Manufacturing Engineer: Lean Improvement & Process Innovation

Dover Corp; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Wellness programs

Health savings account

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

OPW, a Dover company, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes across value streams, driving quality, delivery, and productivity improvements.

You will lead lean initiatives such as SMED and value stream mapping, coordinate facility layout changes, and work with EH&S to address safety concerns, leveraging CAD/CAM and ERP tools in a machining environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Equivalent.
• 5+ years engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with costing, leading teams, Lean Six Sigma, facility layout, Kanban, capital justification, new product/process development.
• Experience in a machining environment is highly desired.
• AutoCAD, Solidworks or Inventor, MS Office Suite, ERP familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Support production and provide technical expertise to solve quality, delivery, and productivity issues for value streams.
• Design work holding and tooling solutions for new or existing manufacturing components.
• Lead continuous improvement / lean projects such as SMED, standard work kaizens, and value stream mapping.
• Design, plan, and coordinate facility layout improvements.
• Lead production teams using heuristic problem solving techniques such as FAST problem solving to quickly resolve problems that occur during production.
• Drive root cause analysis for complex issues using formal problem-solving tools such as A3, 8D, Fishbone, and 5Why.
• Identify new technology to improve manufacturing processes.
• Coordinate and implement engineering change orders in manufacturing including process and equipment modifications.
• Create, edit, and maintain critical process documentation.
• Facilitate CAPEX projects including working with vendors.
• Develop capacity planning models to identify issues and implement actions to resolve.
• Partner with EH&S team to solve identified or observed safety concerns.
• Maintain Bills of Material and Labor Routings.
• Conduct Time Studies to establish Production Standards.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Problem solving

CAD/CAM software

Project management

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Inventor

ERP familiarity

Job description

OPW, a Dover company, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes across value streams, driving quality, delivery, and productivity improvements.

You will lead lean initiatives such as SMED and value stream mapping, coordinate facility layout changes, and work with EH&S to address safety concerns, leveraging CAD/CAM and ERP tools in a machining environment.