Manufacturing Engineer

Full Time Management

Champaign, IL, US

The Manufacturing Engineer will be responsible for the supervision, formulation, administration and coordination of industrial and manufacturing engineering projects, policies, processes, methods, and procedures designed to improve operating performance, reduce waste and delays, and otherwise promote cost reductions on a company-wide basis. Support new product start-up & launches.

• Planning and coordinating production engineering processes daily to produce high quality products.
• Developing process improvements to effectively utilize equipment and materials to maximize production.
• Developing operational strategies to achieve production and financial objectives.
• Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve products or reduce costs using knowledge fabrication processes, tooling, and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design materials and parts.
• Investigate and/or resolve operational problems such as material use variances and bottlenecks.
• Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for existing and new designs.
• Using time study or standard data for a variety of machine, assembly, and hand material utilization in order to improve operating performance.
• Determine root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods.
• Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing.
• Incorporate new methods and processes to improve operations.
• Review product designs for manufacturability and completeness.
• Monitoring the production operations and ensuring everyone's adherence to safety protocols.
• Train production personnel in new or existing methods
• Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
• Prepare documentation for new manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
• Evaluating the staff's performance and strategizing on maximizing productivity
• Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Design layout of equipment and/or work spaces to achieve maximum efficiency.
• Design testing methods and test finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.
• Analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and establish quality and reliability objectives of finished product.
• Develop manufacturing methods, labor utilization standards, and cost analysis systems to promote efficient staff and facility utilization.
• Recommend methods for improving utilization of personnel, material, and utilities.
• Plan and establish sequence of operations to fabricate and assemble parts or products and to promote efficient utilization.
• Coordinate quality control objectives and activities to resolve production problems, maximize product reliability, and minimize cost.
• Confer with vendors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, procedures, product specifications, manufacturing capabilities, and project status.
• Estimate production cost and effect of product design changes for management review, action, and control.

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to talk and hear
• Frequently required to sit, stand, squat, bend at the knees and waist, and walk
• Required to use hands to type, handle objects and paperwork
• Required to reach and hold on to items at chest level or reach above the shoulder
• May be required to lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Required to use close vision and be able to focus
• Ability to work extended hours as needed
• Ability to travel domestic US and/or international if needed
• Required to wear PPE as required in each area
• Required to use close vision, peripheral vision, and focus and see colors as required to read equipment and material labels,…