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• Ability to work hands on within the production environment.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team/collaborative environment.
• Proficiency with CAD software (SolidWorks preferred), ERP systems (Epicor preferred) and general office applications (MS Office preferred).
• Ability to work effectively with internal and external customers.