Manufacturing Engineer

Morbark LLC located in Winn, Michigan is looking for a Industrial Engineer.  Morbark LLC offers competitive compensation and a variety of benefits including:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k Plan with company match
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Vacation and Sick time
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition reimbursement

Position Summary

Morbark’s Manufacturing Engineer position works as part of a team to maintain and improve processes and systems used in manufacturing.  Manufacturing Engineers work under minimal supervision, independently prepare, conduct, and evaluate analyses for planning process implementation of new or modified product designs to the factory.  The Manufacturing Engineer will also lead problem solving for manufacturing issues (production methods and procedures) in a specific function (including layout, production flow, tooling and production equipment, material fabrication, assembly methods and planning) in a Pre-Production, Production or Post-Production environment.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Perform technical analysis of manufacturing processes to support management decisions.
• Design / direct the acquisition, design, fabrication and repair of all necessary tooling and machines.
• Troubleshoot day-to-day process performance issues, develops solutions, and monitors improvements.

• Develops, evaluates and improves manufacturing methods, utilizing knowledge of manufacturing best practices, product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, test methods, and quality control standards.

• Validate process cycle times by conducting time studies;
• Provide day-to-day coaching duties in absence of team leader; and 
• Respond to customer issues and lead process improvements.
• Determine manufacturing time and cost of new assemblies; provides Production Managers with a labor quote
• Works with suppliers to determine product specifications and conformance to quality standards, and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or part

Essential Qualifications

• Prior experience working in a lean manufacturing environment;
• Metal Forming/Welding/Fabrications experience in a manufacturing environment; - preferred.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of employees and customers;
• Good communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills;
• Effectively establish understand and communicate with individuals at multiple levels of the organization including shop floor and office;
• Experience in conducting time studies;
• Experience identifying and developing solutions to Safety, Quality and Velocity issues in a shop floor environment; and thorough knowledge of manufacturing concepts.
• Formal Problem Solving training/skills.

Ideal Personal Profile

• Demonstrated ability to lead courageously, maintaining a strong position amidst opposition to resolve important issues, and ability to navigate through complexity.

• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Business agility to manage complexity, change and uncertainty. Flexible; nimble.
• Hands-on, energetic, and a “can do” attitude.
• Honest, reliable, and ethical.

Ideal Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering.
• Lean Certification
• 3 – 5 years of manufacturing engineering related experience.
• Experience working with 3D Modeling (Solid Edge, SolidWorks etc).
• Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing;
• Ability to read/interpret engineering drawings
• Experience with ERP - preferred