Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Weaverville, NC
Reports to: Engineering Manager
Employment Type: Full-time
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Manufacturing | Mechanical Power Transmission Components | Engineering Services
Job Function: Manufacturing Engineering | Process Improvement | Equipment Development
Job Summary: Plan, direct, and support manufacturing processes and personnel in a CNC machining environment. Research and resolve production problems, establish and implement standard requirements for equipment, tooling, and methods. Determine best utilization of equipment, material, and personnel.
Key Responsibilities:
Equipment Development and Implementation
- Develop and implement new production equipment to enhance manufacturing capabilities.
- Ensure equipment meets production requirements and safety standards.
Documentation and Accuracy
- Maintain accurate work instructions, routings, and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
- Ensure all documentation is up-to-date and reflects current processes.
Process Improvement
- Drive process improvements focused on cost reduction, quality, and safety.
- Utilize lean manufacturing tools such as Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Kaizen, and Six Sigma to enhance operations.
Required Qualifications:
- B.S. degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering.
Knowledge of Auto-Cad, Pro-E, or Solid-Works design software, Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Project Management software.
- Knowledge of CNC machine tools, programming, controls, and capabilities.
- Knowledge of cutting tools, work-holding, and fixturing methods.
- Skilled in manufacturing process review/development.
- Strong understanding of lean process improvements.
- Work with integrity and uphold organizational values.
- Develop strategies to achieve organizational goals.
- Meet challenges with resourcefulness original thinking and creativity.
- Prioritize and plan work activities and uses time efficiently.
- Meet challenges with resourcefulness, original thinking and creativity.
Physical Requirements:
- Routinely lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and depth perception.
- Routinely reach with hands and arms and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
- Frequently required to stand and walk.
- Occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Essential Job Functions:
- Provide engineering support to business/production unit.
- Develop, evaluate, design and improve manufacturing methods, materials and tooling.
- Analyze, plan, and design layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.
- Confer with planning and design staff concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient production methods.
- Quote internal and external business opportunities.
- Confer with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts, and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards.
- Estimate production times and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
- Confer with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes.
- Apply statistical methods to evaluate and improve process capability and estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.
Why Join Us?
- Work alongside a collaborative, experienced leadership team.
- Be part of an industry leader with a strong brand reputation and an innovation-driven culture.