Manufacturing Engineering Lead

Overview

The primary focus of the Manufacturing Engineering Lead is to lead improvement in back end process controls and operating efficiency to reduce the potential for non‑conformances, operating costs and scrap within the area. The Lead must be capable of interacting with department supervision, operators, area managers as well as Product/Process Engineering.

• Working Engineer Lead with direct ownership of all post cast processes (departments 650 through 690)
• Responsible for creation, implementation, and monitoring of process control systems for the back‑end departments
• Works to eliminate issues causing process non‑conformances, improvements in yield and scrap
• Program manages process category related scrap for all post cast operations
• Works with Supervisor, Leads and Operators to improve training, solve non‑conformance and process control issues and identify material and labor cost savings projects
• Develops and helps maintain overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for relevant department equipment.
• Write Standard Operating Procedures and Engineering Procedures under the supervision of the Engineer, and revises routers as directed.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co‑workers, and supervisors.

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or equivalent relevant experience
• Significant knowledge of investment casting process preferred
• Familiarity with Process Control philosophy and Equipment Uptime tracking
• Experience with use of Statistical Capability concepts
• Excellent Problem‑Solving skills
• Ability to Program Manage Cross‑functional teams
• Expertise in use of Microsoft Office Products (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access a plus).