Manufacturing Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilize lean manufacturing tools to streamline operations throughout plant via changes to workstation layout, material handling, or processing.
• Write area Standard Operating Procedures and Engineering Procedures as required and review operator training procedures.
• Develop protocol for qualifying new operators.
• Initiate process trials to determine most cost-effective way to deliver a quality part to our customers.
• Develop scorecard for quality metrics defined by Eastlake Handling scrap category.
• Develop additional daily metrics as needed to reduce scrap, rework and process variation.
• Develop plans to improve operator related scrap and communicate improvement timeline to management.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co‑workers, and supervisors.
• Position supports all shifts and candidate must demonstrate a willingness to work any shift required when the need arises.
• Confer with engineering, quality, manufacturing, outside vendors and other representatives, including customers, in planning, scheduling, coordinating and implementing NPI’s (fixture requirements etc).
• Audit and continuously improve snag/CNC processes and product produced by those processes to reduce variation seen at finishing, visual and dimensional.
• Assure reliability of the process.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, or other related Engineering discipline.
• Experience in using Lean Manufacturing tools like Kaizen, TPM, 6S, Standard Work, Kan‑Ban, Poka‑Yoke.
• Experience performing time studies a plus.
• Basic knowledge of production processes, machine tooling and operations, hand tools and automation concepts and practices required.
• Expertise in use of Microsoft Office Products (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access) required.