SUMMARY OF POSITION: Plans, directs and coordinates manufacturing processes in the plant; responds to manufacturing issues and concerns to ensure products are produced to specifications and according to manufacturing schedules while ensuring efficient use of resources.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:- Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods.
- Determines the processes, identifies the materials and supplies to be used, and designs and builds appropriate fixtures necessary for efficient and cost-effective manufacturing.
- Creates new part numbers based on customer specifications and established standards and adds new parts into the part master file of the MRP system.
- Establishes bills of material, manufacturing routings, machine burdens, and new work centers.
- Creates assembly instructions for new products to be manufactured.
- Establishes customer and internal engineering change orders (ECOs), processes and incorporates the changes, and ensures changes become effective.
- Establishes the processes and routings to handle discrepant material, returned products (RMAs), and internal jobs to be reworked.
- Studies and records time, motion, methods and speed involved in performance of production and other worker operations to establish standard production rates and to improve efficiencies. Institutes changes in the production processes and/or recommends adjustments to product pricing.
- Performs engineering activities in compliance with established company and manufacturing standards, engineering principles, customer requirements, and related specifications.
- Confers with customers and engineering staff concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient production methods.
- Confers with vendors to determine part specifications and recommends the purchase of equipment and materials used in manufacturing and production.
- Estimate production times, staffing requirements, and related costs for management decisions.
- Confers with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes.
- Interacts with all factory employees, appropriate management and operations personnel, and other department personnel. Communicates with the Engineering Director to obtain instruction, assistance, and communicate concerns.
- Implement the Company's environmental, health and safety programs in all departments/units within their respective operations
- Basic knowledge of Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001) and Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001), as applicable
- Perform additional related duties as assigned.
- Comply with applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, Company policy and accepted safe work practices.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:- Bachelor's or Advanced degree in Engineering
- 7-10 years of experience in the precision manufacturing industry
- Equivalent combination of education and experience
- Read, analyze, and interpret common industrial, manufacturing and technical procedures, professional journals, schematics, diagrams, drawings, and blueprints.
- Write reports, business correspondence, assembly instructions and procedural manuals.
- Respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or other members of the manufacturing community.
- Speak effectively before groups of customers or company employees.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS WHILE PERFORMING THE JOB:- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
- The employee frequently is required to use hands to handle objects.
- The employee is occasionally required to lift and move objects up to 30 pounds.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF THE JOB:- The physical environment requires the employee to work in a normal office setting with occasional visits to the manufacturing floor and certified cleanroom.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.
- The noise level in the work environment ranges from quiet to moderate.
- The employee will occasionally be required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to hazardous materials commonly used in a manufacturing environment.
