Manufacturing Engineer - Lean Innovator, Growth & Impact

Ingersoll-Rand; Mocksville (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingersoll Rand, Mocksville, NC, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, optimize, and document production processes. The role focuses on cost reduction, quality, and productivity with involvement in Lean initiatives and cross-functional collaboration across design, manufacturing and suppliers.

The ideal candidate holds a BS in Manufacturing Engineering or related field and has 3+ years of hands-on final assembly, testing, and software experience.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial or Mechanical engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in final assembly and testing.
• 3+ years of experience with engineering-related software.

Responsibilities

• Designs and coordinates standard manufacturing processes.
• Plans or improves production methods including flow, tooling, assembly methods and production equipment.
• Estimates production times and optimum staffing for production schedules.
• Determines the development or purchase of capital equipment.
• Interacts with design, manufacturing and suppliers.
• Creates production processes and documents through routings, bills of materials and standard work.
• Assists internal and external suppliers with process problems and troubleshoots to find root cause.
• Oversee fixture design and manufacture.
• Ensures final process is capable and stable.
• Evaluates non-conforming parts and provides proper disposition.
• Leads and participates in Lean Manufacturing improvement events using all available tools and techniques.
• Implements cost reduction ideas.
• Ensures safety designed into all processes and implements safety corrective actions required to eliminate safety risks
• Project management.
• Develop, test, modify, and create solutions to technical problems.
• Directing and coordinating production, operations, quality assurance, testing, or maintenance processes
• Creating project specifications and detailed plans.
• Ability to quickly determine root cause utilizing 8D's and 5-Why tools.
• Ability to quickly assess manufacturing issues related to design and tolerancing
• Knowledge of basic design and manufacturing datum development and its effect in manufacturing processes.
• Ability to utilize engineering principles to develop robust manufacturing processes the first time
• Fluent knowledge of Manufacturing Engineering, Machining, assembly and quality control processes.
• Strong leadership skills to drive engineering principles and processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of new model launch requirements and processes to ensure flawless launch goals.
• Extensive PC Skills: Excel, Word, Access, Microsoft Project.
• Ability to resolve multiple conflicts between widely varying personalities.
• Requires cross functional communication, simultaneous engineering and reporting.
• Demonstrated abilities in tool, fixture and gage design.
• Demonstrated understanding of inspection tools, techniques and their application to engineering requirements.
• Must be a self-starter with high initiative and able to work with little supervision.
• Must work well with others in a team environment supporting operations team.
• Understanding of production control and demand pull systems highly desirable.

Skills

Final assembly and testing

Engineering software

Education

BS degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial or Mechanical engineering

Tools

Engineering software

Job description

Ingersoll Rand, Mocksville, NC, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, optimize, and document production processes. The role focuses on cost reduction, quality, and productivity with involvement in Lean initiatives and cross-functional collaboration across design, manufacturing and suppliers.

The ideal candidate holds a BS in Manufacturing Engineering or related field and has 3+ years of hands-on final assembly, testing, and software experience.