Manufacturing Process Engineer

1 day ago


Reston, Virginia, United States First Search Inc. Full time
Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

The Manufacturing Engineer at First Search Inc. plays a pivotal role in developing, implementing, and maintaining methods, processes, and costs that support the company's customers and employees. This position requires close collaboration with department supervisors and other company departments in an environment that fosters continuous improvement, lean principles, and best practices.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Support manufacturing with a disciplined approach to problem-solving, utilizing tools such as fishbone diagrams, 6s, value stream mapping, and job safety analysis to drive program launches, rework, and continuous improvement.
  • 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 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.


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