About the Role
Provide engineering and development support to ensure economical and feasible methods for projects. Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and engineering departments to develop practices and documentation that meet customer expectations.
Responsibilities
- Consult with Process Engineer and Chief Manufacturing Engineer regarding part quality requirements.
- Assist with work instructions, quality plans, and training documents for manufacturing and quality departments.
- Consult with customer’s technical personnel regarding current and upcoming projects or concepts.
- Assist with preparation of accurate cost analysis of projects and forecasts for quotation process.
- Make decisions on new production quotes and expansion of product lines for customers.
- Consult with Chief Manufacturing Engineer to improve throughput, profit margins, and efficiency.
- Work with manufacturing, quality, and engineering to reduce non-conforming material.
- Provide engineering support and input to departments within the company.
- Assist manufacturing department in development of processes for production.
- Have the authority to cease or allow production on parts that do not meet specifications.
- Participate in targeting strategic processes and skills, and implement processes, procedures, and training.
- Perform product/process analysis for cost reduction, quality improvement, and efficiency, and make recommendations.
- May represent Manufacturing/Management Department on cross-function teams.
- Work on special projects and various related assignments when requested.
- Perform other related duties and assignments as required.
Requirements
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities include close vision and color vision.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete and abstract variables in situations where limited standardization exists.
- Ability to translate technical data into a format and language suitable for shop floor personnel.
- Ability to provide feedback to drive behaviors of employees.
- Able to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
Skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong computer skills used to create elaborate work instructions (CAD, Microsoft Office).
Experience Level
- 5 years related experience and/or training
Education Level
- Bachelors’ of Engineering Degree from a four-year college
- Equivalent combination of education and experience
