Manufacturing Engineer

manufacturing company

Local manufacturing company needs a manufacturing engineer to optimize processes and support product lines. The company makes extruded plastic products. Familiarity with mechanical designs and manufacturing is a must. Very generous salary and benefits, including health, dental, vision, and 401K.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Working with a safety-first approach, lead manufacturing projects, coordinating both internal and external resources to meet KPI’s.

· Champion continuous improvement and lean manufacturing ideas that improve production costs, volumes, and quality.

· Work on capital improvement projects, machinery improvement, plant layout. Work with vendors and contractors on equipment installations.

· Lead manufacturing process development for new or improved products

· Implement ideas for robotics and automation, where practical. Familiarity with PLC-based production systems is a plus.

REQUIREMENTS:

· Bachelors' degree in mechanical engineering, plastics engineering, manufacturing engineering or similar.

· At least two years of experience developing manufacturing methods, procedures, processes in a production environment. Should have knowledge about safety practices, inspections.

· In-depth knowledge of materials and mechanics, with application to production systems and tooling. Experience with plastics extrusions for automotive applications is a plus.

· Experience with continuous improvement, lean principles, and value stream mapping in a manufacturing environment.

· Should have some experience with 3D CAD systems.

Pearl Martin, Image Associates Inc. pearl AT jobspot DOT com

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