Manufacturing Process Engineer — Lean & Kaizen Leader

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; Missouri; On-site; USD 64,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, life, vision

401(k) + Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Tool discounts

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. seeks a Manufacturing/Process Engineer to support Jackson manufacturing operations by leading continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing production methods, tooling, and equipment.

You will drive SMED Kaizens, enable new product introductions, and partner with supervisors and technical teams to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets. The role requires 3–5 years in manufacturing, a BS in engineering, and strong skills in lean, process development, and

Qualifications

• BS Engineering or Engineering Technology (prefer Mechanical Engineering background) or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Drives continuous improvement principles throughout the machine shop.
• Day to day manufacturing process support of production teams (methods, tooling, equipment, problem solving).
• Provides resources required by the shop floor to meet objectives in safety, quality, delivery, and cost (drawings, time studies, development of production rates, routing maintenance, REA & ECN processing, capacity planning, work center maintenance, new product quoting, standard work development, and P-order tracking).
• Ensures process capability by providing necessary resources to the shop floor including equipment, tooling, fixturing, methods, and processes.
• Works closely with manufacturing supervisors and other support groups to resolve issues related to safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Develop manufacturing processes to meet goals.
• Responsible for implementing cell design and SMED Kaizens in the manufacturing areas to transform value streams to future state.
• Supporting new product introductions by ensuring process capability and production readiness.
• Facilitates kaizen events for continuous improvement through elimination of wastes.
• Management of capital projects to introduce new manufacturing technology.
• Satisfies internal and external customer & supplier commitments.
• Understands environmental policy and impacts of their work activities.

Skills

Leadership

Written & verbal communication

Presentation skills

Decision making

Organizational skills

Education

BS Engineering or Engineering Technology

Tools

AutoCad

Creo/CATIA

Job description

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. seeks a Manufacturing/Process Engineer to support Jackson manufacturing operations by leading continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing production methods, tooling, and equipment.

You will drive SMED Kaizens, enable new product introductions, and partner with supervisors and technical teams to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets. The role requires 3–5 years in manufacturing, a BS in engineering, and strong skills in lean, process development, and