Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Electric Machinery Company, a division of WEG Electric Corp.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Position : Manufacturing Engineer

Department : Manufacturing Engineering

Primary Objective of Position :

The Manufacturing Engineering Engineer is the first point of contact for Manufacturing Process and Product issues. Responsible for defining, evaluating, and improving Manufacturing Methods and Processes to optimize safety, quality, and efficiency. Utilizes engineering and manufacturing drawings, work instructions, process specifications, or process labor routings to improve execution of manufacturing processes to reduce rework, expense, and schedule. Additionally, this position will be part of the production support team with the primary goal of satisfying customer requirements (Internal and External), satisfying quality, satisfying on time delivery.

Major Areas of Accountability :

• Actively serves as the Manufacturing Process Expert resolving issues on the floor and addressing concerns of both management and production personnel for their area.
• Responsible for ensuring manufacturing team is equipped and knowledgeable on their upcoming production orders at least one week in advance of processing.
• Provides production team with all relevant design interpretation including process specs and work instructions.
• Ensures all assembly and test tooling is available in advance. This includes location of existing tooling and / or the design and fabrication of new tooling.
• Responsible for product test set-up and configuration development.
• Leads Manufacturing Design Reviews prior to design release to identify issues with manufacturability, quality, costs, and / or delivery.
• Writes Engineering Change Requests for improvements identified by the manufacturing team in his / her area of responsibility.
• Responsible for ensuring all quality related notification are captured and addressed.
• Supports all production project needs including New Machine Builds, Service ReBuilds, and Spare Parts production.
• Proactively works to understand and communicate all the above aspects for the next 4-8 projects in queue.
• Partners closely with LEAN Continuous Improvement Program Manager to study existing manufacturing processes and prioritize highest impact opportunities.
• Applies LEAN Tools and Principles to optimize the manufacturing processes developed.
• Support Continuous Improvement Initiatives to drive bottom line improvements.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

Physical Requirements

Salary : $75k to $85k

Will compensate with experience. Position is full-time.

Company cannot provide sponsorship for this position

Please, no agencies

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