Lead Manufacturing Engineer

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Job Description Summary

This role reports direct to the Sr. Manufacturing Manager - Projects and Initiatives and is responsible for supporting business growth initiatives, including support of safety improvements, tool designs and overall manufacturing improvements.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

·  Design, draft production tools, fixtures, and equipment.
·  Partner with EHS team to identify processes or equipment that can be improved to eliminate safety hazards.
·  Define and control production process including tooling and equipment. Validate design specifications and shop floor application of new product, tools, or equipment.
·  Specify and procure new equipment and tooling needed to meet production, quality and growth requirements.
·  Support NPI and TOW projects, and related equipment.
·  Team with production to identify processes or equipment that can be automated or otherwise improved to leverage productivity.
·  Lead small projects (day to day interactions with team)
·  Assist train/mentor team members

Qualifications/Requirements:

·  Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or equivalent
·  Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience (preferably in tooling, fixture and equipment design)
·  Minimum of 3 year design software experience (ProE, AutoCad, SolidWorks)

Desired Characteristics:

·  Experience with tooling and fixture design and implementation.
·  Experience with production line layout, process flows & design improvement.
·  Recent experience in leading a small team (Team Engineering/Technical People Lead)
·  Experience in project management, planning, activity follow-up.
·  Experience in MS Office software including MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
·  Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills are a must
·  Ability to work individually and as part of a team
·  Excellent communication and listening skills
·  Ability to build relationships within the company at all levels and with customers and suppliers