Manufacturing Engineer

Company Description

manufacturing company

Local manufacturing company needs a manufacturing engineer to optimize processes and support product lines. The company makes assembled metal products. Familiarity with mechanical designs and manufacturing is a must. Very generous salary and benefits, including health, dental, vision, and 401K.

• Working with a safety-first approach, lead manufacturing projects, coordinating both internal and external resources to meet KPI’s.
• Champion continuous improvement and lean manufacturing ideas that improve production costs, volumes, and quality.
• Work on capital improvement projects, machinery improvement, plant layout. Work with vendors and contractors on equipment installations.
• Lead manufacturing process development for new or improved products.
• Implement ideas for robotics and automation, where practical. Familiarity with PLC-based production systems is a plus.

• Bachelors’ degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering or similar is preferred but not required.
• At least two years of experience developing manufacturing methods, procedures, processes in a production environment. Should have knowledge about safety practices, inspections.
• In-depth knowledge of materials and mechanics, with application to production systems and tooling. Experience with welding is a plus.
• Experience with continuous improvement, lean principles, and value stream mapping in a manufacturing environment.
• Should have some experience with 3D CAD systems.
• Should be OK with some travel between manufacturing facilities.