Associate Engineer - Projects

NHBB is part of Minebea Mitsumi, Inc., a multi-national conglomerate with over 130 production and R&D facilities and 101 sales offices in 28 countries. Develop your career path by taking advantage of all that Minebea Mitsumi has to offer. In addition to the NHBB opportunities listed here, see what our North American sister companies also have to offer:

Primarily responsible for management of the capital equipment expenditure program; also includes management of other project or program as required, typically not directly related to the day-to-day production needs of the facility. This includes leading the project from design to implementation; includes project scope definition, specification preparation, research and evaluation, purchase requisition generation, scheduling, coordination, monitoring and reporting as required to launch, up to and including, final installation and transfer of a completed project.

• Lead individual in coordination, organization and management of all projects; with the primary focus on capital equipment, as assigned.
• Generation of detailed equipment specifications including any and all regulatory requirements of equipment or process and all associated sub-component or tooling and spare parts required to meet the objective of the program.
• Work with any and all departments as necessary to determine and develop information required to then generate the scope and project plan according to the needs of the requestor.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, quality and any other department as required in generation, submitting, reviewing and analyzing proposals in order to make comparison recommendations in supplier selection. This includes conducting and presenting detailed return on investment analysis (ROI).
• Coordinate and work with others in the selection of components, design and or all other necessary information or hardware to successfully interact with outside suppliers to meet the defined objective.
• Creation of necessary layouts (including utilities consideration), operating and maintenance instructions or other associated information required to execute the project.
• Lead on coordinating approval of equipment, interaction with manufacturing and maintenance for assembly, delivery, installation, testing or debugging in order for successfully launch.
• Primary contact with equipment fabricator and/ou suppliers.
• Processes and /or equipment will be designed to maintain or improve the overall safety of the targeted tasks/equipment.
• Designer and lead of process improvement projects to the latest industrial automation technology focused on improving productivity, reducing scrap and setups while promoting cost reductions.
• Lead interface and coordinator with suppliers, vendors and equipment fabricators in support of manufacturing and maintenance on component and equipment selection.
• Lead hands‑on technical support of maintenance and troubleshooting to manufacturing and facilities maintenance.
• Travel to suppliers and sister facilities both domestically and internationally.
• Other duties as requested.

• BSME or AS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with (4) plus years experience with capital equipment expenditure programs, project management and implementation of equipment and processes. Additional courses in project management, statistics, database analysis an advantage.
• Must be highly organized and creative with excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills. Possess leadership ability, strong research skills, excellent written and communication skills and proficiency in hardware and software development and troubleshooting.

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have asylum or refugee status in the U.S.

NHBB is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected…