Manufacturing Engineer

VALCO:
Leader in commercial poultry, egg, and swine production equipment

VALCO is currently looking for a Manufacturing Engineer at our Coldwater, Ohio facility. We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits, and generous PTO.

The Manufacturing Engineer evaluates and recommends manufacturing processes and equipment for new and existing products and keeps up to date with the latest manufacturing techniques to assure safe and efficient processes.

• Determine process, tooling and equipment requirements of manufactured products for efficient fabrication and assembly based on volume of production.
• Determine the sequence of operations and assist with 'make, buy, or subcontract' decisions for production steps.
• Specify manufacturing requirements for complete lines of machines, equipment, and tooling and recommend the purchase of new or specialized equipment necessary to meet requirements.
• Establish manufacturing processes to assure quality parts in any technology utilized.
• Evaluate new and existing products and recommend improvements to reduce cost or simplify manufacturing, including elimination or simplification of parts, design changes or material changes to lower tooling cost, machine time, or material processing time.
• Examine new products for manufacturing purposes and develop cost estimates for efficient manufacture.
• Complete CER (Capital Equipment Request) forms for analysis, review and approval.
• Consult with tooling designers and production supervisors on manufacturing tooling and processing equipment to specify what each operation is to accomplish.
• Design manufacturing or process equipment and make layouts for drafters and designers in conjunction with the tooling department.
• Oversee placement of tooling on equipment and ensure that necessary corrections and adjustments are made prior to release to production in conjunction with production and the tool room.
• Keep abreast of changes within manufacturing technologies and apply experience and knowledge to reduce cost and increase operating efficiency; comprehend machine and process equipment operation, tool capabilities and familiarity with available technology.
• Evaluate requests for changes in process, compiling necessary data to justify or reject requested changes.
• Investigate manufacturing problems to determine cause of defects or failures and make recommendations to correct and resolve problems by suggesting design changes, process or equipment changes, and tool and die or jig and fixture modifications.
• Attend engineering project meetings to remain familiar with development work on manufactured products and serve as the Engineering liaison for the assigned facility.
• Contact vendors to obtain technical information and assistance as required.
• Assist in the establishment and revision of work standards for new and existing manufacturing operations, including the breakdown of the operation, separating machine time from manual time, and separating variable labor from constant labor.
• Conduct time studies to help establish standard times, leveling time values with consideration for operators' skill, effort and consistency as well as time allowances for material supply, fatigue and delays.
• The employee is also responsible for all other reasonable duties assigned by their supervisor.