Associate Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering

Stanley Black & Decker; Jackson (TN); On-site; USD 64,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker in Jackson, TN seeks a manufacturing professional to lead continuous improvement in the machine shop. You will support production teams with methods, tooling, and equipment while ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals.

The role emphasizes SMED Kaizens, process capability, and capital projects to advance manufacturing technology. Strong Lean background, 3–5 years in manufacturing, and a BS in engineering or tech are preferred.

Qualifications

• BS Engineering or Engineering Technology or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Drives continuous improvement principles throughout the machine shop.
• Supports day-to-day manufacturing processes for production teams (methods, tooling, equipment, problem solving).
• Provides resources to the shop floor to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
• Ensures process capability by providing resources such as equipment, tooling, fixturing, and methods.
• Collaborates with supervisors and support groups to resolve safety, quality, delivery, and cost issues.
• Develops manufacturing processes to meet goals.
• Implements cell design and SMED Kaizens to transform value streams.
• Supports new product introductions with process capability and production readiness.
• Facilitates kaizen events to eliminate wastes.
• Manages capital projects to introduce new manufacturing technology.
• Meets internal and external customer and supplier commitments.
• Adheres to Jackson site's environmental policy.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

AutoCAD

Creo/CATIA

MS Office

Leadership

Organizational skills

Communication

Education

BS Engineering or Engineering Technology

Tools

AutoCad

Creo/CATIA

MS Office

Job description

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drives continuous improvement principles throughout the machine shop.
• Day to day manufacturing process support of production teams (methods, tooling, equipment, problem solving).
• Provides resources required by the shop floor to meet objectives in safety, quality, delivery, and cost (drawings, time studies, development of production rates, routing maintenance, REA & ECN processing, capacity planning, work center maintenance, new product quoting, standard work development, and P-order (prototype) tracking).
• Ensures process capability by providing necessary resources to the shop floor including equipment, tooling, fixturing, methods, and processes.
• Works closely with manufacturing supervisors as well as other support groups and technical leaders to resolve issues that arise as related to safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Develop manufacturing processes to meet goals.
• Responsible for implementing cell design and SMED Kaizens in the manufacturing areas to transform value streams to future state.
• Responsible for supporting new product introductions by ensuring process capability and production readiness.
• Facilitates kaizen events for continuous improvement through the elimination of wastes.
• Management of capital projects to introduce new manufacturing technology.
• Satisfies internal and external customer & supplier commitments.
• Understands and follows the Jackson site's environmental policy and the environmental impacts associated with their work activities
• Perform any other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

• BS Engineering or Engineering Technology (prefer Mechanical Engineering background) or equivalent experience.

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing facility with the following experience preferred: Good knowledge of lean manufacturing
• Manufacturing / Industrial engineering background
• High speed stamping presses
• Heat treatment
• Steel grinding
• Blister sealing equipment
• Laser welding
• Laser etching
• Machining equipment and tooling experience
• SMED project experience
• Capital project management experience

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• Proficient computer skills, including AutoCad, Creo/CATIA & MS applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Demonstrates effective leadership skills
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills; ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Demonstrates strong decision-making skills and ability
• Able to express own ideas as well as develop and elaborate other ideas.
• Respect for people and ability to work with and communicate with others of all levels.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency
• Takes ownership or projects and area of responsibility
• Possesses strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates effective presentation skills

Additional traits and competencies that define the successful candidate are

• Focused on safety first, followed by quality
• Continuous improvement minded
• Team-player

Salary

The Salary range for this position is $64,400.00 - $103,700.00 This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker. The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tool sand other partner programs.

Company Overview

We Don't Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you'll get the unique chance to impact some of the world's most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We're the World's largest tool company. We're industry visionaries. We're solving problems and advancing the manu