Manufacturing Engineer

About This Role

This engineering role leads projects from start to finish, ensuring they meet customer requirements, budget, and timelines. It involves tasks across all project phases, from concept to prototype programs, and focuses on improving production efficiency, ergonomics, safety, and maintenance within the Meadowvale plant.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering projects from start to finish, ensuring timely completion, budget adherence, and alignment with customer requirements (PPAP and run at rate)
• Handle tasks across project phases, including timing, concept, feasibility studies, design, construction, and prototype programs
• Monitor and follow-up on project progress with leadership to ensure goals are met
• Conduct manpower efficiency studies using time and motion analysis, standard data, and other methodologies (e.g., MOST, Cosma CTC charts)
• Develop line balancing, manpower, and machine charts for flexible and efficient workflows
• Support and contribute to continuous improvement projects and initiatives
• Work with all departments and customers to design solutions that improve production efficiency, ergonomics, safety, and maintenance
• Assist in creating and implementing material handling solutions (e.g., aisle layouts, bin placement, and dunnage assists)
• Review, monitor, and coordinate tooling design, build, approval process, and capital budgeting
• Oversee equipment relocation and installation, ensuring effective integration into the Meadowvale plant
• Assist with the setup of preventative maintenance programs for new equipment
• Resolve quality concerns and support quick resolution of open issues within the engineering department
• Manage and implement customer-approved engineering changes, ensuring accurate part-level communications, physical updates, and process modifications
• Collaborate with production departments, customers, and vendors to design packaging solutions that optimize efficiency and cost-effectiveness
• Review and coordinate custom packaging designs, including the build, approval process, and capital budgets
• Prepare and maintain reports, charts, and other documentation for engineering projects
• Keep plant layouts updated and support new business quoting processes by offering packaging recommendations and design concepts
• Control CAD storage and manage the importing/exporting of CAD data
• Create and review GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) specifications for parts and assemblies
• Continuously adhere to and apply the Magna Employee’s Charter, the Magna Corporate Constitution, and the Magna Operational Principles and MaFact in all aspects of position and interaction with others
• Use Magna Structures Meadowvale’s Escalation Process effectively