What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineer position at REQ Solutions?
Job Title: MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
Location: Kentwood, MI
Duration: 12 Month Contract Possibilities of Extension
Shift: 07:00 AM - 04:00 PM(Monday to Friday)
Note: Those Candidates who can work on W2 basis without any sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
Roles & Responsibilities:
We are hiring Associate to Sr. Manufacturing Engineer to lead and provide ongoing support through our manufacturing life cycle!
What You Will Be Doing:
- With general direction, will lead the introduction of new products into the facility, improve productivity and profitability of existing production procedures, and provide ongoing support through the manufacturing life cycle.
- Acts as a technical expert in process technology
Improvements:
- Independently, with innovation and creativity, evaluates manufacturing processes to ensure optimal labor and material costs to increase productivity and profitability.
- Through justifications and evaluations, identifies prime areas for improvement.
- Tracks expenditures to ensure outlays are within budgeted amounts. Identifies, reduces, and eliminates worker exposure(s) to ergonomic stress(es) in the work place.
- Floor Support: Provides timely product and process support for any manufacturing area to diagnose problems and implement solutions to minimize interruptions to production.
Special Projects:
- Leads the implementation of significant product, process, or other corporate change initiatives being introduced into the plant.
Strategic/Manufacturing Planning:
- Provides advanced research to introduce/integrate new processes, equipment, and technologies into the company
Your future team:??
- You will be part of large and collaborative operations network at client.
Who You Are:
- Very strong analysis skills: process, capacity, cost/benefit, waste stream, and quality tools.
- Internal and external quality support/management
Knowledge in lean manufacturing techniques:
- Flow, PQ, equipment reliability, and set up reduction.
- Facilitation and negotiation skills
- Knowledge of material handling
- Productivity improvement techniques:
- Behavior sciences (logic, sociology, etc.)
- Economics and financial analysis
- Work measurement
- Interpersonal skills
- Computer skills; advanced level required to utilize Excel and Access programs
- Experience in design, specification, purchase, and installation of new equipment
- Experience in the Engineering Design Process
- Knowledge of simulation, process modeling, and value stream mapping
- Project management and leadership ability
- Occupational Bio Mechanics/Human Factors Engineering
- Strategic planning
- Required Skills and Competencies
- 4 year technical degree or equivalent education
Salary : $40 - $48