Engineer - Manufacturing

Conduct studies, develop and supervise programs to achieve the best use of equipment, human resources, technology, materials and procedures to enhance efficiency and productivity. Provide support in the design, fabrication, modification and evaluation of manufacturing operations such as carbon fibre bobbin winding, carbon fibre braiding, epoxy application and curing of carbon fibre components as well as machining, metal forming, welding/brazing, assembly and material handling.

May develop sequence of operations, estimate time requirements for each, and prepare operation sheets. Act as a resource to assist and troubleshoot manufacturing and quality issues. May assign work to drafters and technicians, technical writers, engineering technicians, and machine operators as required.

Powering Vehicles, Motion, Work, and Lives since 1966.

• Support, Foster, Promote and Demonstrate Linamar's Core Values and Leadership Behaviors.
• Maintain balance between customer, employee and financial satisfaction by maximizing facility/department Performance Indicators to align to Linamar’s Stepping Stool of Success Strategy.
• Support and maintain department lean initiatives as set out in LPS system requirements.
• Work with production planning to set shop priorities and ensure all required tools and documentation required in the plant for production run jobs are available.
• Investigate and monitor new machinery and equipment and recommend or select efficient combinations.
• Conduct time studies to optimize cycle counts of existing processes.
• Assist in defining the plant lay‑out and enhance ergonomic requirements by establishing programs and conducting studies.
• Planning and executing of projects related to new and pre-existing production lines, improvements, upgrades, layouts and new equipment related to machining or assembly.
• Attend Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
• Recognize and resolve tooling related difficulties with existing and new projects while working with the manufacturing support staff.
• Interface with suppliers of raw material and tools to establish engineering requirements for start of production.
• Investigate and find resolution of specific processing problems for assigned projects/parts.
• Conduct studies of the reliability and performance of plant facilities and production or administrative systems.
• Develop and review all processes and operator instructions to ensure accuracy and conformance to actual procedures, revise as needed.
• Participate in corrective action to meet ongoing cost, quality and delivery.
• Lead development of process flows, process sheets, FMEA’s, and control plans.
• Ensure the process is capable of producing parts to print specifications.
• Recognize and resolve process related difficulties with current and future projects.
• Participate in Customer Focus meetings.
• Assist in the preparation of quotations
• Assist in training shop floor personnel in machine set‑up, equipment operation and best practices.
• Adhere to TS16949 and applicable customer standards.
• Discuss daily production with plant operators and maintenance staff.
• Ability to evaluate the ability of current building systems to address increased demands from plant operations
• Review scale drawings to ensure the proposed designs satisfy the clients' requirements and comply with manufacturing capabilities.
• Ability to take precise measurements using specialized equipment and techniques.
• Collect data and develop statistics to describe equipment and system functionality. Estimate durations of development, fabrication, construction and repair tasks.
• Determine which materials and equipment to use for projects and decide the appropriate codes and standards to apply when completing these projects.
• Contact suppliers to verify product…