Manufacturing & Quality Engineer

Zurn Elkay (Elkay Manufacturing); Freeport (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Matching 401(k)

Health Savings Account

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Educational Reimbursement

Job summary

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is seeking an Engineer to support production with quality and engineering responsibilities. The role emphasizes continuous improvement, identifying and solving manufacturing issues, implementing product design enhancements, and ensuring overall process integrity.

The ideal candidate will help optimize processes, prepare SOPs, and work closely with the Production Manager to maximize capacity and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Technical Diploma in a related discipline.
• Six Sigma techniques and Lean Manufacturing knowledge desirable.
• Experience with CAD/CAM and manufacturing processes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create new products based on specs and generate CNC programs.
• Collaborate with engineering on new product developments and pricing.
• Design/fabricate jigs/fixtures and gages for quality and manufacturing.
• Support operations in producing new products and resolve shop issues.
• Coordinate planning and manufacturing for samples; support CES on special orders.
• Investigate production-related quality issues and document/root-cause analyses.
• Approve in-process production and finished products by verifying specs and tests.
• Document inspection results and maintain quality data.
• Suggest process automation and prepare SWIs and SOPs for quality and manufacturing.
• Work with Production Manager to maximize capacity and throughput.
• Optimize equipment programming to improve capacity, throughput and quality.
• Assist with non-conformances (NCM) and corrective actions.
• Repair machines with maintenance team when new designs are needed.
• Share best practices and foster cross-location collaboration.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Detail-oriented

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Technical Diploma

Six Sigma training

Tools

AlphaCAM

Mastercam

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

CNC programming

Job description

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is seeking an Engineer to support production with quality and engineering responsibilities. The role emphasizes continuous improvement, identifying and solving manufacturing issues, implementing product design enhancements, and ensuring overall process integrity.

The ideal candidate will help optimize processes, prepare SOPs, and work closely with the Production Manager to maximize capacity and quality.