Process Engineer- CNC Machining

General Description: Vickers Engineering

As a Process Engineer, you will be instrumental in optimizing manufacturing processes and ensuring efficient production operations. Leveraging core skills in Lean manufacturing, process engineering, and industrial engineering, you will be responsible for analyzing and improving manufacturing processes to enhance productivity and quality. Your premium skills in project scheduling, root cause analysis, and CNC programming will be essential in driving continuous improvement initiatives. With relevant skills in robotics, fabrication, and mechanical engineering, you will contribute to the development and implementation of innovative solutions to enhance overall manufacturing performance. Join our team and play a vital role in shaping the future of our manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities / Duties / Functions / Tasks:

• Ability to read blueprints

• Working closely with Quality to interpret design specifications.

• Select and Build tools

• Set-Up machinery

• Code new and modify existing G & M code and monitor the run. Macro programming experience is a plus.

• Help train new operators and work with experienced operators to maintain quality and production standards

• Generate improvement ideas and work as a team with management and other Setup Engineers to implement them

• Review tooling performance and make improvements to increase life and part quality

• Review SPC data with Quality and Production management and make improvement decisions based on data

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years setup experience on CNC Mills

• Solid G & M coding skills
• Self-directed and motivated

• Strong ethics to work with management and peers as a team

• Proven programming experience on Fanuc controls

• Ability to read and understand blueprints including understanding of Geometric tolerancing

• Ability to work in a fast past environment.

• Must be open to working overtime.

• Must be able to communicate/read/write in English.

• High School Diploma or GED

• Perform typical machine shop operations.

• Abilities that are preferred but not required

o Experience with Mori Seki CNC controls

o Ability to program, run, and maintain Fanuc robots

Able to program and run Zoller tool pre-setter machine

o Knowledge of TS 16995 or ISO 9000 procedures and guidelines

Physical Requirements:

• Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling and moving items

• Responding to public address system announcements

• Walking and standing

• Lifting fifty (50) pounds or more

• Must wear required Personal Protective Equipment

Environmental Job Requirements:

• Due to forklifts and other heavy equipment traveling through the shop, temporary cracks may appear in the floor, causing an uneven walking surface

• The shop environment can be dusty and noisy

• Door are frequently open, causing drafts and interior temperature changes

• Floors around work area may become slippery during wet weather conditions, or liquids such as coolants and oils from the machinery

• May have to handle parts with sharp edges

• Passing forklifts emit gas fumes
• Tools, supplies, and related materials may contain hazardous materials

• May have to occasionally work outdoors where temperatures and climate can fluctuate

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