Lead Manufacturing Engineer; Onsite - Wilmington, NC

Job Description Summary

Job Description Summary
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Lead Manufacturing engineer with responsibility sustaining, improving and supporting troubleshooting and maintenance and upkeep of automated equipment within the Fuel Component Operation. This will develop and deliver Tooling that are used to manufacture hardware for commercial nuclear power reactors. The Engineer will be responsible for the design, development, and testing of new products and technology with an emphasis in motion control to meet manufacturing needs and overcome complex technical challenges.

This individual will ensure there are appropriate operating procedures, support operator and maintenance technician training material, create technical reports for the associated equipment, and drive improvement projects to mitigate the leading causes for lost productivity, or quality non-conformances.

Job Description

Responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

• Execute the design, and development for specialty tooling and equipment using sound engineering principles and adhering to engineering standards, practices, procedures, and product requirements.
• Develop tooling of medium to high complexity though Mechanical, Electrical, Software Programming and Motion Control design.
• Communicate technical detail to fabricators and technicians through the generation of fabrication drawings, specifications, and direct communication.
• Manage day-to-day operation of manufacturing equipment, other processes, and troubleshoot equipment issues
• Provide guidance to operations teams on best practices for safe and efficient machine operations
• Partner with operations teams to improve how equipment is ran
• Support training of new operators
• Generate operational instructions for newly developed tools and equipment.
• Provide feedback and technical input during design reviews and verifications.
• Interface with a broad, multi-disciplinary team.
• Lead implementation process improvement initiatives on managed equipment and processes
• Support lean initiatives and preventative maintenance programs
• Act as subject matter expert of the assigned manufacturing processes to support maintenance and operations troubleshooting
• Process monitoring to ensure equipment and process is within control and reliability and availability expectations
• Upkeep of process and equipment documentation including operating procedures, maintenance guides, training material, technical reports, and functional test instructions
• Provide operational oversight and training support for operators and maintenance of equipment
• Drive process improvement projects in response to identified issues, and proactively as opportunities are identified
• Support testing of equipment, processes, and controls to assure conformance to applicable regulations and quality requirements
• Support 24/7 manufacturing operation, including emergency response, and scheduled projects
• Other relevant duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering with five (5) years of experience working as a Manufacturing Engineer or equivalent on implementation, design, maintenance, or process improvement of mechanical equipment. At least two (2) of the those years in a production environment

OR

• Associates degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering with seven (7) years of experience working as a Manufacturing Engineer or equivalent on implementation, design, maintenance, or process improvement of mechanical equipment. At least two (4) of the those years in a production environment

OR

• High School Diploma or equivalent with ten (10) years of experience working as a Manufacturing Engineer on implementation, design, maintenance, or process improvement of mechanical equipment. At least two (5) of the those years in a production environment

• Ability to walk up and down stairs.
• Willingness and ability to support urgent machine issues on off hours.
• Willingness to work flexible hour meet business projects/initiatives.
• Must be 18 years or older and have legal authorization to work in the United States.
• GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
• This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. GE will require proof of status prior to employment

• Experience with process and/or equipment documentation development and upkeep
• Solid understanding of the principles of Motion Control
• Experience with the selection, use, and design of motion control components suitable to operate mechatronic devices.
• Experience with industrial equipment troubleshooting and maintenance support
• Experience with improvement projects for…