Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Colonial Group; Mansfield (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to support manufacturing processes, document processes, and lead complex engineering projects. The role collaborates with multiple departments to optimize production.

The position emphasizes on-floor activity (about 70%), fixture design, CNC programming, and process automation with a focus on quality, cost reduction, and waste minimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering with 5 years of experience.
• Basic knowledge of tooling design methods and machine tool programming.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and CAD software.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate and work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing process engineering and support cross-functional teams.
• Oversee fixture design, part inspection, process automation, CNC programming, and robotics.
• Analyze operations to propose tooling and equipment improvements for quality and cost.
• Use root-cause analysis to fix manufacturing issues and implement corrective actions.
• Provide leadership and training to manufacturing staff; ensure rapid machine uptime.
• Develop and revise documentation for work instructions, tooling tables, and inspection sheets.
• Create engineering reports; use pivot tables and Excel to present findings.
• Lead World-Class Principles to reduce waste and improve customer satisfaction.
• Produce 3D CAD drawings for fixtures and tooling; monitor machine availability and OEE.
• Monitor throughput, cost, and on-time delivery; perform other duties as needed.
• 70% of time spent on the production floor.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer provides engineering support in the areas of manufacturing processes, process documentation, manufacturing engineering, systems, procedures, equipment, tooling, and facilities. This position leads complex engineering assignments and team projects with multiple departmental interactions regarding all manufacturing processes.

1. Work safely to prevent on the job injuries by following Company and OSHA safety rules and regulations, understanding machine safeguards, recognizing and reporting safety hazards, wearing required PPE.

2. Lead manufacturing engineering support in the areas of fixture design, part inspection, process automation, CNC programming, and Fanuc robotics.

3. Participate in operational and financial analysis to recommend new tooling and equipment to provide improved manufacturing processes, increased quality and reduced cost.

4. Utilize problem solving skills to analyze manufacturing difficulties to determine root cause and define corrective actions.

5. Provide leadership, direction, technical support, training and assistance to other manufacturing team members. Work closely with manufacturing technicians and maintenance staff to ensure down machines are quickly brought back into production.

6. Implement and revise manufacturing documentation for machine work instructions, troubleshooting, tooling tables, and inspection sheets. Maintain structured database to ensure documents are appropriately organized.

7. Writes technical reports to document engineering analysis and findings. Ability to use pivot tables to sort through data. Use of Excel for data analysis and PowerPoint for presenting reports.

8. Lead the implementation of World-Class Principles (i.e.: T.Q.M., Kanban, Demand Flow, and Cellular Manufacturing) to improve customer satisfaction and reduce waste.

9. Produce accurate engineering drawings using 3D Modeling, CAD for fixtures and tooling.

10. Provide manufacturing engineering support in the areas of machine availability, OEE, performance, cost, machine capability, throughput, and on-time delivery.

11. Perform other duties as assigned.

70% of time spent on the production floor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering (appropriate for the assigned area) and five (5) year experience.
• Must possess basic knowledge of tooling design methods and machine tool programming.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and CAD software.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and written.
• Ability to communicate and work as a team member.

Physical Demand Requirements

Occasionally required to stand, walk or sit; use hands to grasp, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; use fingers to touch, pick or pinch objects; reach with hands and arms; push or pull; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use foot or leg controls; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds. For all jobs no one should lift over 50lbs on their own. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.