Job Description
Job Description
We are looking to fill a full time ENTRY LEVEL Mechanical Engineer position with a manufacturer located in the area of Franklin / Bowling Green, KY.
Salary Range : $70,000 per year. No relocation assistance for entry level candidates.
Must Haves :
- BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering is required to apply. Will not accept Mech. Engr. Technology degree
- Must be able to commute or relocate at your own expense.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
- Evaluate and manage capital and kaizen projects in a time-critical environment.
- Provide analysis, evaluation and review of problems regarding automation, advanced methods and equipment, material handling, layout and material flow.
- Provide alternative solutions to anticipated or actual technical and / or business related manufacturing problems.
- Develop safeguards and improve team member safety through process improvements.
- Provide training to production and maintenance team members.
- Provide trouble shooting assistance to production and maintenance team members.
- Develop new equipment specifications, tooling and other associated requirements.
- Design new equipment or redesign existing equipment, and coordinate its fabrication, assembly, installation, and startup as needed.
- Provide daily leadership to hourly maintenance personnel
- Maintain all mechanical functions of plant processes
- Actively and aggressively support 6S policies and procedures
- Support the Production Dept. to assure processes, fixtures, inspection gauges, and tooling are designed, manufactured and delivered on time and within budget to meet production demands.
- Prepare equipment and / or tooling designs as required to meet production needs.
- Collect data from production documents daily or as needed.
- Compare collected data to the standards and analyze for improvements.
- Compare the collected data to production reports and analyze discrepancies.
- Organize and report data weekly / monthly / yearly.
- Measure OEE (Operating Equipment Efficiency) as required.
- Identify and quantify opportunities for improvements.
- Recommend and implement improvements.
- Respond to emergency failures as needed.
- Actively support 6S policies and practices.
- Support new equipment installations as required and develop spare parts lists.
- Coordinate forklift and company vehicle maintenance.
- Support the Maintenance Dept. and Supervisor to assure the maintenance systems are being followed properly.
- Develop new and / or improve maintenance systems.
- Assist with budget preparations for production and maintenance by identifying equipment and tooling needs and developing cost estimates.
- Collect maintenance related data from the documents daily.
- 3D modeling experience (Solidworks) Preferred
- Design tooling and verify line startup for new part numbers and capabilities
- Communicate with sales and product design team
- Develop new products from initial quoting through production lifespan
Education and Work Experience Requirements :
- B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Thorough knowledge of machine design, Solidworks, tooling, machine installation & developing PFEMA.
- Microsoft office skills
- Training or working knowledge of statistical analysis processes
- Ability to interpret data and engineering drawings
- Must have strong organizational and time management skills
- Must have good verbal and written communication and team building skills
- Must have strong problem solving skills
- Strong work ethic
- Autonomous Maintenance
- Root Cause Analysis
- Cost justification analysis
- SolidWorks
- Continuous improvement techniques
- Pokayoke
14 days ago