Manufacturing Engineer
DIRECT HIRE
Location: Summerville, SC
 

• Develop and implement lean, cost efficient and state-of-the art industrial vehicle assembly processes. Lead industrialization projects in manufacturing environment from concept phase until implementation.
  

• Develop new best practices
  

• Define, select and implement new production, assembly and material handling technologies.
  

• Support daily production issues and the implementation of engineering changes and customer options as they are developed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify areas for improvement, develop and implement tooling and fixturing improvements
  

• Manage industrialization projects of new developed equipment in a cross-functional team environment
  

• Develop new and improve existing workstation layouts to support lean and efficient assembly processes, as well as improved ergonomics for shop floor employees
  

• Support Industrial Engineering Manager in budgeting process and overall plant layout development
  

• Develop necessary tools and assembly fixtures to support / implement lean processes
  

• Foster continuous improvement process with leading principles of Quality, Cost, Delivery & Safety
  

• Drive value stream cost reduction initiatives to meet production cost targets
  

• Optimize existing assembly and logistics operations utilizing lean methodologies
  

• Design required production and assembly tools and fixtures utilizing CAD systems
  

• Select most efficient and cost effective tools for assembly processes
  

• Support operations management to resolve production & quality issues via root cause analysis
  

• Participate / lead Kaizen events for process improvements and generate project status reports
  

• Manage engineering changes throughout your assigned areas and support other areas as needed
  

• Creates and maintains work instructions for standard work throughout assigned value stream
  

• Support assembly operations through special projects and new product launches as required
  

• Support new product development from an assembly point of view using the principles of design for manufacturing

Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering or closely related technical field required
  

• 4+ years of progressive experience
  

• Advanced knowledge of manufacturing industry practices, ideally in an automotive final assembly environment
  

• Solid knowledge about lean production principles, material flow optimization and continuous improvement processes
  

• Self-starter requiring minimal supervision
  

• Positive attitude and solid communication skills
  

• Must work well under pressure in international and cross-functional teams to meet deadlines
  

• Excellent MS office and CAD software skills required

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