Engineering Technician

Job Overview

The engineering technician will work alongside manufacturing engineers, maintenance personnel, toolmakers, and production personnel to implement engineering projects in the plant.

Primary Duties:

• Support implementation of machinery replacement project.
• Develop hands‑on competency in Burndy Littleton’s patented tooling system for progressive metal forming. Gains the ability to perform die set‑ups and machine set‑ups, and to perform process monitoring and machine tuning.
• Develop hands‑on competency in a unique graphical user interface (GUI) timing chart to control servo‑actuated Bihler NC machine.
• Read and interpret production drawings to gain knowledge of critical product dimensions. Develop understanding of how product dimensions relate to process parameters and tooling dimensions, and assist engineers in new tooling fabrication and implementation.
• Work alongside manufacturing engineering and operators to troubleshoot problems that arise with the implementation of any of the above tasks.
• Support tooling development initiatives.
• Continue the engineering initiative of cataloging and fully implementing tooling items into the engineering documentation library and SAP Plant Maintenance software.
• Assist manufacturing engineering and machine operators with complex tooling assembly component storage and organization, including 5S tasks.
• Order perishable tooling from vendors. Receive tooling re‑order request from operators, find documentation for tooling, send documentation to vendor for quote, receive quote, issue a thoroughly‑filled‑out requisition to the purchasing department.
• Support CNC manufacturing. Write, modify, review and adjust CNC programs for connector part production on both CNC turret and Swiss‑style lathes and vertical milling machines. Select appropriate tooling for various CNC production tasks. Work alongside manufacturing engineering to analyze, identify, design and implement improved manufacturing techniques and processes in CNC work cells.
• Support automated manufacturing and assembly processes. Work alongside manufacturing engineering to identify and reduce production bottlenecks associated with automated production sequences. Provide PLC programming assistance to read, write and debug automated production issues. Work alongside manufacturing engineering to analyze, identify and implement new and/or replacement automation components to improve automated production output.
• Support process improvements associated with production machinery and documentation. Perform time studies to verify current production sequence documentation is accurate to the actual manufacturing processes. Work alongside manufacturing engineering to analyze, identify and implement replacement machinery to improve throughput of various production processes. Aid manufacturing engineering in defining requirements and guidelines for replacement equipment and processes from outside vendors. Work with machine operators and manufacturing engineering to provide continuous improvement support to optimize the production process.

• Support Company Safety Initiatives including Lock‑out/Tag‑out/Clear & Try.
• Work with engineering team on development of new products.
• Perform all tasks in a manner that doesn’t impede production schedule.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Ability to read and understand production prints and tolerancing conventions.
• Excellent verbal communication skills. Good written communication skills.
• Ability to check computer throughout the day for emails and internal workflow notifications.
• Mechanical aptitude: must be able to work on and with machinery in a manner that is safe, systematic, and effective. Must be comfortable working safely with progressive die sets.
• Leadership: must be comfortable implementing changes in an environment where change is difficult.
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel for project tracking and documentation indexing.
• Must be familiar with creating CAD models and drawings; experience in Autodesk Inventor preferred.
• Ability to converse with toolmakers and skilled…