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Advanced Products Manufacturing Engineer III

Escanaba, MI
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Job Description
Manufacturing: Escanaba, MI
1st Shift

Summary

Ensure that all machines are producing parts as efficiently as possible by performing the following duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Floor support.
  • Consults with other engineers, process technicians, managers, foreman, maintenance and quality personnel to solve production and quality problems.
  • Work with tool design group to develop work holding methods.
  • Develop set up sheets.
  • Ability to read and interpret customer part prints and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Modifying & adding to robot programs.
  • Work with existing I/O to add sensors and small devices.
  • Ability to diagnose mechanical system malfunctions.
  • Ability to analyze PLC ladder logic, and electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic schematics.
  • Basic understanding of lean manufacturing, machine tool M-codes and I/O interfaces.
  • Work with personnel to solve problems and improve processes.
  • Roll out lessons learned from previous implementations.
  • Recognize possible safety issues in work cells and assist in correction.
  • Perform tests to ensure the most efficient tools are being used to manufacture parts.
  • Order tooling when needed.
  • Change tooling on machines when necessary.
  • Understanding of Pro-E solid modeling and Pro-Manufacturing.
  • Support and troubleshoot assembly and manufacturing processes.
  • Identification of inefficiencies, bottlenecks and downtime issues, ultimately leading to design proposal and implementation of solutions.
  • Troubleshooting and improvement of basic mechanical and electrical assembly systems.
  • Concept and implement cell I/O for robotic interfacing.
  • Work with vendors to obtain proposals and quotes.
  • Specify and purchase equipment and supplies.
  • Design and creation of PLC ladder logic, and electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic schematics
  • Operator training and development of job instructions.
  • Work with Quality dept to develop control plans, process flow diagrams and process FMEA’s
  • Assists in development of equipment PM schedules
  • Analyzes and plans work force utilization, space requirements, and workflow, and designs layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.
  • Estimate cycle times and throughput.
  • Confers with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards.
  • Understands and applies statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.
  • Helps quote new business by developing cycle time, machine requirements, tooling requirements, gaging requirements and labor content.
  • Able to define variable cost/part in production and propose improvements for cost.
  • Exhibit strong leadership skills and effective project management skills.
  • Able to quote and/or design production processes with automation, ergonomics, throughput and operations in mind.
  • Able to launch projects by working with multiple departments (customer service, customer engineering, customer SQE’s, maintenance, operations, materials, purchasing).
  • Able to collect and analyze production data (whiteboards, time tickets, tool incident reports) to determine plan to improve production.
  • Able to perform problem solving using root cause analysis tools.
  • Lead process improvement teams and/or APQP project teams as needed. Exhibits effective project management skills.
  • Practical understanding of foundry practices (sand cast, die cast, etc)
  • Practical understanding of sound machining practices
  • Practical understanding of fixture design/build.
  • Practical understanding of electrical, mechanical, assembly, pneumatic and fluid power, and vision systems / design practices.
  • Develop and maintain company safety policies and procedures.
  • Supervises two or more people.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

4-year degree in related field and 6 years minimum experience preferred

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