Manufacturing Engineer

# Manufacturing Engineer Hot Job Schleifring North America - Chelmsford, MA 01824## Overview Salary Range $80,000.00 - $95,000.00 Salary/year

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Engineering## Description## MANUFACTURING ENGINEER##
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* Reports to:

** Manufacturing Engineering Manager
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* Summary:

** The job holder must perform their duties in such a way that:
* Manufacturing processes and workflows allow operators and technicians to produce quality product, on time, and at the expected cost.
* Bills of materials and routings for assemblies and individual parts are created on time.
* Work instructions follow expected guidelines and provide necessary information, and non-compliant instructions are corrected in a reasonable timeframe.
* Tools relevant for production are designed, manufactured and / or procured on schedule.
* All standard operating procedures are consistently reproducible.
* All tasks are completed in a timely and economical manner.
* Their actions always correspond to the corporate philosophy and serve to achieve the company's goals.

The job holder must inform and advise their manager in such a way that they are able to:
* Communicate relevant information to those parties who need to know it.
* Define appropriate measures and objectives and to identify progress towards the achievement of said objectives.
** Responsibilities:
*** Creating and maintaining standard operating procedures, detailed work instructions, and process flow routers.
* Correcting and editing material master data in SAP.
* Creating and editing production BOMs.
* Assisting with make or buy decisions on drafted materials.
* Clarifying beforehand which supplier is suitable or make suggestions for possible selection (also suggest technology-related innovations).
* Creating specifications for any required clamping and / or assembly devices, with ability to create prints for them if needed.
* Creating change requests and quality notes in SAP
* Completing change requests with regards to process controls (routings, SOPs, WI, fixtures, etc.)
* Analyzing data to uncover process improvement opportunities and evaluate test / trial results.
* Initiating and participating in process improvement projects, bringing them to a successful conclusion under target and deadlines.
* Processing of service orders within production
* Advising the design department with regards to their choices of material and limitations of manufacturing technology, taking into account both the technical and business contexts.
* Advising the purchasing department with regards to expected manufacturing costs and possible manufacturing processes.
* Advising the supplier quality team about manufacturing processes, processes and helping with problems with and questions about technical documentation.
* Traveling to other plants to facilitate new product introductions and transfer programs into SNA. Travel will not be a regular part of day-to-day responsibilities, but when it is required, it could be for as many as 8 consecutive weeks.
* Informing their manager in case of failure to meet deadlines.
* Informing departments and people in the information chain of project progress, such as: production management, order management, IT department, QA and design.
* Taking part in necessary kick-off meetings, departmental meetings, project meetings, etc.## Qualifications
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* Qualifications and Skills:

*** Must be legally authorized to work in the United States (Citizen, Green Card)
* Bachelor’s degree in engineering
* 0-5 years of experience in engineering
* Technical writing expertise, especially with regards to work instructions
* Willingness to travel for up to 8 weeks consecutively is required
* Strong knowledge of CAD
* Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
* Strong communication skills
* Prior SAP experience preferred, but not required