Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

At Bergkamp, we are a team proudly dedicated to the bigger purpose of making lives better by making roads better. We are people devoted to our craft with an all-in, respected team that has each other's backs. We are relentless in our pursuit of excellence, innovation, and asking the bigger questions. We're servant leaders, industry leaders, and good people that operate with Kansas values. What do we do? We manufacture some of the coolest heavy equipment that is used to make and keep asphalt roads in better shape—and when our customers succeed, communities across the world thrive with better infrastructure. We think it's some of the most exciting stuff happening in infrastructure today.

We believe that a team of people who are humble, hungry and smart will deliver superior performance over the sum total of talented individuals; therefore, we are committed to achieving our mission through teamwork while honoring our core values.

1. A hungry team player(s) who shows active participation and engagement in department and companywide initiatives. Demonstrates a hunger for achieving results, learning, setting an example, and adding to the success of the team.
2. A humble team player(s) willing to collaborate, acknowledge the team's individual strengths, and put the needs of the organization before themselves. Will do what it takes to help everyone succeed.
3. A smart team player(s) who has a common sense understanding about people. Demonstrates good judgement and intuition of group dynamics. Understands the impact of their words and actions and use that understanding for the benefit of the team.

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the Manufacturing Engineering activity for plant operation, providing engineering direction and support to plant production and other departments. The Manufacturing Engineer activities' major focus is directed to manufacturing systems, processes, standards, tooling and new technology, all designed to attain maximum production efficiency, at high quality standards in the most cost-effective manner.

Essential Functions

1. Identify and implement cost reduction, quality, safety and ergonomic improvement ideas.
2. Implement new manufacturing processes and technology through lean and QRM strategies.
3. Create and maintain Job routers to ensure optimum production efficiencies.
4. Perform time studies to validate job performance. Adjust job routers as determined.
5. Recommend and Design production fixtures and tooling.
6. Analyze make/buy decisions utilizing data, process flow and safety of handling products.
7. Develop, design, and publish procedural standards, operation/work instructions, and manuals.
8. Develop equipment capital justifications to support existing and new processes.
9. Collaborate with the Current Product Engineering team with current product modifications and tooling.
10. Carry out responsibilities by inspecting work and assisting with addressing complaints and/or resolving issues related to Production parts.
11. Create and evaluate prints and drawings to ensure quality and safety standards are met.
12. Establish welding and wiring standards.
13. Maintain proper documentation, including BOM optimized for production.
14. Contribute to team effort by actively participating in team meetings.
15. Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
16. Manage machine programming for CNC equipment.

Additional Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with Current Product Engineering team to ensure manufacturability of new designs.
2. Special projects or delegated tasks from the Production Manager, if applicable.

Qualifications and Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering is preferred but not required.
2. A minimum of three to five years of Manufacturing Engineering, or other related experience generally required.
3. High school diploma or equivalent.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate detailed information to co-workers, management, vendors, suppliers, and customers.
5. Excellent customer service skills with the ability to interact in a positive and professional manner to develop and maintain strong working relationships with co-workers, management, vendors, suppliers, and customers.
6. Ability to read and interpret documents such as job orders, procedure manuals, and schematics (blueprints).
7. Ability to write routine reports and business correspondence.
8. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions and percentages.
9. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
10. Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
11. Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
12. Excellent mechanical aptitude
13. Ability to be visionary and see the entire process.
14. Ability to operate computers and computer software, including Microsoft Office products, SolidWorks, CAD, and MRP (Infor CSI).
15. Ability to use department equipment such as a forklift, hand tools, power tools, ladder/scaffold, overhead crane, telephone, computer, fax machine, and copy machine.
16. Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, bend, kneel, climb stairs and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. The employee must seldom lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. If lifting over 50 pounds employees should utilize a jib, overhead crane, or ask for assistance from other team members. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
2. The work environment is usually an indoor setting with frequent exposure to outside elements. The noise level in the work environment is frequently high. In addition other elements that an employee could be exposed to occasionally in this work environment are but not limited to, dust, dirt, fumes and odors, mechanical and electrical hazards, fire hazards, and an elevated workplace. This position requires infrequent travel, which may involve exposure to extreme weather elements.

Bergkamp is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Bergkamp will take the steps necessary to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Brooke Burney at (785) 825-1375.

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