Manufacturing Engineer II - Lean & Process Improvement

Collins Aerospace; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation for newly hire

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Colorado Springs, CO is seeking an Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer to plan and optimize manufacturing processes, balance workloads, and lead continuous improvement initiatives on the shop floor. You will support line operations, analyze processes, and drive efficiency using Lean methods and root cause analysis.

Experience in aerospace or regulated industries is preferred. The role is onsite with opportunities to contribute to safety, quality, and productivity improvements

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field.
• Experience in manufacturing role (Engineering, operations, quality, supplier, etc)

Responsibilities

• Determine and plan the sequence of operations and documents manufacturing standard work and routing.
• Determine the most efficient sequence of operations and establish methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel.
• Assure processes, including equipment, fixture design, routings, programming, tooling, and standard work support our production lines and meet all applicable drawing requirements.
• Continuously improve quality and productivity using the CORE Operating System.
• Provide technical support for serving as liaison between Value Streams, Quality Assurance, EH&S and Design Engineering and voice of Manufacturing/Manufacturability in Design Reviews.
• Audits manufacturability of existing products, and recommends modifications or adaptations to address quality, customer, product, or productivity constraints.
• Involved with Line Balancing (Time studies, Operator Load Cell, Process Flow and others) and Lean Manufacturing (VSM, Kaizen, Kanban, One Piece Flow, Material presentation, Visual Management) projects.
• Conducts analysis of manufacturing processes and equipment to diagnose failures.
• Leads root cause analysis for product quality concerns.
• Develop solutions to a variety of Industrial Engineering problems.
• Develop tools that enable manufacturing, aid process improvement or address safety or ergonomic concerns.
• Research new processes, methods, and equipment and make recommendations to achieve continuous improvement in assigned areas of the factory
• Design, develop, and improve station loading/line balancing
• Supporting manufacturing line daily with process troubleshooting, incorporation of engineering changes, etc.
• Dispositioning non-conforming material with root cause and corrective action analysis as required
• May support Original Equipment, Aftermarket Support items or (MRO) Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of fielded product

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Education

University Degree

Advanced Degree

Tools

NX CAD

Excel VBA/Macro

AS9100 Quality System

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Colorado Springs, CO is seeking an Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer to plan and optimize manufacturing processes, balance workloads, and lead continuous improvement initiatives on the shop floor. You will support line operations, analyze processes, and drive efficiency using Lean methods and root cause analysis.

Experience in aerospace or regulated industries is preferred. The role is onsite with opportunities to contribute to safety, quality, and productivity improvements