Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Loves Park

About Gleason
With more than 2,200 employees and 13 manufacturing facilities worldwide, Gleason Corporation is a leader in gear technology. Gleason's product and service offerings include gear and transmission design software, gear manufacturing machines and related accessories, gear metrology equipment and automation systems. Gleason products are used by customers in e-mobility, commercial vehicles, aerospace, agriculture, mining, sustainable energy, construction, power tools, marine and many other industries

Working for Gleason, you will be connected to work that matters, putting your expertise to its best use while developing skills for the future. The result is a career defined by you, supported by Gleason and built on tangible accomplishments. As we continue to grow and evolve, we are looking for the right people to join us on our mission. If you are interested in being part of our team, there are a few things you should know:
We are energized by challenges and the effort needed to solve them. We like working with people who are positive, adaptable and growth-minded. We care how work gets accomplished and are deeply invested in the success of our customers and colleagues. If this sounds like you, we invite you to read on and learn more.

Why work at Gleason?

• Excellent benefits package including a 6% Company 401(k) match
• Flexible scheduling
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Formal and informal Development opportunities.

Manufacturing Engineer

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for the design, requisition, order processing, documentation and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives as related to manufacturing processes, fixturing, tooling, and production equipment. Works closely with production personnel to solve problems using lean manufacturing principles. Provides CAD/CAM support in material removal manufacturing environment with multi-axis turning, milling, EDM and precision grinding equipment.

We are looking for applicants who have the "roll up the sleeves" eagerness to support our manufacturing team that thrives in an environment of consistent problem solving.

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM?

We provide a career that offers work / life balance. Our progressive compensation program is based on skill and merit. We believe in continuing education and provide opportunities for training through internal and external programs.

Our comprehensive benefit package includes:

• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick
• Safety shoe and prescription safety glasses reimbursement
• Wellness reimbursement and membership to our on-site health club
• Employee Assistance Program
• Medical, dental, vision, and voluntary/Company paid life insurance (eligible 1st of month after hire)
• 401k
• Tuition reimbursement (eligible one year after hire and with Management approval)

Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation is a leader in the development and manufacture of production systems for all types of gears. Because of our excellent standards in quality and technology, we provide gears used in school buses that safely transport children each day. We encourage wind energy through the use of gears in wind turbines. Farmers use our products in their equipment.

Gleason has been making innovations in the gear industry for over 150 years to discover new ways to keep the world in motion and our products reach all the way to space.

We are a modern, clean, and air-conditioned facility that incorporates state-of-the-art equipment and manufacturing philosophies. Gleason business principles include effective communication and teamwork and are the foundation of our culture which drive the continual improvement of business processes aimed at ever-higher customer satisfaction. We strive to conduct business throughout the world in a manner that protects the environment and is compatible with the eco-economic needs of the communities in which we operate.

We are committed to improving our environmental sustainability through responsible actions with the goal of driving our environmental impact toward zero.

Responsibilities:

• Generate manufacturing process routings to ensure cost-effective, high-quality precision components.
• Evaluate and determine internal manufacturing or purchase BOM items.

• Use PTC Creo CAD software to develop solid models, drawings and BOM for fixturing, tooling and machine components to support manufacturing operations via engineering request system.
• Apply geometric tolerances and mechanical drafting standards to ensure proper form-fit-function.
• Create work holding product quotations with target margin for sales/customer inquiries.
• Participate on continuous improvement kaizen teams, apply lean techniques of problem solving including; PDCA, Five-Whys, Fish Bone Diagrams, Pareto Charts, Gemba, Polka-Yoke, 6S, DOE, TPM, OEE, VSM,etc.
• Understand ISO quality and environmental programs.
• Provides hand-on production support in material removal manufacturing environment.
• Ability to develop parameter driven macro-based ISO g-code or EIA for CNC machinery.
• Work with…