Senior Manufacturing Engineer

At GE Appliances, a Haier company, we come together to make “good things, for life.” As the fastest-growing appliance company in the U.S., we’re powered by creators, thinkers and makers who believe that anything is possible and that there’s always a better way. We believe in the power of our people and in giving them the freedom to explore, discover and build good things, together.

The GE Appliances philosophy, backed by three simple commitments defines the way we work, invent, create, do business, and serve our communities: we come together, we always look for a better way, and we create possibilities.

Responsible for maintaining/improving the physical equipment within a defined production area. Accountable for full technical ownership of assigned area. As the Manufacturing Engineer you will work with a team of Union skilled trades maintenance technicians, hourly Team Leaders, Process Improvement Engineers, Quality and Business Leaders. In this role you will make critical engineering decisions regarding equipment and processes needed to meet the goals of the area.

Location USA, Louisville, KY

• Provide technical leadership, program management, and expertise to Plant Operations, to include providing leadership and direction to the maintenance team.
• Be the single point of contact for technical changes to assigned areas and accountable for decision making process.
• Improve and direct Preventive Maintenance plan for assigned area.
• Root cause-based troubleshooting, schematic reading, PLC's and ladder logic programming, variable frequency drives, Ethernet communications, Vision Systems and safety procedures such as Lock Out
  -Tag Out.
• Support all plant objectives in the areas of EHS, Schedule Attainment, Spoilage & Yield, Labor & Overtime, Productivity, Spare Parts cost controls and Lean Manufacturing.
• Execute routine equipment purchases, to include presenting justification for capital expenses or process improvements, design and specification of equipment and standardization of equipment within manufacturing methods and safety requirements.
• First response to our maintenance employees when guidance or assistance is required. This will include some after-hours and weekend supervision.
• Establish, develop, implement and sustain world-class practices in our Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program and drive continuous improvement in the areas of uptime and cost controls.
• Coordinate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (AME) efforts to ensure operational efficiency goals are met.
• Provide support, direction and training to AMEs, Process Improvement Engineers, maintenance, systems and shop projects with specification, drawings, equipment/process acceptance, and troubleshooting.
• Initiate and integrate activities to resolve repetitive production problems and implement preventive maintenance programs on key pieces of equipment to improve process output reliability.
• Provide leadership to hourly maintenance employees to ensure day-to-day production requirements.
• Establish measured work practices for maintenance employees, to include documentation of work performed and the time required to perform it.
• Provide training and aid in troubleshooting and downtime response in specified area of expertise.
• Drive uptime and equipment reliability improvements through simplification activities.
• Own the 5S in the area and enforce adherence.

Relocation will be provided.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering or other equivalent technical work experience.
• Ability to implement long-term plans into day-to-day operations.
• Skills to include interpersonal, facilitation, positive multi-level verbal/written communication and team building.
• Demonstrated Project Management skills.
• Proven Mechanical and Electrical/PLC Diagnostic and Technical Skills required.
• Proven PLC Controls/Electrical troubleshooting a must.
• Solid Computer skills (i.e. Microsoft suite, software/programming and PLC).
• Proven shop floor troubleshooting skills.
• Proven problem-solving skills.
• Previous supervisory experience and/or experience working directly with high volume…