CNC Lead - 2nd Shift

Burkert USA Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Burkert USA Corporation in the United States is seeking a highly skilled CNC manufacturing engineer to own the value stream for CNC machining of systems and standard components from raw stock to finished part release.

You will optimize spindle time across turning, milling, and multi-axis cells, define setup standards, partner with CAM teams, and drive structured improvements while ensuring SAP routing accuracy and tool management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering required.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt preferred with 5–8 years in a precision CNC machining environment.
• Ownership of machining process improvements: spindle utilization, setup reduction, tooling programs, and scheduling discipline.
• Experience with SAP CM25/Fiori scheduling, routing management, and capacity planning.
• Tool management systems experience; Siemens TMGR is a differentiator.
• Leading Kaizen events, VSM workshops, and 5S programs in machining.
• CAD/CAM proficiency (Siemens NX, Mastercam, or equivalent); Vericut preferred.
• Familiarity with GD&T, precision measurement, and CMM-based inspection.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize CNC machining value stream processes from raw stock to finished part release.
• Drive spindle time optimization across turning, milling, and multi-axis cells.
• Define and enforce setup standards, including first-article verification and handover documentation.
• Partner with CAM programmers on strategy improvements and tool management.
• Lead root cause analysis on scrap, rework, and non-conformances; drive a structured improvement roadmap.
• Maintain manufacturing qualification matrix and training plans for machinists and operators.
• Ensure SAP routing data reflects current times, sequences, and resources.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Process improvement ownership

CAD/CAM proficiency

GD&T expertise

CMM inspection experience

5S / Kaizen leadership

VSM workshops

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP CM25 / Fiori

Siemens TMGR

Siemens NX / Mastercam / Vericut

Job description

Where would you like to shape the success of your future career: At a worldwide leading manufacturer of process measuring and control technology? In a family- owned company that values its more than 3,700 employees in more than 30 countries and sees them all as individuals? In a team that breaks new ground with courage and passion? Did you answer „Yes“ three times? Then it is time for us to make your acquaintance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• CNC Machining Process Ownership: Own the value stream processes for CNC machining of systems and standard components, from raw stock to finished part release.
• Drive spindle time optimization across turning, milling, and multi-axis machining cells.
• Own and continuously improve machine scheduling practices using SAP CM25 ,ensure accurate, realistic scheduling.
• Champion use of the Siemens TMGR Tool Manager for tool presetting, tool life management, and structured tool building.
• Define and enforce setup standards: part setup, work-holding, first-article verification, and handover documentation between shifts and operators.
• Partner with programmers on CAM strategy improvements.
• Lead root cause analysis on scrap, rework, and non-conformances originating in machining.
• Develop and execute a structured improvement roadmap between audit cycles.
• Own and maintain the manufacturing qualification matrix per SYNCHRO standards; identify training gaps and drive the qualification plan for machinists and operators.
• Ensure annual instruction plans, familiarization plans, and SFM documentation (SFM boards, team meeting cadence, Go&See schedules) are current and compliant.
• Author and maintain Factory Standards (FSTs), work instructions, BOPs, control plans, and process flow documentation for all manufacturing processes.
• Ensure SAP routing data (CM25 / Fiori) accurately reflects current process times, sequences, and resource assignments.
• Build and maintain digital machine handbooks in SI08 for production-critical CNC equipment; ensure maintenance tasks, log entries, and inspection records are current.
• Establish structured filing practices per SYNCHRO Office standard; lead the cleanup and standardization of legacy documentation.
• Drive poka-yoke implementation across machining setups and inspection.
• Support process development in welding operations, with a particular growth path toward ASME BPE orbital GTAW welding as the program scales.
• Contribute to process improvements in secondary operations (deburring, washing, inspection)
• Engage with intralogistics improvements (material flow, milk running, kitting) as they interface with machining cell efficiency.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline required.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt preferred 5 to 8 years of progressively responsible experience in a precision CNC machining environment — turning, milling, multi-axis machining of close-tolerance components.
• Demonstrated ownership of machining process improvement: spindle utilization, setup reduction, tooling programs, and scheduling discipline.
• Direct experience with SAP production modules — CM25 / Fiori scheduling, routing management, and capacity planning.
• Hands-on experience with tool management systems; Siemens TMGR experience is a strong differentiator.
• Experience leading Kaizen events, VSM workshops, and 5S programs in a machining or fabrication environment.
• CAD/CAM proficiency (Siemens NX, Mastercam, or equivalent); Vericut simulation experience preferred.
• Familiarity with GD&T, precision measurement, and CMM-based inspection processes as they apply to machined components.

In return, we offer you exciting and challenging responsibilities, diverse perspectives with a high degree of individual freedom and a corporate culture that encourages you to use it.

Our products and systems are invisible and indispensable at the same time. Without knowing it, we all encounter valves, sensors, controllers and customized systems made by Burkert every day: from beer, juice or dairy products to cosmetics and medicine products. Anyone who gives free flow to ideas and always thinks that little bit further than others, needs not only a great passion for innovation, but above all courage. This quality still characterizes our company today and makes our successes possible. Thanks to our financial independence, we can consistently pursue our strategic goals, even in uncertain times, and this creates a secure basis for the jobs in our company.