- Business Acumen: Thorough understanding of the Engineering financial impact and a basic understanding of the needs and impact of other functions on the business
- Engineering Processes: Good understanding and contributor in process development and layout improvement
- Project Impact: Multi-task Projects with various components and sub-systems responsibility
- Team Interaction: Technical contributions on smaller project cross functional teams
- External Customer Interaction: Customer interaction on an intermittent basis
- Autonomy: Some guidance from supervisor and mentors
- Technical Communication: Analysis and presentation skills demonstrated
- Technical Judgment (Problem Solving): Clear understanding of the issues and applies techniques to solve quickly
Requirements:
- Candidate will have 0-2 years of experience
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Must have exposure to Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles
- Must demonstrate ability to communicate effectively to internal customers at all levels of the organization
- Must have strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and goal orientated
- Must be able to speak and write clearly and concisely
- Must be willing to work in a manufacturing environment
- Must be flexible in work hours or weekends as needed
Responsibilities:
- Provide engineering expertise for assembly processes, methods, manufacturing systems and technologies that will result in highly producible, quality product designs and manufacturing systems that are capable and cost effective.
- Review and analyze manufacturing methods in sub-assembly and assembly areas. Make recommendations and support implementation of projects for line balance, manpower planning, workstation design, material flow, KANBAN design, and sequence.
- Review existing and proposed product designs for ease of manufacture and make recommendations that will enhance the quality and producibility of the product. Participate in design reviews.
- Participate in project team activities involving value analysis, design reviews, product development, product transfer and startup, and new product introduction. Use value-engineering techniques to reduce cost and increase customer value.
- Review and analyze manufacturing procedures, make recommendations for design and/or manufacturing methods and coordinate projects which will result in more efficient manufacturing costs and/or enhanced quality. Maintain project objectives and financial documentation.
- Conduct problem solving processes utilizing “Is-Is Not”, “5 Whys” and other similar methodologies (fishbone, cause effect, etc.) for root cause analysis.
- Collaborate with plant maintenance personnel and manufacturing operations. Direct plant hourly workforce when required.