Manufacturing Engineer

Overhead Door Corporation; Lewistown (Mifflin County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Overhead Door Corporation is seeking a Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer to optimize plant layouts, equipment and processes, driving cost reductions and productivity across manufacturing operations.

You will lead cross-functional projects, mentor teams, and collaborate with Production and Engineering while traveling to facilities and suppliers to implement improvements.

Qualifications

• 4-10 years of experience.
• Project leadership experience.
• Lean manufacturing training and experience - Certified Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.
• Knowledge/experience with equipment justification, assembly, consumer product manufacturing, and vendor relations preferred.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to manufacturing regarding the quality and/or performance of machinery, tooling, fixtures, gauges, etc.
• Serve as liaison between Production and Engineering by developing engineering change notices and process specifications pertaining to manufacturing processes and material specifications.
• Analyze and establish plant/workstation layouts for efficient operating conditions.
• Develop and maintain work measurement analysis based on MYM, Most, Time Study, or Ease.
• Recommend and justify the most efficient use of existing production equipment; justify new equipment based on labor/material savings.
• Oversee manufacturing processes of new and existing products including ergonomic assessment and cost improvements; specify and recommend new equipment and processes.
• Travel to company facilities, vendors, seminars and expositions by air or car rental.
• Perform assembly operations to establish accurate costing standards and train hourly associates.
• Assist incoming inspection in disposition of rejected materials.
• Monitor and recommend improvements on equipment, machinery, processes, etc.
• Operate a PC to compile incentive standards, record storage and project evaluation.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Skills

Project Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma Black Belt

Reading Technical Journals

Problem Solving

Education

Degreed (ME or related field)

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Position

• Provide technical assistance to all manufacturing departments regarding the quality and/or performance of machinery, tooling, fixture, gages, etc.


• Serve as liaison between Production and Engineering departments by developing engineering change notices and process specifications pertaining to manufacturing processes and material specifications.


• Responsible for analyzing, evaluating, and establishing the plant and workstation layouts to insure the most efficient operating conditions.


• Develops and maintains work measurement analysis based on MYM, Most, Time Study, or Ease.


• Recommends and justifies the most efficient use of existing production equipment. Provides new equipment justification based on labor and material savings.


• Responsible for the manufacturing process of new and existing products, including: ergonomic assessment, productivity improvements, manufacturability, and cost improvements. Specify and recommend new equipment, processes and tooling both during the engineering cycle and post design stages of implementation.


• Travel by airplane and/or drive rental or company automobile to all company facilities, vendor, or seminars and expositions.


• Perform any assembly operation including material handling and machining operation in order to establish accurate costing standards and to train and instruct hourly associates.


• Assist incoming inspection in the disposition of rejected materials.


• Monitor and make recommendations regarding improvements on equipment, machinery, processes, etc.


• Operate a personal computer to compile incentive standards, record storage and project evaluation.


• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualificaitons

• 4-10 years of experience.


• Project Leadership experience.


• Lean manufacturing training and experience - Certified Six Sigma black belt preferred.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.


• Knowledge/experience with equipment justification, assembly, consumer product manufacturing, and vendor relations preferred.


• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.


• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.


• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.


• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Education

• Degreed (ME or related field)

Qualificaitons

• 4-10 years of experience.


• Project Leadership experience.


• Lean manufacturing training and experience - Certified Six Sigma black belt preferred.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.


• Knowledge/experience with equipment justification, assembly, consumer product manufacturing, and vendor relations preferred.


• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.


• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.


• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.


• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Education

• Degreed (ME or related field)