Manufacturing Engineer II

Develop, improve, and support manufacturing tools, machinery, and processes to achieve greater quality, productivity, and cost savings. Serve as manufacturing engineering department’s representative to other departments and be an active participant in project teams. Develop and maintain knowledge of various topics and applications to recommend and implement new programs and concepts. Design, build and document fixtures and tools and resolve equipment issues.

Manage projects (and personnel, when appropriate) that involve the research, planning, and implementation of Capital Expense of equipment, Continuous Improvement of production lines and processes, and Branch and company-wide Industry 4.0 upgrades.

TYPICAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Uses safe practices and follow lock out/tag out procedure.
• Exhibits basic knowledge of the use of safety equipment and safe working practices.
• Provide general technical support to Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering and other departments:
• Provide technical assistance to other Departments such as Assembly, Machine Shop, Dispensers, Shipping, Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Manufacturing Management.
• “Firefight” daily issues as needed to keep the production lines up and products moving.
• Assist other departments in their improvement efforts by providing Manufacturing Engineering insight and perspectives.
• May support projects in Branches as needed.
• Routinely serves as Manufacturing’s Technical Representative on multidiscipline projects.
• Confers with management, Design Engineering, QA and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, new products, ECO’s and other considerations to facilitate production process and evaluate potential changes. Participates on committees in these capacities.
• Consults with Design engineering to create the most effective and producible designs (design for manufacturing).
• Take focused ownership of and provide support to key manufacturing lines
• Use data driven frameworks (such as Six Sigma) and LEAN or flow manufacturing methods to improve production processes:
  • Use DMAIC, Ishikawa, or other root cause analysis methods to solve problems and recommend corrective and preventative action of internal and external processes.
  • Apply statistical process control (SPC) or other statistical methods to monitor process trends.
  • Promote and support LEAN Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement activities in Manufacturing.
  • Research and collect data to support Manufacturing Engineering projects using statistical software (e.g., JMP, QI Macros, and Excel), provide visual analysis and draw conclusions and recommendation for next actions. Detail the work performed and create reports.
  • Prepare charts, graphs, and diagrams to illustrate workflow, routing, floor layouts, material handling, and machine utilization (using tools such as MS Visio or Mindjet Mind Manager).
  • Modify and maintain manufacturing documents, work instructions, spreadsheets, and databases.
  • Complete time studies to quantify processing times, recommend standards, and identify areas for process improvements.
  • Train production personnel as needed on flow manufacturing concepts, new equipment and processes, and data collection and usage.
  • Develops reports, tracking systems, database applications, charts, and graphs related to safety, quality, cost, scrap, labor, equipment utilizations, maintenance, and related areas.
  • Perform analysis of manufacturing operations to continuously reduce cost, improve, and optimize productivity and quality.
  • Support the Quality Policy and corporate quality goals by identifying and eliminating problems that interfere with achieving goals. Seek to prevent quality defects through understanding the criteria and severity of those defects through Bobrick’s Four Level Defect Grading System.
• Be responsible for production machinery upkeep and improvement, and assist department with equipment projects:
• Design, develop and build jigs, testers, fixtures and production tools used in manufacturing cells. Develop, assemble, procure, or modify existing and new tooling and equipment to ensure efficient production processes.
• Identify and troubleshoot process, material, or…