Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer Job Description

1st Shift 7am-4pm

1 Year Contract-to-hire

$45-52/hr

Onsite in Caledonia, MI

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

Who You Are:

Preferred Skills and Competencies

• 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: RCI’s
• 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 

Our employees balance two key principles: 

We expect the office to be our primary place of work because that’s where we gather to learn, teach, innovate, and host our clients. Being present together builds communities of belonging, enables strong teams, and helps us make meaningful progress. 

We also believe in giving people choice and control – over how, when and where they work to achieve commitments and deliver results, along with their wellbeing and personal needs. We trust employees to orchestrate their time and presence to best accomplish work, and what that looks like may change from day to day. 

 Levels of flexibility vary by role and team, and employees and their leader need to align on expectations of flexibility. Together we can help the world work better. 

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