MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

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49431, Ludington, MI, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Automotive • Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
Designs and implements manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and production improvements. Supports quoting, cost estimation, new product launches, engineering changes, quality investigations, corrective actions, and manufacturing documentation. Collaborates with customers, employees, management, engineers, and production teams while applying Lean principles, Kaizen events, and 5S. Directs cell technicians and supports daily production activities.
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Job Purpose: Support the business by designing, implementing new processes and equipment; examine the rates to maximize production. The Industrial Engineer will interface with the customer, employees and management relating to design improvements and implement the new processes requirements for production. New product development of product packaging, design, develop, source per customer specifications. Using lean principles, Kazan events and 5s to ensure productivity is maintained.

Qualifications

  • Education and Experience: B.S degree in one of the following areas: Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering, Production Technology, Manufacturing technology, Automotive engineer technology or 0-3 years equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge: CAD/CAM experience desired, SolidWorks preferred

Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the Job:

Working with the direction of an engineer I, II and/or Manager.

  1. Provide manufacturing process design and process change investigation, evaluation, and implementation.
  2. Support quoting activities by providing piece part cost estimations for new product and actual cost calculations for existing product.
  3. Support tooling design, gages, machinery, fixtures, etc., and report their cost and source their completion.
  4. Trouble shoot process through involvement in quality alerts and provide corrective actions.
  5. Maintain engineering documents such as specs, prints, process instructions, routings, etc. to aid in the manufacturing process.
  6. Support new product launches and engineering changes.
  7. Direct Cell Technicians and support daily production.

Physical Demands:

  • Requires standing or walking a total of 2-4 hours in an 8 hour day, but no more than 1 hour at any one time.
  • Requires sitting a total of 2-4 hours in an 8 hour day, but no more than 1 hour at any one time.
  • Frequently requires lifting less than 10 lbs, but occasionally may lift 50 lbs or less 3-5 times in a week.
  • Intermittently (5-10% of the day) may need to stoop/bend, crouch, kneel, twist, reach and pull or push.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Technology, Manufacturing Technology, or Automotive Engineering Technology
  • Equivalent manufacturing-related experience of 0–3 years may substitute for the degree
  • CAD/CAM experience
  • SolidWorks experience
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The Company
Year Founded: 1974

What We Do

UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries, Inc. specializes in producing high-quality, precision fabricated aluminum extrusions and components for the automotive industry.

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