Manufacturing Engineer

Summary:

The job holder must perform their duties in such a way that:

• Manufacturing processes and workflows allow operators and technicians to produce quality product, on time, and at the expected cost.
• Bills of materials and routings for assemblies and individual parts are created on time.
• Work instructions follow expected guidelines and provide necessary information, and non-compliant instructions are corrected in a reasonable timeframe.
• Tools relevant for production are designed, manufactured and / or procured on schedule.
• All standard operating procedures are consistently reproducible.
• All tasks are completed in a timely and economical manner.
• Their actions always correspond to the corporate philosophy and serve to achieve the company's goals.

The job holder must inform and advise their manager in such a way that they are able to:

• Communicate relevant information to those parties who need to know it.
• Define appropriate measures and objectives and to identify progress towards the achievement of said objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Creating and maintaining standard operating procedures, detailed work instructions, and process flow routers.
• Correcting and editing material master data in SAP.
• Creating and editing production BOMs.
• Assisting with make or buy decisions on drafted materials.
• Clarifying beforehand which supplier is suitable or make suggestions for possible selection (also suggest technology-related innovations).
• Creating specifications for any required clamping and / or assembly devices, with ability to create prints for them if needed.
• Creating change requests and quality notes in SAP
• Completing change requests with regards to process controls (routings, SOPs, WI, fixtures, etc.)
• Analyzing data to uncover process improvement opportunities and evaluate test / trial results.
• Initiating and participating in process improvement projects, bringing them to a successful conclusion under target and deadlines.
• Processing of service orders within production
• Advising the design department with regards to their choices of material and limitations of manufacturing technology, taking into account both the technical and business contexts.
• Advising the purchasing department with regards to expected manufacturing costs and possible manufacturing processes.
• Advising the supplier quality team about manufacturing processes, processes and helping with problems with and questions about technical documentation.
• Traveling to other plants to facilitate new product introductions and transfer programs into SNA. Travel will not be a regular part of day-to-day responsibilities, but when it is required, it could be for as many as 8 consecutive weeks.
• Informing their manager in case of failure to meet deadlines.
• Informing departments and people in the information chain of project progress, such as: production management, order management, IT department, QA and design.

• Taking part in necessary kick-off meetings, departmental meetings, project meetings, etc.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States (Citizen, Green Card)
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 0-5 years of experience in engineering
• Technical writing expertise, especially with regards to work instructions
• Willingness to travel for up to 8 weeks consecutively is required
• Strong knowledge of CAD
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Strong communication skills
• Prior SAP experience preferred, but not required