Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer (6-Month Contract)

April Quest

Iowa (LA)

On-site

USD 75,768,000 - 117,096,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

April Quest is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer for a 6-month contract in Northwest Iowa within an aerospace manufacturing environment. You will advance manufacturing readiness, process planning, and production optimization to support new and existing products.

Join a large, technically complex operation where you will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Quality and Supply Chain to reduce bottlenecks, improve layouts, and increase throughput through Lean

Qualifications

Experience in aerospace/advanced manufacturing environments.
Background in Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.
Knowledge of Lean, Kaizen and continuous improvement.
Experience with time studies, cycle-time analysis and labor modelling.
Experience with production planning, DFM/DFA and line balancing.

Responsibilities

Support industrialization and production readiness of aerospace products.
Develop and improve manufacturing processes, routings and operation sequences.
Conduct time studies, cycle-time analysis and labor modelling.
Identify production constraints and develop capacity and capability plans.
Improve factory layouts, material flow, workstation design and line balancing.
Collaborate with Engineering and Manufacturing on DFM/DFA and production planning.
Support introduction of new tooling, equipment, automation and manufacturing technology.
Apply Lean, Kaizen and continuous-improvement methodologies.
Use production data to identify bottlenecks, reduce waste and increase throughput.
Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Quality and Supply Chain.