Manufacturing Engineer

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POSITION TITLE: Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Refine and enhance products and processes by applying continuous improvement principles and techniques in design and manufacturing areas.
• Investigate pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements.
• Develop, coordinate, and monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operation of product designs.
• Assures system and product quality by designing testing methods; testing finished- product and system capabilities; confirming fabrication, assembly, and installation processes.
• Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
• Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.
• Work closely, and in partnership, with management team to ensure that all customer needs are anticipated and met.

  Key Responsibilities and Duties
  

• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew.
• Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
• Develop and test models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess

  feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications and necessity of

  modification.

• Develops mechanical and electromechanical products by studying customer

  requirements; researching and testing manufacturing and assembly methods and

  materials; soliciting observations from operators.

• Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-

  generated reports.

• Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures,

  resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information.

• Completes projects by training and guiding technicians.
• Determines quality improvement parameters by identifying statistical methods

  relevant to manufacturing processes.

• Establishes statistical confidence by identifying sample size and acceptable error;

  determining levels of confidence.

• Participate in APQP meetings
• Monitor Plant progress; publish program status; report feedback to APQP teams
• Comply with all company, safety and OSHA standards and policies
• Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products, using drafting tools

  or computer-assisted design/drafting equipment and software.

• Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data; making

  recommendations.

• Select tools, equipment, or technologies for use in operations or projects.
• Advise customers on the use of products or services.

  Key Competencies
  

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management
• Possess analytical and technical skills
• Problem analysis and problem-solving.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to establish goals and objectives to complete projects.
• Stress tolerance.

  Desired Qualifications
  

• High level of independence, assertiveness, and decisiveness.
• Proactive team player with a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Ability to learn technical products quickly.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering required and/or industrial engineering experience with Bachelor Degree in an Engineering field.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and documentation is required.
• Computer skills should include experience with drafting & calculation software,

  AutoCAD, and Microsoft, Adobe & similar Office systems.

• Minimum 4 years related experience in Mechanical Engineering preferably in a manufacturing engineering environment.