Develops designs, assembles and implements tooling/machine and processes necessary to produce new products and enhance existing products. Designs line layout to ensure efficiency. Investigates and resolves production line or tooling/machine design problems. Recommends purchases of capital equipment.
Essential Functions:
- Designs, develops and implements production line layout or tooling/machine design or design modifications as required to produce products and reduce injuries.
- Investigates and resolves production line (work centers) or tooling design problems.
- Determines cost of implementing new product on line layout.
- Develops work methods to improve production operator efficiency through quality tracking, interviews with associates, review of production line performance and training.
- Identifies and selects vendors to order tooling/equipment, fixtures, and supplies and recommends orders as necessary.
- Performs tracking of production line performances.
- Coordinates transportation and sample builds.
Secondary Functions:
- Serves on various committees as needed (Back up for Sr. Manufacturing Engineer.
- Performs other duties as necessary.
Specialized Training, Skills, Abilities, Experience:
- 4-year degree in mechanical engineering or engineering technology or equivalent field.
- 3-5 years experience in production line or tooling/machine design.
- Knowledge of blueprints, process analysis, and drafting terminology.
- Knowledge of broad machine shop and basic accounting principles.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:
- Office environment with noise from computer peripherals such as printers and disk drives.
- Factory environment with noise from manufacturing environment. Exposure to moving equipment, parts and electrical shock, also exposed to burns around die castings. Possible serious injury due to carelessness around equipment.
- Sometimes lifts, carries or moves objects - up to 50 pounds.
- Daily lifts, carries or moves objects - up to 25 pounds.
