Manufacturing Engineer II

Universal Instruments Corporation; Town of Conklin (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Universal Instruments Corporation is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support New Product Introduction and optimize factory operations. You will develop manufacturing processes, work instructions, tooling, and layouts, while solving material and workmanship issues and planning future improvements.

You will collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality and other units to ensure timely issue resolution and strong project performance in a capital equipment environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline with 2+ years hands-on experience.
• Experience with SAP or other MRP systems.
• Lean, Six Sigma, and SolidWorks experience.
• ISO certified production environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support resolution of production issues and drive corrective actions.
• Contribute to New Product Introduction and product development processes.
• Improve manufacturing work instructions, tools, and process flows.
• Design and develop manufacturing processes to meet metrics.
• Collect and analyze operations data to drive performance.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

SAP

MRP systems

Job description

Summary:

The Manufacturing Engineer supports New Product Introduction and improves factory operations. This is accomplished by developing or improving manufacturing processes, work instructions and tooling, resolving material and workmanship issues, updating factory layout, and planning future improvements. The engineer has significant cross-functional interactions with Production, Engineering, Quality and other corporate units to ensure timely issue resolution and excellent project performance.

Principal Accountabilities: (Functional)

• Supports resolution of production issues through verifying the situation, classifying the problem, assigning resolution to the correct team (Engineering, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, etc.), and driving for timely completion of corrective actions.
• Executes aspects of the corporate product development and New Product Introduction processes. This can include serving on or managing teams responsible for deliverables according to the master project plan. Team members will be drawn from Manufacturing Engineering, Production Teams and other groups.
• Improves production work instructions, tools, fixtures and process flows to achieve and deliver required quality and productivity standards.
• Assists in designing and developing effective and efficient manufacturing processes for production operations to align with and support the top level corporate metrics of product quality, delivery to commitment and total production cost.
• Helps to manage the production infrastructure to meet current and forecast business levels. This includes tools, fixtures, floor space, material location and storage, MRP system usage, and data collection and storage to optimize process and create robust argument for change.
• Collects and analyzes data related to operations metrics to define and drive higher performance. These need to align with and support the top level corporate metrics of product quality, delivery to commitment and total production cost.
• Produces technical justifications and specifications for new layouts of equipment, work flow, assembly methods and work force utilization.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline with minimum of 2+ years of hands on experience, preferably in a capital equipment manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SAP or other MRP systems and their use.

Preferred Experience

• Previous project management experience.
• Experience in ISO certified production environment.
• Lean, Six Sigma, & SolidWorks.

Responsibility for Quality Procedures or Direct Product Quality

• Adheres to Universal Quality System policies and procedures and uses appropriate principles and standard problem solving tools to continuously improve work processes.

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to use a computer on a frequent basis.
• Requires the ability to communicate clearly in giving presentations.
• Must be able to communicate clearly with fellow workers.

Universal Instruments is an EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled employer.

Target Annual Base Pay:$80,000 - $90,000 + Robust Benefits