Join Cerebral Staffing, LLC on site at our client John Deere in East Moline, IL as a Manufacturing Engineer!

Location: East Moline, IL

Duration of Role: One Year Plus

Pay: $42.42-$45.45 

Hours: Must be able to work variable shifts. Specific shift preferences must be listed on the resume along with candidate's location:
Shift hours:
3rd - 8:30pm-6am
1st - 6am-4:30pm

MAJOR PURPOSE:

• Plans, coordinates, and performs manufacturing engineering work for a project
  or process.
• Operates in a team environment within either the enterprise
  product delivery process or the enterprise order fullment process.
• At this level, projects are of limited scope and responsibility; work plans and
  decisions are made within established guidelines and may be reviewed by
  supervisors and/or managers.
• May assign coordinate and review portions of the
  work for support personnel and contractors.

MAJOR DUTIES: Description of the major duties performed in this job.

• Provides support and basic trouble shooting for current operations.
  Investigates, gathers and analyze data for specifically assigned, recurring
  tasks.
• Establishes routings, methods, layouts, tools, costs, methods
  documentation, quality plans and labor standards for revisions to current
  operations and/or new parts or programs of limited scope.
• Identifies and implements cost reduction, quality, safety and ergonomic
  improvement ideas of limited scope.
• Works with electronic tools to perform engineering functions.
• Develops and implements plans of limited scope to support lean
  manufacturing through the Deere Production System.
• Designs operations layouts to improve material flow and material presentation.
• Participates in team studies related to capacity, energy, productivity and
  efficiency.
• Implements new manufacturing processes and technology.
• Modifies existing performance pay plans; assists in development of baseline
  data for new wage performance pay plans.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to work variable shifts. Specific shift preferences must be listed on the resume along with candidate's location
• Shift hours: 3rd - 8:30pm-6am OR 1st - 6am-4:30pm
• Must be able to consistently arrive on time and support the production line until daily production goals are met.
• Must be able to work safely while wearing all required PPE (Bump cap, face mask (if applicable), ear plugs, safety glasses, gloves, metatarsal boots)
• Must be able to spend a significant majority of the shift in a shop floor environment working directly with other members of the team
• As a Weld Manufacturing Engineer for John Deere, you will provide Weld and Assembly ME support and basic troubleshooting for current operations in X9 Manufacturing.

ADDITIONALLY, YOU WILL NEED:

• Support Fanuc welding and material handling robots and robotic systems. Troubleshooting issues when they are down, working collaboratively with cross functional resources to get the machines up and running
• Diagnose and root cause GMAW defects. Prevent issues from re-occurring or touch up Fanuc robots to prevent repair
• Establish routings, SOE, layouts, tooling, assembly costs, OMS, and control plans for revisions to current operations
• Identify and implement safety, quality, cost reduction and ergonomic improvement ideas for department
• Work with SAP, WPlanner/MPPlanner and OMS to perform engineering functions
• Design cell layouts to improve material flow and presentation in department

WHAT SKILLS YOU NEED:

• Hands on experience with robotic systems and robotics programming
• Experience in one of more related engineering areas: industrial, production, Mechanical, Welding, manufacturing, quality
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, automation, quality, tooling, tool design, total preventive maintenance and facilities
• Experience with engineering tools, systems and databases
• Experience with line and process design, material presentation, cycles of imbalance and visual management tools
• Ability to work off shifts and weekends

WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT:

• Hands on experience with torque tools and torque controllers
• Experience with AutoCAD and Creo View software
• Experience with WPlanner/MPPlanner and OMS development
• Experience with MES systems and tooling
• Experience working in a production environment
• Education (or equivalent work experience)
  • Bachelor's degree in an Engineering/Technology discipline
• Metatarsals required for first day. Onsite from Day 1. No driving for the role.

This position is eligible (based off performance) for incremental, progressive retention bonuses at every 90 days for the first year on assignment. $5,000 for the first year broken down below:

• $750 at 3 months
• $1,000 at 6 months
• $1,250 at 9 months
• $2,000 at 12 months
Retention bonuses are forfeited for those who do not complete their assignments or end assignments early. Subject to review.