Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer

Location: New York

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

Xylem |ˈzīləm|1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots;2) a leading global water technology company.

Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world’s water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas.

If you are excited and passionate about helping us #letssolvewater, we want to hear from you!
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* The Role:

** The Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer will lead and/or participate in cross-functional projects to address and resolve product and manufacturing issues, with regards to the sustainment of and continuous improvement of products, processes and methods to improve safety, quality, and delivery, while reducing operational costs for the business.
** Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:
*** Provide the production facility with support resources to maintain, document, and improve existing processes, programs, tooling, and standards to satisfy daily production requirements.
* Lead and participate in safety/ergonomics team meetings with goal of identifying and eliminating safety/ergonomics risks.
* Plan, lead, and coordinate the implementation of capital projects; including budget development, calculating financial justification, and tracking spend, GPA, and CAPEX.
* Create or revise production Standard Work Instructions (SWI) and other relevant manufacturing documentation (i.e. Check sheets, Tool Glossary, pFMEA, etc.) to improve quality, increase uptime (OEE) and improve on time delivery (OTD).
* Evaluates manufacturing processes by designing and conducting experiments; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from Operators.
* Observe, evaluate, and troubleshoot production downtime incidents for root cause and identify and implement corrective actions, utilizing formal problem solving tools such as A3 or 8D analysis, PFMEA's, Control Plans, etc., to resolve or eliminate the root cause(s).
* Selects, procures, and implements hand tools, power tools, fixtures or work holding, material handling solutions, gaging or inspection devices, packaging solutions, production equipment, etc.
* Design fixtures and tools, using 3D CAD, for the safe and efficient manufacture, in-process inspection, and testing of custom-engineered (low volume) or high volume products.
* Use project management skills to implement new equipment or production cell installation.
* Coordinates input, designs, develops, and optimizes processes, machinery, and systems for new products or changes in processing of existing products.
* Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow (routings), space requirements, and preparing and maintaining production area/floor layouts.
* Write and/or revise programs, select tooling, and select or design work holding for CNC machines, including horizontal lathes, vertical turning centers, vertical mills, and swiss lathes.
* Use Lean manufacturing techniques, to sustain and/or improve production processes, as a means to improve safety/ergonomics, increase process uptime (OEE), eliminate waste and deliver products to customer's expectations.
* May facilitate continuous improvement…