Manufacturing Engineering Lead

The primary focus of the Manufacturing Engineering Lead is to lead improvement in back end process controls and operating efficiency to reduce the potential for non-conformances, operating costs and scrap within the area. The Lead must be capable of interacting with department supervision, operators, area managers as well as Product/Process Engineering.

• Working Engineer Lead with direct ownership of all post cast processes (departments 650 through 690)
• Responsible for creation, implementation, and monitoring of process control systems for the back-end departments
• Works to eliminate issues causing process non-conformances, improvements in yield and scrap
• Program manages process category related scrap for all post cast operations
• Works with Supervisor, Leads and Operators to improve training, solve non-conformance and process control issues and identify material and labor cost savings projects
• Develops and helps maintain overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for relevant department equipment.
• Write Standard Operating Procedures and Engineering Procedures under the supervision of the Engineer, and revises routers as directed.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers, and supervisors.

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or equivalent relevant experience
• Significant knowledge of investment casting process preferred
• Familiarity with Process Control philosophy and Equipment Uptime tracking
• Experience with use of Statistical Capability concepts
• Excellent Problem-Solving skills
• Ability to Program Manage Cross-functional teams
• Expertise in use of Microsoft Office Products (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access a plus).