Production Engineer

About the Role

Responsible for providing engineering support to Plant production departments through continual improvement of machinery and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee development of improvements to existing processes. Coordinate projects between Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, and other personnel to make these improvements.
• Develop capital project objectives, write project specifications, develop layouts, obtain quotations and formulate proposal documents including summary of costs and benefits, project schedule, and spending plan.
• Maintain project schedule by monitoring progress, coordinating activities, resolving problems, and recommending corrective actions.
• Write standard work instructions using Microsoft Office products with established templates for setup, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and lockout/tagout of new and existing production equipment.
• Develop/recommend quick changeover methods and tooling.
• Analyze methods and develop concepts to reduce direct, indirect, and set-up labor.
• Analyze, recommend, and coordinate implementation of profit improvement programs.
• Analyze material handling (current state) and recommend improved methods and equipment.
• Support the Plant quality systems goals/improvements & productivity goals/improvements within the scope of the job.
• Support the Plant safety programs/goals within the scope of the job.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Compliance with Company, Corporate, State, & Federal regulations.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Basic knowledge of setup and operation of equipment.
• Ability to coordinate new process development and training.
• Knowledge of work measurement methodology. Assist with development of new or updating existing production standards.
• Knowledge of safe manufacturing practices necessary for recommendation and implementation of safety programs.
• Knowledge of Statistical Problem Solving principles and application.
• Ability to interact with other departments and personnel; natural ability to be a team player.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in an appropriate engineering discipline (Manufacturing, Production, Mechanical, Industrial) is preferred; or a Bachelor's degree in an Engineering Technology plus zero to two years of manufacturing experience.
• Experience: Prefer 1 to 3 years of manufacturing experience.
• Mathematical: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistics, and fundamentals of geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
• Language: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures. Ability to write reports, correspondence, and procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees, groups of employees, or outside vendors.
• Reasoning: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit.
• Frequently required to talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The noise level is usually moderate.