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Manufacturing Process Engineer

2 months ago


Spring Grove, Illinois, United States Affinity Executive Search Full time
Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

At Affinity Executive Search, we are seeking a highly skilled Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our manufacturing team, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining methods, processes, and costs to support our customers and employees.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Support manufacturing with a disciplined approach to problem-solving, including fishbone diagrams, 6s, value stream mapping, and job safety analysis.
  • Provide effective leadership by constructively challenging deployed processes, inspiring a shared vision, and transparently modeling/leading the way.
  • Utilize an understanding of current and potential process capabilities and process control limits to improve quality and assess incoming work.
  • Support and document continuous improvement opportunities to reduce cycle times and reduce scrap and waste.
  • Develop financial justifications for capital equipment and process changes.
  • Design and carry out time studies, method analysis, and other work measurement activities.
  • Serve as a resource, provide expert technical assistance, and deliver on-the-job training to employees to ensure all work is performed per specifications in an expeditious, complete, cost-effective, and safe manner.
  • Meet key performance measures for the assigned process families in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, and timely completion of customer orders.
  • Create/update/maintain routings, work instructions, and blueprints to meet customer specifications and quality standards in the most cost-efficient manner.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering/technology or related degree or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 2-3 years of related experience in manufacturing and/or metals industry.
  • Experience in project management, applying industrial engineering methods, and technical applications of manufacturing practices.
  • Proficient knowledge of SolidWorks or other CAD/CAM software and Geometrical Tolerance specification/application.
  • Highly proficient ability to communicate technical issues to various internal production and business departments and to external vendors and customers.
  • Demonstrate expert mathematical and mechanical skills.
  • Extensive experience using Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint.
Preferred Skills:
  • 3 years of applied experience in an Engineering/Technology position in manufacturing and/or metals industry.
  • History of success in improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
  • Demonstrate knowledge and experience in quality tools and relevant safety regulations.
  • Experience in Value Stream Mapping, Time Standards, Line Balancing, and Plant Floor Layout.
  • Training in Lean Manufacturing, Visual Factory, Kanban, Kaizen, and Six-Sigma methods.
  • Materials flow management experience.
  • Experience with ERP or MRP software.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. If you have a strong background in manufacturing engineering and a passion for process improvement, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.