What are the responsibilities and job description for the MANUFACTURING ENGINEER position at UACJ AUTOMOTIVE WHITEHALL INDUSTRIES INC?
Job Purpose: Support the business by designing, implementing new processes and equipment; examine the rates to maximize production. The Industrial Engineer will interface with the customer, employees and management relating to design improvements and implement the new processes requirements for production. New product development of product packaging, design, develop, source per customer specifications. Using lean principles, Kazan events and 5s to ensure productivity is maintained.
Qualifications
- Education and Experience: B.S degree in one of the following areas: Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering, Production Technology, Manufacturing technology, Automotive engineer technology or 0-3 years equivalent experience.
- Knowledge: CAD/CAM experience desired, SolidWorks preferred
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the Job:
Working with the direction of an engineer I, II and/or Manager.
- Provide manufacturing process design and process change investigation, evaluation, and implementation.
- Support quoting activities by providing piece part cost estimations for new product and actual cost calculations for existing product.
- Support tooling design, gages, machinery, fixtures, etc., and report their cost and source their completion.
- Trouble shoot process through involvement in quality alerts and provide corrective actions.
- Maintain engineering documents such as specs, prints, process instructions, routings, etc. to aid in the manufacturing process.
- Support new product launches and engineering changes.
- Direct Cell Technicians and support daily production.
Physical Demands:
- Requires standing or walking a total of 2-4 hours in an 8 hour day, but no more than 1 hour at any one time.
- Requires sitting a total of 2-4 hours in an 8 hour day, but no more than 1 hour at any one time.
- Frequently requires lifting less than 10 lbs, but occasionally may lift 50 lbs or less 3-5 times in a week.
- Intermittently (5-10% of the day) may need to stoop/bend, crouch, kneel, twist, reach and pull or push.