Manufacturing Engineer Technician II - 3rd Shift

A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major medical

Dental & vision

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. is a leading manufacturer seeking a manufacturing engineer to establish time standards and improve processes in a dynamic plant. You will assist with methods and casting design, implementing safety and ergonomic improvements while partnering with supervisors to boost productivity.

This role emphasizes teamwork and customer-first culture; requires a Bachelor’s in Industrial Technologies and 2–4 years of related experience. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technologies or related field.
• 2–4 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external customers.
• Conduct observations and analysis of personnel and work procedures to determine time-and-motion requirements.
• Establish time and production standards for costing and labor reporting.
• Change routing sequences due to machine/design/quality/ergonomics changes.
• Troubleshoot tooling and equipment issues.
• Process change orders.
• Assist in training of production personnel.
• Propose safety and ergonomics improvements.
• Develop process improvement projects with paybacks of 1–2 years.
• Estimate costs of new or existing products or projects.
• Create, edit, and validate ISO/EIA CNC programs.
• Maintain the 6S program in the shop.
• Conduct set up time studies using video monitoring.
• Provide backup supervision for factory departments.
• Analyze and design tools, methods, and procedures to boost productivity, safety, and ergonomics.
• Develop prototypes for PE and Innovation.

Skills

Time study

Process improvement

Ergonomics

Labor costing & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technologies

Tools

ISO/EIA CNC programs

6S program

Job description

A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. is a leading manufacturer of water works brass, plumbing valves, water systems, natural gas valves and meter bars. The company was founded in 1856 and is committed to taking care of the customer – our boss, through our growing investments of education, automation, and innovation. A career at A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. comes with a family friendly culture, on-the-job training, advancement opportunities, and the chance to make a difference every single day.

Job Summary:

Recommend time standards and process improvements. Assist with the development of methods and casting design. Implement safety and ergonomic improvements working closely with supervisors. Analyze, plan, design, construct, and apply tools, methods, and procedures necessary to increase manufacturing productivity. This role supports a culture where the company runs on people, teamwork is essential, and every interaction reflects “The Customer is the Boss.”

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external customers while promoting a “People First” approach.
• Conducts observation and analysis of personnel and work procedures to determine time-and-motion requirements.
• Analyzes work study data and equipment specifications to establish time and production standards to be used in costing and labor reporting.
• Change routing sequence of products because of machine changes, design changes, quality enhancement, ergonomic improvement, etc.
• Troubleshoot shop problems associated with new or existing tooling and equipment.
• Process change orders.
• Assist in the training of all production personnel.
• Propose improvements for safety and ergonomics.
• Develop process improvement projects based on 1- or 2-year paybacks.
• Estimate and/or establish costs of new or existing products or projects.
• Create, edit, delete, and prove out ISO/EIA CNC programs created from existing programs.
• Maintain the 6S program throughout the shop.
• Conduct and develop set up times with the use of video monitoring.
• Perform backup supervision for all the factory departments necessitating short notices schedule changes.
• Analyze, plan, design, construct, and apply tools, methods, and procedures necessary to increase manufacturing productivity, profit, safety and ergonomics.
• Process and create the prototypes requested by PE and Innovation.

Education/Requirements:

Bachelor's degree (B.A. /B.S.) in Industrial Technologies or related field; and two to four years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits:

Benefits include major medical (BCBS), Delta dental and vision, company sponsored basic life insurance and short-term disability. Voluntary life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term disability available. Competitive 401(k) with company matching, generous PTO, 10 paid holidays, and company giveaways, family picnics, and more!

A pre-employment Background Check and 9 panel (no THC) Drug screen required.

A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. is an equal opportunity employer.

Internal applications are due by Wednesday, August 26th at 3:00 pm