Engineering Technician: Process Development & Lean

ebi; Graham (KY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is seeking an Engineering Technician to support PE-driven development and improvement of manufacturing processes. The role covers process design, validation, and maintaining production cell layouts to meet Technical Data Package requirements.

You will work under PE guidance to perform safety reviews, drawings interpretation, tooling specification, and process documentation, while training producers and enabling kaizen efforts across production lines.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 15 college credits, or equivalent manufacturing experience.
• Approximately 5 years related manufacturing experience and/or training.
• Military service/training in related fields.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily hands-on support to Engineering or other personnel.
• Assist PEs with design, develop and validation of processes for safe production.
• Assist PEs with Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) per PSM procedures.
• Support Pre-Start-up Safety Reviews with guidance from PE.
• Assist PEs in requirements reviews of Technical Data Packages (TDP).
• Assist PEs in design for manufacturability reviews.
• Help design/layout of production cells/processes.
• Specify, procure or fabricate equipment and tooling with PE guidance.
• Assist PEs with product testing and troubleshooting.
• Create and maintain Manufacturing Instructions, Process Specifications, Inspection Plans, and Packaging Instructions.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Engineering drawings

GD&T knowledge

CAD software

MS Office

Lab procedures

Time management

Calipers/micrometers

Education

HS diploma + 15 college credit hours

5 years manufacturing exp

Military training in related fields

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Project

MS Visio

Job description

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is seeking an Engineering Technician to support PE-driven development and improvement of manufacturing processes. The role covers process design, validation, and maintaining production cell layouts to meet Technical Data Package requirements.

You will work under PE guidance to perform safety reviews, drawings interpretation, tooling specification, and process documentation, while training producers and enabling kaizen efforts across production lines.