Process Engineer: Lean Manufacturing & Pilot Projects

Great Dane; Kewanee (IL); On-site; USD 66,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plans with employer match

Job summary

Great Dane in the United States is seeking a Process Engineer to develop, implement, and maintain manufacturing processes on the shop floor. You will collaborate with Corporate Manufacturing Engineering on new processes for products and equipment.

You will work on day-to-day improvements, write work instructions, maintain PFMEAs and Control Plans, participate in root-cause analyses, train operators, and support pilots and trials for new designs.

Qualifications

• Education: Industrial/ Manufacturing/ Mechanical Engineering degree
• Experience: Entry level
• Skills: PFMEA and Control Plans, read 2D/3D drawings, basic drafting
• Lean and Six Sigma principles familiarity
• Travel: 10%

Responsibilities

• Directly work with operators on the shop floor to solve day-to-day improvement projects
• Assist Corporate Manufacturing Engineering on larger projects
• Author and maintain work instructions for the shop floor
• Maintain MES system data in plants where applicable
• Maintain PFMEAs and assist in Control Plans
• Participate in Root Cause – Corrective Action exercises
• Serve as a technical liaison between Production Engineering and Operations
• Assist in manufacturability studies for new products/equipment
• Purchase hand tools and small equipment for improvement projects
• Design shop aids and small tooling for improvements
• Own the process and support pilots and trials for new designs
• Train operators on new processes and changes
• Guide training with Operations Supervisors
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Mechanical systems

Electrical systems

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

PFMEA knowledge

Control Plans

2D drafting

3D modelling

Reading blueprints/models

Lean/Six Sigma basics

Education

Industrial/ Manufacturing/ Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

DraftSight

Solidworks

CATIA

Job description

Great Dane in the United States is seeking a Process Engineer to develop, implement, and maintain manufacturing processes on the shop floor. You will collaborate with Corporate Manufacturing Engineering on new processes for products and equipment.

You will work on day-to-day improvements, write work instructions, maintain PFMEAs and Control Plans, participate in root-cause analyses, train operators, and support pilots and trials for new designs.