Assembly Manufacturing Engineer 5

Harvey Nash; Pontiac (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash Inc. in Pontiac, IL seeks a Manufacturing Engineer 5 (1st Shift) to apply engineering theory to industrial layout and production. You will create drawings, read blueprints, and support assembly of fuel injectors within a team environment.

Role emphasizes APQP, PFMEA, process improvement, and cross‑functional collaboration with quality and operations to optimize throughput while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• 5+ years manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience with APQP, PFMEA, and process improvement.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Study time, motion, methods and speed to improve efficiency.
• Review worker logs, product sheets and specs to verify QA adherence.
• Review and approve work assignments considering performance and schedules.
• Review charts and diagrams to illustrate workflow, routing and floor layouts.
• Evaluate data to validate deviations from standards.
• Recommend modifications to production standards for quality within equipment limits.
• Suggest revisions to methods or layouts to increase production.

Skills

CAD

Reading blueprints

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Team player

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Manufacturing Engineer 5 (1st Shift) - 113693-1 Pontiac, IL 12 months

Job Description

Summary: The main function of a manufacturing engineer is to apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production. A typical manufacturing engineer has the ability to make engineering drawings, and read and interpret blueprints.

Job Responsibilities:

• - Study time, motion, methods, and speed involved in maintenance, production, and other operations to establish standard production rate and improve efficiency.
• - Review worker logs, product processing sheets, and specification sheets, to verify that records adhere to quality assurance specifications.
• - Review and approve work assignments in accordance with worker performance, machine capacity, production schedules, and anticipated delays.
• - Review charts, graphs, and diagrams to illustrate workflow, routing, floor layouts, material handling, and machine utilization.
• - Evaluate data and reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards.
• - Recommend modifications to existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.
• - Recommend revision to methods of operation, material handling, equipment layout, or other changes to increase production or improve standards.

Skills:

• - Creativity, verbal and written communication skills, analytical and problem solving ability.
• - Team player and detail oriented.
• - Displays attributes of a critical thinker and leverages innovative ideas.
• - Strong leadership and mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
• - Expert ability to make sketches, engineering drawings and common computations.
• - Expert ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawing, schematics and computer-generated reports.
• - Previous experience with computer applications and software related to engineering field, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD).

Education/Experience:

• - Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• - 10+ years experience required.

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

• - Providing technical expertise to aspects of production, cost, quality, and compliance to safety for the assembly of fuel injectors

Reason/motivation for request:

• - Additional Support in assembly and test

Why Client? “Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Client. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Client travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters.”

Why this Role?

• - Exposure to complex processes to manufacture and assemble fuel injectors
• - Development of both manufacturing processes and assembly processes and the interactions between one another
• - This role is key to the development of work class process and risk mitigation for fuel systems for Client.

Typical task breakdown:

• - Troubleshooting assembly equipment if needed
• - Assisting in process improvements for current assembly process
• - Understanding and walking back issues that occur due to first test pass failures
• - Creating and updating all APQP elements

Interaction with team:

• - Cross functional work with quality, manufacturing engineering, and operations

Team Structure

• - Work with 13 other Manufacturing engineers and test engineers on the team reporting up through tech service manager

Work environment:

• - Offices are located inside of factory work setting

Education & Experience Required:

• - Years of experience: Min of 5 years of experience
• - Degree requirement: Bachelor’s degree
• - Do you accept internships as job experience: Yes
• - Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role: Manufacturing Engineer , Assembly Engineer

Technical Skills (Required)

• - Ability to facilitate and create all APQP elements including Process Flow, Control Plan and Process Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (PFMEA)
• - Excell
• - PowerPoint
• - Teams

Technical Skills (Desired)

• - Assembly and Test experience

Soft Skills (Required)

• - Facilitate and host cross functional meetings in person and virtual
• - Manage priorities across multiple projects

Travel Requirement – None

Export Control Requirements –NO