Manufacturing Engineer Job at Overhead Door Corporation 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)