What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineer - 038/035 position at DSM-H Consulting?
Position’s Contributions to Work Group:
- Drives continuous improvement through equipment, process, and facility enhancements that increase manufacturing efficiency, quality, and capacity.
- Performs engineering analysis and provides recommendations for manufacturing systems, equipment, training, and product design requirements.
- Collaborates with Quality, Operations, Maintenance, Safety and Engineering teams to evaluate projects, implement standard assembly processes, validate equipment readiness, resolve process issues and optimize facility space utilization.
- Supports capital planning, equipment acquisition, and process development activities as required for new product introductions and operational objectives.
Typical task breakdown:.
- Identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to equipment and processes (continuous improvement activities).
- Analyze requirements and make recommendations for facility systems, processes, training, equipment needs, and engineering product designs
- Complete both specialized and broad-based assignments / projects which may require collaboration and integration with other functions
- Evaluate projects and prepare feasibility studies to define desired results, assess value proposition and determine project plans
Analyze, provide specifications and perform acquisition for new or replacement
- assembly tools and equipment
- Perform capital forecasting correlation and reporting as it relates to new product introduction, product capacity increases, equipment replacement and process continuous improvement
- Improve space utilization in manufacturing and office spaces
- Develop and implement assembly processes in line with standard processes
Interaction with team:
- Collaborates closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to support production objectives, resolve technical issues, improve and document processes, optimize workload distribution across production bays, and implement tooling and equipment enhancements.
Team Structure:
- Member of the Manufacturing Engineering team, working with other Engineers, Production Planners, and Robot Technicians.
- Part of the larger Technical Services team and Operations organization, working closely with Facilities & Maintenance, Logistics, Quality and Safety to support manufacturing performance and equipment reliability
Work environment:
On site manufacturing environment with time split between workstation activities, validation documentation, equipment reviews, and hands on floor support.
- Education & Experience Required:
- Years of experience: 2-4 years
- Degree requirement: Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
- Do you accept internships as job experience: Yes
Top 3 Skills
(Required)
- Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.
- Manufacturing Equipment & Processes: Knowledge of the mechanical, electrical, and logistics equipment used in manufacturing; ability to safely operate, maintain, update and store them. Knowledge of existing product manufacturing methods, technologies and processes; ability to execute, plan, manage and monitor the entire manufacturing process.
- Problem Management Process: Knowledge of manufacturing problem management processes, methodologies and techniques; ability to use a disciplined approach to bringing that problem to a successful resolution.
Additional Technical Skills:
(Desired)
- Prior experience working in a high-volume manufacturing environment
- Experience with Creo, AutoCAD, and Geneo
- A thorough knowledge of manufacturing concepts (Lean Manufacturing, 6-Sigma, Quality Management Systems, etc.)
- Project management experience and/or PMP certification
- Lean Certification such as Six Sigma Green or Black Belt
Soft Skills:
(Required)
- Detail oriented, proactive, organized, safety minded, and comfortable working with production teams in a hands-on manufacturing environment.