Manufacturing Engineer - Assembly

Whether you're just beginning your career or have years of experience—you've come to the right place! Working at Alto-Shaam means you’re a part of a passionate team working together towards one goal.

Since 1955, Alto-Shaam has pioneered industry-leading commercial food service equipment that anticipates and responds to our customers' needs. Our solutions help food service businesses like Sendik's Food Market and Saz's Hospitality Group enhance their menus while providing a greater return on their investment.

Our world-class products are made in a world-class facility. Alto-Shaam's headquarters and manufacturing space is dynamic, clean and safe for all.

As a family company, we also take care of our people by providing market-leading benefits:

• Earn an annual bonus on your gross income, which has averaged 15% over the past five years
• Low to NO COST premiums for full coverage healthcare with wellness participation
• 11 paid holidays and generous earned PTO
• Advancement opportunities to grow through our career ladders program
• Tuition assistance to pursue a degree or certification
• Fitness reimbursement for gym memberships, classes, or training sessions
• Biannual performance reviews with yearly merit increases
• Annual free lunch with the company president to celebrate your work anniversary

The ideal candidate for a Manufacturing
Engineer
would be able to do the following:

• Evaluate and recommend digital transformation tools and technologies (data platforms, visualization tools, IoT/sensor connectivity) needed to expand the virtual shop floor capability including visual dashboards and insight reports covering Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQSC) metrics
• Performs research, design, and continual development of manufacturing processes including production flow, assembly methods and workmanship standards with data on cycle/takt- time and labor standards.
• Designs, develops, and tests various tools, fixtures, and equipment recommended for manufacturing methods.
• Creates and maintains detailed work instructions to ensure standardized manufacturing processes.
• Identifies root cause and leads corrective action execution to improve quality and reduce scrap.
• Improves manufacturing efficiencies by championing continuous improvement projects and initiatives with a Lean Manufacturing mindset using a Kaizen approach, Gemba, and 6S practices.
• Collaborates with Management, Engineering, Quality, Production Control, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, capacities, and production schedules to facilitate efficient processing.
• Provides technical support to operations and provides relevant feedback to the Design team with a continuous improvement and Design for Manufacturability focus.
• Continually supports continuous improvement initiatives and established lean manufacturing systems.
• Provides training to production employees on procedures and workmanship standards.
• Understands and leads initiatives to instill safety and regulatory/standards compliance.
• Responsible for ensuring quality, minimizing total cost of ownership, sustaining production, and mitigating financial risk.
• Total Cost of Ownership – As assigned, focus on product cost reduction activities in support of and defined by yearly cost metrics and targets.

For a candidate to be successful as a Manufacturing Engineer they must have:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering, or a related field. Preferred 3-5 years of engineering experience in the sheet metal fabrication industry.
• Demonstrated mechanical/electrical skills and working knowledge of industrial engineering tools.
• Proficiency in reading engineering drawings, tolerances, schematics, BOMs, routings, and engineering tools.
• Proficiency in Solid Works or similar and MS-Office (Word/Excel)
• Demonstrated ability to perform root cause analysis and systematic problem solving.
• Understanding of Lean concepts and use of Lean tools
• Strong initiative and high energy with excellent communication and time management skills.

We are looking for team-members that exemplify and live our High FIVE values:

• High Quality: Are you detailed-oriented and ensure the accuracy of your work?
• Family: Do you exceed expectations by being attentive and going above and beyond?
• Improve: Are you passionate about finding solutions to streamline and enhance the way you and your peers work?
• Voice: Are you a positive person who wants to make an impact on others?
• Empower: Are you a go-getter who takes initiative and pride in your work?

If you share our values, we want you to be a part of our Alto-Shaam family!