Industrial & Manufacturing Engineer

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

• Actively advocate behavior-based safety in all aspects of Auburn plant operations, adhere to company and site-specific safety policies, practices, and programs. Initiate efforts to improve workplace ergonomics.
• Assist in developing and implementing measures to improve processes, including quality, cell layouts, throughput and cycle times, making recommendations and working in conjunction with CI (continuous improvement) team initiatives.
• Interface with various departments including Engineering, Test, Material Control, and Quality to ensure documentation is complete and used during design and production. Review and approve all manufacturing level documentation prior to release to production.
• Establish the requirements for procurement and supply of necessary production tools, process tooling, and equipment used in production.
• Assist in auditing of all manufacturing process procedures. Create and maintain documentation including the update of routings and BOMs within SAP.
• Assist in investigating and analyzing component, material or product failures through collection and analysis of appropriate data. Define appropriate corrective and preventative actions, communicate in a manner that can be easily understood and implemented by production.
• Initiate, lead, participate, and provide training (problem solving, work flexing, etc.) required to effectively complete improvement efforts. Partner with factory managers to sustain improvements. Participate in MSA Operating System activities that include daily communication meetings, department performance monitoring and problem solving.
• Actively participate on NPD teams. Provide input to ensure that proposed designs are realistic and feasible within a Lean Manufacturing environment. Communicate challenges of current manufacturing processes and drive efforts to incorporate design for manufacturability and assembly concepts. Coordinate participation from peer experts to advise on manufacturability as necessary.
• Recommend capital equipment additions and develop appropriate justifications. Effectively manage the implementation and commissioning of such additions.
• Lead the identification, scoping, and execution of projects to reduce product manufacturing costs, collaborate with supervisors, factory managers, engineers, and other associates.
• Review production order closeout variances, determine root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Up to 5% travel may be required between U.S. facilities.

Qualifications

Special knowledge, skills and abilities required :

Preferred knowledge, skills and abilities

Education and Experience Required :

This position is available at three different career levels depending on experience, education, etc. :

Preferred Experience :

Experience in a textile manufacturing environment. Six Sigma and project management experience. Experience with SAP and MS Project.

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