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Position Title: Product/Process Engineer
Reports To: Director - Product Development & Quality
Department: El Cajon/Product Development
Position Summary:
Lead, plan and coordinate the manufacturing launch of new/revised products by determining materials, methods, processes, schedules, and procedures. Work closely with production, sales, and quality departments on new products (80% of time) and re-engineered products (20% of time).
Position Duties and Responsibilities:
1. In response to customer quote requests from Sales, research, design and develop manufacturing processes including materials, production flow, assembly methods, machining, and production equipment capabilities. Prepare an assessment and estimate of product costs.
2. For assigned products, manage product development planning, including:
- Develop manufacturing, implementation and process control plan
- Identify, document and order material, tooling and equipment necessary to support specific jobs and processes
- Recommend new equipment or outsourcing when justified by quality and/or cost benefit
- Document new process procedures, including process standards
- Perform FMEA as required
- Coordinate with customer technical representative
3. Prepare manufacturing schedules, manufacturing instructions and procedures, status reports, requests for nonconforming product acceptance, revisions to drawings, specifications and contracts.
4. Develop qualified vendors for procured items. Determine technical requirements and initiate purchase orders for raw materials, manufactured sub-components and services.
5. Review and evaluate in process and final cost reports on assigned projects. Advise departments, as necessary, for cost control. Develop methods to meet cost targets prior to hand-off to production. Using tools and systems, track and update actual costs against estimate.
6. Work with production supervisors, product engineers and quality engineers to systematically ensure product quality through process control methods.
7. Serve as a resource, provide expert technical assistance, and deliver on-the-job training to production employees and production supervisors, to ensure all work is performed per specifications in an expeditious, complete, cost effective and safe manner.
8. Utilize an understanding of current and potential process capabilities and process control limits. Implement statistical process control (SPC) where appropriate. Provide on-the-job SPC training to production employees. Be actively involved in lean manufacturing, process improvement goal setting/process control activities based on cost, quality and delivery.
Position Requirements
Education: BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field of engineering.
Experience: Five (5) or more years of relevant engineering experience, preferably in the metal fabrication industry. Experience specifically related to innovation and problem solving pertaining to materials, machining, heat treating, cleaning, forming, drawing, deburring, grinding, rolling and/or welding metals is a plus. Some tool design experience is a plus but not required. Experience as a manufacturing engineer, reliability engineer, or as a engineering team member/analyst involved in product design is highly transferable experience. Experience analyzing process capability and developing and implementing product development plans and process improvement plans and schedules.
Knowledge: Working knowledge of manufacturing techniques and process development. Ability to prepare detailed and accurate cost estimates in response to RFQs from our OEM customers for build-to-print products. Knowledge of Statistical Process Control, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and Lean tools. Experience implementing lean principles in manufacturing and transactional processes, and ensuring quality systems and standards in all processes and activities. Knowledge of purchasing, supplier qualification, and vendor/supplier management.
Skills: Strong interpersonal, facilitation, verbal, written, and listening communication skills. Strong project management and task management skills that include the ability to plan, prioritize, organize, gather facts, prepare schedules, document procedures and processes, and exercise sound judgment in decision making.
Abilities: Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and interfaces with employees at all levels of the organization, customers, and vendors. Must be bright, resourceful and solutions oriented. Must be able to work effectively, both independently and as a member of a team. Ability to operate a computer workstation and related software (MS Word, Excel). Experience with MS Project, SolidWorks, and SPC software is a plus but not required. Ability to train and instruct others. Ability to provide and accept feedback, input and constructive criticism.
[APPLY] for this career opportunity in confidence. Please provide your cover letter and attach your resume.
We observe the provisions of the Drug Free Workplace Act and are an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.
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