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Shop Floor Design Technician - 1st Shift ($21.35+ per hr to start)

About Frontline, an Oshkosh company

Frontline Communications, a division of Pierce Manufacturing, has been the leading custom communications vehicle manufacturer since 1985 and has built over 2,500 highly customized vehicles for this industry.  Our team members design and manufacture high-quality, reliable broadcast and communications vehicles for electronic news gathering, satellite uplink, field production, bonded cellular Live&Drive, and weather reporting applications without the use of subcontractors, all under one roof. As part of the Oshkosh family, we have the unique ability to leverage our manufacturing, procurement and engineering resources across the breadth of our organization, making our products truly unique and built for breakthrough. 

Summary of Job Description

The Shop Floor Designer is responsible for being a day-to-day liaison between the manufacturing floor personnel and Engineering. The position is responsible for designing new, modified, or improved vehicle components and subsystems to support the specialty vehicle markets and will possess relevant experience with heavy truck, agriculture, automotive, or heavy construction product design. This position is also responsible for performing floor engineering which consists of the layout of special parts needed on the job.

This role is considered an hourly manufacturing role, sits within the manufacturing area and primarily supports manufacturing design needs.

Essential Functions

  • Create designs for projects that are currently on the assembly line and are not structurally significant. Ie. Close out panels, cabinets, minor brackets, shelves.

  • Monitor all designs for potential cost reductions and make recommendations to design engineering as required to structure parts to Bill of Materials

  • Take shop measurements and order parts on a timely basis

  • Become familiar with assembly processes, fabrication techniques and equipment in order to advise design engineering when a design conflicts with accepted processes

  • Investigate quality problems and work with appropriate department in solving these problems

  • Monitor repetitive DOL orders and develop these parts into stock items

  • Responsible for checking the accuracy of his/her work

  • Be completely familiar with drafting standards, symbols, nomenclature, engineering terms, and proper use of materials, reference books

  • Responsible for coordinating the design and layout of special options

  • Review job requirements directly with engineering, contract administrators, sales and manufacturing

  • Gather information and data for jobs

  • Make routine calculations using standard engineering formulas

  • Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations

  • Regular attendance required

  • All other duties and responsibilities that are assigned

Minimum Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or equivalent education

  • One year of solid modeling experience

Preferred Qualifications to complete Essential Functions

  • Associate Degree in Mechanical Design or related field

  • Experience with SolidWorks and AutoCAD software

  • Knowledge of fabrication and weld processes

  • Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

  • Detail-oriented

Other Physical Requirements

*All positions require the ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Detailed physical job analysis available upon request.

  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

  • Sense of sound is required

  • Sense of balance is required

  • Limb and finger dexterity is required

  • Ability to stand for extended periods of time

  • Ability to perform twisting, turning, bending, climbing, pushing, and pulling motions

  • Ability to lift at least 35lbs

  • Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)—steel-toe shoes, safety glasses, vest

Work Environment

Working conditions will be inside and outside where temperatures will vary from extreme heat to extreme cold for extended periods of time. This position is regularly exposed to vibration and loud noises.

Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact our talent acquisition team by email corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com.

Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.

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