Product/Manufacturing Engineer

McLaughlin Body Company; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaughlin Body Company in Anderson, SC is seeking a mechanical engineer to maintain and improve customer drawings for sheet metal fabricated components. The role focuses on making parts manufacturing friendly, quoting, releasing, and controlling drawings to meet external, internal, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include program management, issue tracking, and coordinating with vendors and customers, including Kaizen-driven process improvements to shorten development cycles.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Manufacturing / Mechanical Engineering or equivalent is preferred.
• Ability to create parametric, surface and solid models.
• Ability to read blueprints (GD&T) and interpret customer drawings.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills; able to document results clearly.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and model improvements for customer drawings in CREO.
• Identify, analyze and mitigate risk in engineering processes (DFMEA).
• Review specifications and determine manufacturability; coordinate with vendors/customers.
• Lead cross-functional teams to improve productivity, quality, and processes; support KAIZEN activities.

Skills

Parametric modeling

CAD data structure

GD&T reading

Teamwork & communication

Documentation

Education

Advanced degree in Manufacturing / Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CREO

EPICOR / CMS

MS Project

Visio

Word / Excel / PowerPoint

Job description

Role is responsible for maintaining and improving customer drawings of parts for sheet metal fabricated components and assemblies. Position is responsible for development of products that are manufacturing friendly. Position must quote, release and control the drawings of parts to ensure external, internal and regulatory requirements are achieved. Position is responsible for program management, issue tracking and coordination of activities that lead to successful production startup, launch and ramp up. Position must continuously shorten the development cycle by engaging in upfront marketing activities, and leading customer communications for technical concerns.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Conceptualize and model improvements for customer drawings in PTC CREO.
• Grasp, analyze and engineer models that achieve part function, performance and durability.
• Identify, analyze and mitigate risk in the engineering process by setting controls that prevent and detect failures (i.e. DFMEA).

• Review product specifications and confirm unclear points with the customer.
• Consider statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Determine manufacturability.
• Perform FEA/CAE analysis and inform analysis result.
• Support and assist engineering reviews.
• Compile test results and cab evaluation records.
• Coordinate activities with outside vendors and be willing to travel as necessary to meet with vendors and customers.

• Participate on cross functional teams to address and resolve manufacturing problems, and ensure the continuous, on-going improvement of productivity, methods, processes, and quality.

• Advances the standardization of engineering administrative functions, including BOM development, EPICOR / CMS systems, engineering documentation and processes, engineering output, verification and validation.

• Coordinate, delegate and perform audits that test system effectiveness for Product Quality.
• Be responsible for system breakdown and failure, when controls do not exist or have not been identified.

• Seek support and help when risk cannot be managed by the engineering unit. Notify impacted groups early when issues spread outside the unit or have the potential grow in severity or frequency. Emphasize early detection and early resolution.
• Identify critical operations and establishes process controls that prevent and eliminate errors in the workplace.

• Stay up to date with the technology of manufacturing operations (i.e. including other shop auxiliary operations) to enhance safety, quality and productivity.
• Leads kaizen activities for process improvement or system changes, as required by the annual strategic plan.

• Establish and monitor budget items associated with shop expenses, factory spend, and critical items necessary for the shop.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION And / Or EXPERIENCE

• Advanced degree in Manufacturing / Mechanical Engineering / Technology or Equivalent (preferred).

• Has the ability to create parametric models (smart models); including surface modeling, free-form modeling and solid modeling.
• Can troubleshoot and resolve data integrity issues.
• Can create drawings, subassemblies, and part-child relationships in the CAD data structure.
• Must be able to read blueprints (GD&T), interpret customer drawings, and evaluate specifications.
• Must be able to work in teams and demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be well organized, skilled in documenting results and procedures.
• Knowledge and proficient in word, excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, and CREO.
• Adhere to Quality, Safety and Environmental policies.
• Able to work flexible hours and overtime as required.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, bend and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.