Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Hybrid

Elyria, OH or Chesterfield MI or Hopkinsville, KY

Come build something that matters.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world's most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:

As an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, you'll be part of our Industrial team working as an on-site regionally based employee. This position will evaluate, develop, document, and improve manufacturing processes within our North American Engineered Fastening manufacturing facilities with the goal of engineering leadership supporting new processes coming into the plants supporting new products launching as well as optimizing safety, quality, cost, and productivity within existing manufacturing processes.

You'll get to:

• Be a key member of a transformation team within the Industrial business unit to drive continuous improvement and site transformation.
• Assume responsibility for an operational improvement workstream(s) that will require the development of a workstream charter, a detailed work plan, and the identification of operational and financial KPIs to measure the progress of the improvement actions.
• Ability to review/assess operational data and implement action plans to close gaps.
• Ability to understand operational KPI's to determine appropriate responses to close gaps.
• Drive operational improvement through the implementation of Lean standard tools and concepts such as Flow, Standard Work, 5S, Visual Management, SMED, Poka-Yoke, PDCA, TPM, etc.
• Coach shop floor-based personnel including makers, supervisors, and managers in new ways of working.
• Support codification of any newly developed approaches, methodologies, and results.
• Lead and participate in Kaizens and Gemba process to solve complex manufacturing problems through a structured approach.
• Develop and prepare formal cost justifications for purchase of capital expenditures on equipment and technology.
• Collaborate with multiple functions including IT and Operations on project requirements and deliverables to meet launch deadlines.
• Project management and deployment of production automation, equipment and systems focused on the 4 M's - METHOD, MACHINE, MATERIAL, MAKER
• Develop and prepare formal cost justifications for purchase of capital expenditures on equipment and technology.

This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You're not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn't it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Safety Always Mindset.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering Discipline, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering Preferred.
• 5+ years of experience to include manufacturing work experience within manufacturing operations.
• Experience working with multiple functions and disciplines in a matrix organization to build consensus and drive decision making. (Operations, Sourcing, finance, IT, etc.).
• Strong sense of urgency, accountability and personal commitment.
• Understanding of business metrics and P&L.
• Root cause problem solving, (5why, Fishbone, 6 Sigma, Toyota Kata, etc.).
• ERP/MES and other manufacturing systems knowledge/experience (JDE, SAP, LX).
• Basic Data analytic tools like MS Power Platform (Power
  
  BI, Power Apps,etc), Qlikview, Tableau, Grafana, etc.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time domestic, travel % may vary based on business needs.

The Details:

You'll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid…