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As an essential business, Anomatic produces innovative and sustainable packaging for today’s biggest brands. By leveraging over five decades of manufacturing expertise and employing an extensive technologies portfolio, we design, manufacture, and finish incomparable stock and customized solutions for numerous markets.
Position: Manufacturing Engineer
Location: New Albany, OH
Department: Engineering
Reports to: Manufacturing Engineering Manager
JOB SUMMARY
Anomatic is a fully integrated supplier of cosmetic and personal care packaging, specializing in design, fabrication, anodizing, metallizing, injection molding, decorating, finishing, and assembly.
The Manufacturing Engineer is a hands-on role responsible for optimizing and maintaining manufacturing processes, including stamping, degreasing, anodizing, injection molding, assembly, decorating, metalizing, waste treatment, and facility systems. The position emphasizes safety, operational excellence, quality, cost control, continuous improvement, and equipment reliability, requiring significant time on the plant floor.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Resolves day-to-day production issues that may impede Anomatic’s ability to ship quality products on time.
- Resolve issues that are typically multi-disciplinary in nature: process, chemical, mechanical, and/or electrical.
- Provide technical assistance to all manufacturing departments regarding the quality and/or performance of machinery, tooling, fixture, gauges, etc.
- Serve as liaison between production and engineering departments by developing and managing to implementation engineering change notices and process specifications pertaining to manufacturing processes and material specifications.
- Responsible for maintaining a safe workplace. This includes ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations.
- Identifies and implements manufacturing process changes in support of the plant’s continuous improvement and productivity improvement objectives.
- Assists with engineering analyses including but not limited to manufacturing simulations of new processes, make or buy, outsourcing, and line balancing.
- Reviews project work from maintenance, automation/autoload technicians, and external contractors with appropriate follow up and ultimate accountability to successfully acceptance of the respective projects to production.
- Review and sustain Total Preventative Maintenance Program (TPM). Coordinate with cross functional team to ensure TPM is up to date.
- Review, provide feedback, and accountability on quality of TPM.
- Enact and improve on TPM system and software.
- Performs root cause analyses to determine causes of line defects and engages the appropriate organization to drive improvement in line yields.
- Support and execute Lean Manufacturing efforts, i.e. develop SOP, TWI, and standard work for machine and process controls, RIE actions, 5S methodologies.
- Manage and update site drawings, layouts P&IDs, and process flow diagrams.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience (engineering preferred)
- 5 to 10 years’ experience with responsibility for manufacturing process support in a manufacturing environment.
- Must be an adept and experienced problem solver who is able to determine root cause of technical issues and implements effective solutions in a timely manner.
- Strong problem-solving skills with technical issues, determining root cause, and ability to implement timely solutions.
- Proficiency with machine automation and electrical trouble shooting.
- Experience working in a high volume 24/7 manufacturing environment, metal finishing experience preferred
- Skilled in cross-group collaboration, negotiation, and simplifying requirements.
- Demonstrated experience in lean problem-solving and continuous improvement
- Willingness to respond to urgent situations, including evenings and weekends
- Proficient in SolidWorks and/or AutoCad.
- Exposure to PLC programming for troubleshooting and repairs.
PREFERRED
- 1–3 years in equipment reliability (maintenance or reliability engineering)
- Willingness to travel (up to 20%)
- Certification in problem-solving (Lean Six Sigma, Red X, etc.)
- Experienced in developing and implementing PFMEA/FMEA plans is highly valued.
This plant is a primary anodizing plant utilizing chemical processing for production and wastewater treatment. Most processes involve chemical processing, fluid pumps, piping, chemical storage, mechanical conveyance and PLC, robot, or relay logic controls. High consideration will be used for candidates with some or all these experiences.
Benefits you can expect from Anomatic:
- Competitive Pay and bonus
- Career Growth
- Health Coverage Starting Your First Day
- 401K with Company Match, to help save for the future
- Paid Time Off to Enjoy Family or Hobbies
- Gym Membership Reimbursements, to help you stay active
- Training, to help hone skills
- Many more!
Anomatic takes pride in creating a safe and inclusive environment that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees and the communities in which they live. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
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