Manufacturing Engineer - GKN Automotive

This position, through engineering projects, directly supports the entire production organization by leading continuous improvement efforts, capital project management, and cost reduction activities.

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Key Responsibilities

• Develop methods, tooling and techniques to continuously reduce the time and effort involved in setting-up, changing over and operations of manufacturing equipment.
• Implement bottleneck cycle time reduction in manufacturing cells.
• Troubleshoot PLC programs as required (Siemens & Allen Bradley)
• Modify manufacturing processes for safety improvement, quality improvement, cost reduction, or design changes.
• Achieve financial objectives by assisting in the preparation of the budget, scheduling expenditures, managing project budgets and initiating corrective actions.
• Manage capital projects, including: development of equipment specification, coordination of equipment runoffs,
• installation of equipment, and management of outside contractors.
• Updates and maintains equipment drawings for production and equipment, including layouts.
• Develop engineering solutions for repetitive equipment/process failures.
• Assist in identification of departmental training requirements and may provide the training for improvement of skill levels.
• Review, recommend and coordinate TPM, PM, Proactive Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance Programs to prevent equipment failures and maximize machinery uptime.
• Take ownership, in conjunction with Quality Engineer, of PFMEA, Control plans and process flows.
• Supports shop floor teams through daily interaction, problem solving skills and aiding in development of standard work instructions.
• Manage outside contractors involved in process/equipment improvement.
• Work closely with all levels of the organization to improve upon manufacturing machinery and process improvements.
• Lead Kaizen activities, and document results.
• Knows significant environmental aspects of the job and the related operational controls.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

**Formal qualifications required: **

***Essential

Two or more years of experience in manufacturing engineering, and automation.

Lean Enterprise experience

***Desirable

Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.

Specific Functional Capabilities, Knowledge, and Skills required:

B.S. Degree in Mechanical and/or Industrial Engineering, or related degree. Computer Skills (MS Word, Excel, MfgPro, Kronos)

You should be proficient in:

• PLC Troubleshooting Skills
• Engineering Degree
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
• Process Development
• Basic Computer Skills