Manufacturing Engineer

About This Role

This role focuses on developing and maintaining robust, cost-efficient manufacturing processes and product structures, consistent with lean manufacturing practices. The Manufacturing Engineer will lead continuous improvement initiatives and apply lean manufacturing techniques to eliminate waste and meet customer expectations, while also ensuring root cause and failure analysis are performed as required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust, cost-efficient manufacturing processes and product structures consistent with lean manufacturing practices
• Be mindful of process and test capabilities and recognize organizational core competencies
• Ensure root cause and failure analysis is performed as required
• Lead cost-out events and promote a culture of continuous improvement
• Apply lean manufacturing techniques as a means to eliminate waste and deliver products to customer’s expectations
• Implement methods and practices to reduce variation
• Develop the team’s ability to understand source(s) of variation and identify the impact of tolerance stacks in assemblies by applying Six Sigma Design and Development strategies
• Understand the application of SPC and gage R&R
• Participate in concurrent engineering efforts and critical design reviews to minimize product development costs and maximize useful life of products
• Conduct Design for Manufacturing and value engineering initiatives as applicable
• Develop work breakdown structures as a tool to develop cost estimates
• Participate in new product development projects using ProLaunch as a tool to articulate deliverables and a vehicle to commit to schedules
• Coordinate manufacturing liaison/s for products from inception through shipment to customer
• Develop and integrate new processes and methodologies to provide competitive advantages for the business
• Recommend Capital Appropriation Requests (including payback and net present value analysis) for the acquisition of equipment to support emerging and existing technologies
• Train associates as required

Requirements

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
• Detailed knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques (i.e., value stream mapping, one piece flow, etc.)
• Understanding of Six Sigma concepts and tools and where they relate to minimizing process/product variability (i.e., regression analysis, design of experiments, hypothesis testing, etc.), ensuring they are deployed appropriately
• Thorough understanding of problem-solving methodologies used in determining root cause and formulating corrective action(s) (i.e., thought maps, 8D, root cause analysis, Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Gage R & R, control charts, Pareto charts, etc.)