Overhead Door Corporation is hiring: Manufacturing Engineer in Mount Hope

Job Description

Our People are our greatest strength!
We recognize our People's achievements and their contributions to our collective success. We support their well-being and are committed to their continued development to ensure a strong, sustainable future.

The Manufacturing Engineer - Mechanical position will provide technical assistance to support all manufacturing departments insuring the continuation of safe, economical, quality insured, and lean production operations.

We are a team of over 4000 employees; 16 manufacturing facilities; and 78 regional sales, service, and installation centers. As a leading manufacturer of doors and openers for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation applications-we strive to pioneer access solutions and services that exceed the ever-changing needs of our customers.

Responsibilities

The Position

• Provide technical assistance to all manufacturing departments regarding the quality and/or performance of machinery, tooling, fixture, gages, etc.
• Serve as liaison between Production and Engineering departments by developing engineering change notices and process specifications pertaining to manufacturing processes and material specifications.
• Responsible for analyzing, evaluating, and establishing the plant and workstation layouts to insure the most efficient operating conditions.
• Develops and maintains work measurement analysis based on MYM, Most, Time Study, or Ease.
• Recommends and justifies the most efficient use of existing production equipment. Provides new equipment justification based on labor and material savings.
• Responsible for the manufacturing process of new and existing products, including: ergonomic assessment, productivity improvements, manufacturability, and cost improvements. Specify and recommend new equipment, processes and tooling both during the engineering cycle and post design stages of implementation.
• Travel by airplane and/or drive rental or company automobile to all company facilities, vendor, or seminars and expositions.
• Perform any assembly operation including material handling and machining operation in order to establish accurate costing standards and to train and instruct hourly associates.
• Assist incoming inspection in the disposition of rejected materials.
• Monitor and make recommendations regarding improvements on equipment, machinery, processes, etc.
• Operate a personal computer to compile incentive standards, record storage and project evaluation.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Qualificaitons

• 4-10 years of experience.
• Project Leadership experience.
• Lean manufacturing training and experience - Certified Six Sigma black belt preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.
• Knowledge/experience with equipment justification, assembly, consumer product manufacturing, and vendor relations preferred.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Education

• Degreed (ME or related field)