Otter Tail Corporation

Manufacturing Engineer

Otter Tail Corporation$67K — $101K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. degree in business, scientific, or technical field preferred; or an Associate degree with 3 years of ME technician experience or 4 years of ME technician experience.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of lean manufacturing concepts and principles.
  • Valid Driver's License required.
  • Strong problem-solving, root cause analysis, and error-proofing skills.
  • Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral, along with proficiency in understanding production blueprints.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Site Continuous Improvement Leader in achieving objectives for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and continuous improvement.
  • Participate in the design review process to ensure manufacturability of new products.
  • Execute First Run Capability assessments of new products and develop Standard Work Instructions for manufacturing plans.
  • Lead or participate in root cause identification and corrective actions for unsafe conditions or noncompliant materials, processes, or products.
  • Facilitate lean/kaizen events as assigned and champion workspace organization (5S) in production departments.
  • Recommend and implement ideas to reduce variation and improve efficiency and cost according to lean principles.
  • Track and report metrics to demonstrate results from lean activities and improvement efforts.

Benefits

  • Exposure to a variety of manufacturing processes and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Opportunity to take on leadership roles in lean projects and initiatives.
  • Engagement in cross-functional collaboration within a matrix organization.
  • Potential for professional development through mentorship and training in lean manufacturing practices.
Full Job Description
1. Supports the Site Continuous Improvement Leader in achieving site objectives for safety, quality, delivery,
productivity, and continuous improvement.
2. Participates in design review process to ensure manufacturability of new products; reviews prints, customer
specifications, and solid model if provided.
3. Executes First Run Capability assessments of new products and develops Standard Work Instructions to implement
and improve the manufacturing plan provided by the process engineer.
4. Leads or participates in root cause identification and corrective actions to resolve unsafe conditions or noncompliant
material, process, or product.
5. Facilitates lean / kaizen events as assigned
6. Champions workspace organization (5S) within a production department. Serves as subject matter expert and
mentor to leaders and operators.
7. Recommends and implements ideas to reduce variation, improve efficiency, and reduce costs by improving tooling,
processing, and equipment use consistent with lean manufacturing practices; communicates these improvements to
process engineering.
8. Tracks and reports on metrics to show the results of lean activities and improvement events/efforts.
9. Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
B.S. degree in business, scientific or technical field preferred; Associate degree combined with 3 years ME technician
experience, or 4 years ME technician experience. Demonstrated knowledge of lean manufacturing concepts and principles.
Must possess a valid Driver's License.
Experience and Skills Required:
1. Demonstrated ability to see across functional boundaries, to see the whole business picture or enterprise. Ability to
work collaboratively within a matrix organization.
2. Strong problem-solving, root cause analysis, and cause prevention (error proofing) skills.
3. Thorough, demonstrated knowledge of lean concepts and principles.
4. Ability to work independently and show strong initiative and ownership of ideas and projects.
5. Exceptional communication skills; written, oral, listening, computer, phone, and drawings.
6. Strong ability to manage teams and projects.
7. Understanding of ISO and other business process systems.
8. Strong working knowledge of the equipment, materials, methods, and practices used in production operations.
9. Ability to read, interpret and understand the use of production blueprints and specifications.
10. Ability to convert manufacturing processing plans into action; provide implementation of planned processing.
11. Can provide, communicate and implement ideas that improve safety, quality, delivery and cost in part processing.
12. Adhere to BTD's employee safety manual.
13. Ability to establish, encourage and maintain effective working relationships with others.
The qualifications listed above are guidelines. Other combinations of education and experience could provide the necessary
knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform this job.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform
the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is occasionally required to stand;
walk; sit; use of hands and fingers to, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs;
balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to
50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision,
depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
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. While performing the duties of the job, the employee may be exposed to weather
conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Compensation Salary Range: OTC09 $67,963- $101,945 The range for this position is being displayed in compliance with all state and local regulations. Salaries are set based on a number of factors to include an individual's job related knowledge, skills, experience, and education. This means that no two candidates are alike. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. The range provided above does not include additional compensation such as bonus, health benefits, vacation, 401(K) match, etc.

About Otter Tail Corporation

Otter Tail Corporation is a publicly traded company headquartered in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The company consists of three primary subsidiaries: Otter Tail Power Company, which provides electricity to more than 130,000 customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; manufacturing businesses, including BTD Manufacturing, Inc., a metal fabricator; and plastics businesses, including Otter Tail Corporation?s wholly owned subsidiary, Northern Pipe Products, Inc., a manufacturer of PVC pipe. Otter Tail Corporation was founded in 1907 and is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol OTTR.
Learn more about Otter Tail Corporation
Size
2,487 employees
Market Cap
$2.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$95.8 million
5 Year Trend
+8.3%
Revenue
$890.1 million
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