Manufacturing Engineer - Matrix Design Group

Matrix designs, manufactures, and sells innovative technological products that help keep people safe. Originally focused on the underground coal mining industry, Matrix has expanded into new industrial markets in the United States and globally.

We are currently seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer who will help our organization achieve new levels of quality and manufacturing efficiency. The Manufacturing Engineer will collaborate with others in various departments across the organization to streamline processes, integrate new equipment, and develop procedures.

This position reports to the Director of Quality.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Quality Department in the evaluation of quality control processes, planning of improvement activities, and implementing changes.
• Analyze production processes, schedules, methods, and provide management with reports containing data and statistics to better understand current performance and future manufacturing capacity needs.
• Generate and maintain work instructions for assembling products.
• Create and keep up to date risk assessments and control plans for products or processes.
• Ensure that the company's manufacturing processes follow all government laws and regulations.
• Design and implement specialized tooling and apparatuses for production activities.
• Optimize production floor layouts for space savings and efficiency using 3-D design software packages.
• Provide engineering economic analysis and cost justification of new equipment to support production requirements along with full responsibility for integration, training, and upkeep.
• Design and implementation of new work-cells using lean manufacturing principles.
• Liaison with production workers in 5-S.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, participating in professional societies.
• Support the company's ISO/Ex initiatives.

Qualifications & Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, systems, or industrial Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a related role.
• Background in manufacturing of products with electronic circuit board assemblies.
• Strong project management and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Products software such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in continuous improvement, lean concepts, or kaizen.
• Must be able to operate efficiently and effectively with minimal supervision.

Working Conditions

• Office setting with occasional need for travel (less than 10%).

Physical Requirements

The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, or crouch. The employee may need to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

• First day coverage of all benefits - no waiting period
• No premium medical, dental and vision insurance – working spouse must take major medical at their place of employment if offered
• On-site health clinic
• Basic Life (2x annual base salary at no cost)
• Optional Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance (no cost)
• 401(k) Plan with up to an 8% company match
• FSA for Health Care and Dependent Care
• 10 Paid annual holidays plus vacation time
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Scholarship Program
• Optional Gym Membership