Welding Manufacturing Engineer: Lead Continuous Improvement

John Deere; Ottumwa (IA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Highly competitive base pay

Savings & Retirement benefits (401K)

Health Care benefits with company HSA

Adoption assistance

Employee Assistance Programs

Tuition assistance

Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms

Charitable contribution match

Employee Purchase Plan & discounts

Vacation and Holiday Pay

Job summary

John Deere Ottumwa Works in Ottumwa, IA is seeking a Weld Manufacturing Engineer to lead welding operations, analyze data to identify root causes, and implement safety, quality, and cost improvements across the departments supported.

You will design cell layouts to improve flow, provide technical support for welding and fabrication, and drive cross‑functional improvements with a wage and salary team, establishing methods, costs, and quality plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience with welding processes, quality and tooling.
• Ability to design layouts and improve material flow.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, gather, and analyze data for identifying root cause for welding issues in the departments supported.
• Identify and implement safety, ergonomic, quality, cost reduction improvements for welding operation.
• Design cell layouts to improve material flow and material presentation.
• Provide support of welding and fabrication operations utilizing your technical experiences.
• Drive continuous improvements working with a cross functional wage and salary team while supporting daily production.
• Establishing sequence of events, proper operating method sheets, layouts, tool concepts, part and equipment costs, and quality plans.
• Participate in team studies related to capacity, productivity, and efficiency and quality improvement.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Welding knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Self-motivation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

MES

ProE/Creo

AutoCAD

WeldPRO

Job description

John Deere Ottumwa Works in Ottumwa, IA is seeking a Weld Manufacturing Engineer to lead welding operations, analyze data to identify root causes, and implement safety, quality, and cost improvements across the departments supported.

You will design cell layouts to improve flow, provide technical support for welding and fabrication, and drive cross‑functional improvements with a wage and salary team, establishing methods, costs, and quality plans.