Lean Manufacturing Engineer — CAD, Tooling & OEE Upgrades

Tenneco; Burlington (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Manufacturing Engineer at Tenneco applies engineering principles to establish and improve manufacturing processes and products. You will determine machines, equipment, and operation sequences for production and assembly, and design improvements including tooling modifications or full station redesign.

Experience in lean manufacturing, metals fabrication, and automated assembly is preferred. Proficiency in MS Office and CAD tools such as Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, or Creo is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or Manufacturing Technology preferred.
• 3-5 years' manufacturing engineering experience preferred.
• Hands-on experience designing tooling and/or full workstation layouts strongly preferred.
• Creo experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Determine machines, equipment and tools, and the sequence of operations necessary to perform production and assembly operations.
• Recommend the design of production machines and other plant equipment while creating and implementing PM schedules for those machines.
• Design and implement machine improvements — including tooling changes, retrofits, and full station redesigns — to meet production, quality, and efficiency needs.
• Create and maintain documentation pertaining to new and existing procedures including but not limited to control plans, APQP, PFMEA, and work instructions.
• Work with quality department to solve both internal and external customer concerns.
• Lead OEE/OAE improvement projects to both increase production outputs and increase manpower efficiency.
• Monitor, control, and improve the costs on tooling and consumables to drive improvements.
• Implementation of capital projects to include development of Appropriation Requests, selection of vendor, and purchase of machinery & equipment, and implementation time tables.
• Optimization of equipment layout, sequence of operations, deployment of lean manufacturing techniques, and shop floor simulation.
• Troubleshoot equipment, process, and quality issues on the production floor, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions in a timely manner.
• Provide Lean Manufacturing support including but not limited to leading Kaizen events, implementing SMED, 5S improvements, and helping to develop error-proofing methods on automated manufacturing and assembly equipment.
• Provide on-the-job training with the completion of training documentation.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Troubleshooting

MS Office

Analytical thinking

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or Manufacturing Technology

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

SolidWorks

PTC Creo

Job description

The Manufacturing Engineer at Tenneco applies engineering principles to establish and improve manufacturing processes and products. You will determine machines, equipment, and operation sequences for production and assembly, and design improvements including tooling modifications or full station redesign.

Experience in lean manufacturing, metals fabrication, and automated assembly is preferred. Proficiency in MS Office and CAD tools such as Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, or Creo is expected.