Manufacturing Design Engineer

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Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People , we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

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This job is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is on site. There is no relocation assistance for this role.

Department / Division: Engineering

Summary: Responsible for all computer related product data such as three-dimensional model definitions, fully dimensioned drawings, and all necessary system requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (Other duties may be assigned)

• 5.1. Create three-dimensional product definition from customer and product engineering specifications.
• 5.2. Create fully dimensioned product drawings for customer approval and quality check sheets.
• 5.3. Create three-dimensional tool definition (tooling data sheets TDS) from manufacturing engineering specifications.
• 5.4. Create fully dimensioned tool drawings as required.
• 5.5. Responsible for revision control and maintaining drawing files.
• 5.6. Responsible for computer system troubleshooting and upgrade installations.
• 5.7. Responsible for managing customer computer files as required.
• 5.8. Plans and formulates engineering program and organizes project staff according to project requirements.
• 5.9. Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• 5.10. Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• 5.11. Directs integration of technical activities and products.
• 5.12. Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• 5.13. Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget.
• 5.14. Prepares interim and completion project status reports.
• 5.15. Coordinates first product runs including sample submission and product verification studies.
• 5.16. Controls all aspects of engineering related quality issues including customer follow up visits. Verifies production personnel follow up visits on production related quality issues.
• 5.17. Issues engineering changes as requested from customer including internal production modifications and cost changes.
• 5.18. Issues internal engineering changes related to processes and material changes.
• 5.19. Follows products from initial quote through production release servicing the account with engineering changes as required by the customer.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Coordinates employees involved with projects including accounting, tooling and production. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities: planning, assigning, and directing work, addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 7.1. Education and/or Experience: Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7.2. Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• 7.3. Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra, geometry and trigonometry.
• 7.4. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• 7.5. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Other Skills And Abilities

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 9.1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
• 9.2. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 10.1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• 10.2. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

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