Job Description
As the Manufacturing Engineer, you will provide and maintain revision-controlled process documentation to the manufacturing shop floor associates. This documentation includes work instructions, standard work routings, repair procedures, training and other forms that help describe the process for manufacturing a product or component. You will also determine tooling for the shop floor that must ensure proper quality, maintain proper ergonomics and not inhibit cycle time.
Your typical responsibilities will include:
- Train shop floor personnel (team leads) in the manufacturing process as described in the process documentation
- Ensure through process confirmation that the production area runs according to standards and control plans
- Analyze data and lead yield improvement projects for defect reduction (IDC & EDC)
- Initiate and facilitate improvements in manufacturing operations
- Support the strategic lean initiatives with participation in projects
- Understand the technical workings of the products in your area of responsibility and use the knowledge to trouble-shoot quality and functional problems
- Conduct and analyze statistical studies of machines and processes to determine capability
- Support the production team to solve problems and improve departmental/operational measure
- Collaborate with Design Engineering to ensure NPIs launch with proper tooling and no interruptions to production
- Drive improvement in your responsible area of the business