Manufacturing Engineer

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