Manufacturing Engineer

Fontana; Central Ontario, Baldwin Road; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to provide essential support in tooling design and process improvement. This role emphasizes collaboration with engineering teams and manufacturing staff to enhance production processes. You will be responsible for developing blueprints, troubleshooting production issues, and implementing engineered solutions that ensure efficiency and quality. If you are a decisive and confident individual with strong analytical and technical skills, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant discipline required.
• Proficiency in creating and understanding blueprints.
• PLC technical certification or programming experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create and enhance tooling designs for production.
• Support process improvement and troubleshoot production issues.
• Collaborate with customers to resolve quality problems.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Technical Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Inventor

Google platform

Office software

Job description

Baldwin Road, 4146 BALDWIN RD, HOLLY, Michigan, United States of America Req #2232

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Our employees are the reason for our success

Position Summary

Provide manufacturing engineering support with a focus on tooling design, enhancing and/or utilizing existing designs, preparing blueprints, providing technical support to operations, troubleshooting production problems, and implementing process improvements. The role requires proficiency in project management. Your main daily task will be to support the shop floor while collaborating with other engineers and manufacturing staff.

Position Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To:

1. Create, utilize, and enhance existing and/or future tooling designs for producing products.
2. Develop blueprints for new tooling designs according to customer specifications.
3. Provide and implement engineered solutions to ensure capable and repeatable processes.
4. Support process improvement projects.
5. Assist in implementing cost reduction measures.
6. Help determine root causes of quality issues.
7. Contribute to PF-CP-PFMEA processes.
8. Support manufacturing operations to reduce scrap.
9. Collaborate with customers to resolve production and quality problems.
10. Oversee the installation and troubleshooting of PLC programs.
11. Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.

Qualifications - Education/Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant discipline.
• Ability to create, read, and understand blueprints.
• PLC technical certification or experience as a PLC programmer.
• Decisive and confident, open and candid, with the ability to energize others.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical skills.
• Proficient with Google platform and Office software.
• Proficient with CAD software (AutoCAD Inventor a plus).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of cold forming, stamping, threading, and secondary manufacturing equipment and processes.
• 5 or more years of experience in engineering or manufacturing disciplines.
• Knowledge of materials, processes, machining, and tolerances.
• Experience preparing documentation and training materials.
• Experience dealing with outside equipment suppliers.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen techniques.
• Willingness and ability to travel when required.

We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, handicap, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Fontana reserves the right to require a drug screening at any time during the employment process.