Manufacturing Engineer

JOB SUMMARY:

The Manufacturing Engineer will lead the transition of new products from Development into sustained Manufacturing and support products through the lifecycle.

Apply Engineering principles to analyze, develop and implement Engineering Change Orders and/or Deviations to document all changes to production process, tools or parts in accordance with GMP and ISO quality requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

(Responsibilities that are central to the job and MUST be performed either unaided, or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, ref.

ADA.)


* Development of new manufacturing technology to increase production capacity, enable future product technology introduction and decrease cost of production maintaining high quality and environmental protection and work safety standards.


* Identify improvement potentials for production processes (capacity analysis, lead time analysis) and cost of production (labor efficiency, material yield rate, other costs).


* Develop new technology in a structured approach based on business case analysis.


* Integrate best practices regarding safety and ergonomics in production workstations.


* Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of product, process, and/or data requires an identification and gathering of relevant factors


* Performance improvement of installed manufacturing technology at the Chesterfield Site applying continuous improvement, lean, 6 sigma or other methods.


* Improve Overall Equipment Efficiency of existing manufacturing equipment by means of a structured approach (reduce gap between real output and theoretical output), jointly with production


* Optimize capacity of existing manufacturing equipment (increase theoretical output).


* Continuously track production capacity.


* Design and construct or specify and purchase electrical, mechanical and/or software tools and fixtures for performing various tasks in a safe, efficient, repeatable and cost-effective manner.

Perform tooling qualification.


* Continuously and proactively seek cost reduction opportunities without compromising quality or on-time delivery


* Responsible for leading troubleshooting efforts/technical teams to perform root cause analysis and subsequent solution development of process, vendor or design related problems associated with supporting a product


* Analyze the disposition of non-conforming parts


* Track all problem parts for a product and develop and report action plan


* Estimate manufacturing costs and determine time standards


* Work cross functionally to support the development of new products that are manufacturable

Note: Essential functions may not be limited to the tasks and responsibilities listed within this section.

Ordering of essential functions does not necessarily reflect importance of item.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

(From whom work is received and given, internal and external customers, supervisors, subordinates, te...