Manufacturing Engineer

Position Objective:

Continuously improve production (i.e. Carbide) to ensure that product conforms to specifications while operating in the most cost effective manner. Hold paramount achieving customer excellence and employee safety. Provide manufacturing engineering role in daily production of products along with supporting the release of new products and design changes into production.

Responsibilities:

% of time          No.                                        Priority Order

25%                    1                  Engage in helping production achieve daily performance targets by removing impediments and disruptions from the production process.

15%                    2                  Lead and support the elimination of wastes through the use of lean principles.  Track progress by the using time lines and setting goals.

15%                    3                  Examine defects and processes to improve first pass yield and reduce manufacturing scrap.  Use rapid problem solving technics to create countermeasures.  Work with internal departments and external suppliers as needed to achieve success.

10%                    4                  Perform activities that ensure product design changes to existing products can be produced.  Lead design changes through production release by using standard work procedures, process documentation, and includes designing, fabricating, qualifying, and validating equipment, fixtures, and tools as needed to build products.

10%                   5                   Evaluate manufacturing processes, equipment, and materials for health, safety, and environment hazards.  Remove or minimize the probability of the hazard to cause an incident.

10%                   6                   Perform time studies, capacity planning, and line balancing as needed to produce product. Layout processes and production lines to achieve output and efficiency targets.

10%                   7                   Maintain and develop work instructions to insure process equipment is sustained and maintained to consistently produce products to specifications at the needed production output.

5%                      8                  Prepare and submit capital justification request.  Coordinate the procurement and implementation after approval.