SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEER - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
A Leading Manufacturing Company in the Richmond, Virginia area needs a Senior Manufacturing Engineer. A Bachelor's Degree is Required for this Position. This is a Full Time, Permanent, Direct Hire Position offering Competitive Compensation, Bonus Potential, Good Benefits, Paid Holidays and Paid Vacation.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
We are looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer who will be responsible for optimizing manufacturing processes in assigned areas of responsibility while improving safety, quality, and productivity methods and actively contributing to achieving key performance indicators of the assigned area(s) and company goals. In addition, this position will identify process improvement opportunities using lean manufacturing methods, six-sigma, and other problem-solving tools, and will drive continuous improvement activities as required.
- Oversee all technical aspects of assigned manufacturing processes to ensure most efficient and productive performance, and adherence to procedures and quality standards.
- Evaluates, recommends, and implements changes to current manufacturing processes for higher productivity by analyzing processes, production, machine capacity/capability, labor standards, material cost, reviewing production schedules, and estimating future requirements.
- Evaluate and develop innovative and pragmatic solutions to manufacturing problems using advanced manufacturing principles and techniques.
- Provide accurate and timely project progress and results tracking.
- Develop standard work and work instructions to communicate manufacturing requirements to production personnel.
- Design and prepare concept drawings and implement new equipment, prototypes or modifications to existing equipment
- Coordinate and support new product introduction and line extensions.
- Evaluates capital equipment needs, prepare business cases and commission.
- Analyze and plans work force utilization, space requirements, and workflow, and designs layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.
- Refines and enhances products and process by applying continuous improvements and lean manufacturing/production principles and techniques to critical or high-impact areas of production.
- Assure product and process quality by design testing methods, testing finished product and process capabilities, and establishing standards to confirm and validate manufacturing process requirements.
- Determines root cause of failures using statistical methods (e.g. design of experiment, statistical process control) that may result in changes in design, tolerances, or processing methods.
- Lead advanced problem-solving teams as assigned.
- Participate in and lead projects involving cost savings related to manufacturing process improvement.
- Assist with troubleshooting manufacturing equipment issues.
- Assist department supervision with process training.
- May assign work, through respective management levels, to drafters, technicians, technical writers and machine shop personnel as required.
- Mentoring Associates of the department, Manufacturing engineers
- Lead on major projects with timelines and trackers to present to upper management
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor s Degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, or other relevant technical field, from an accredited university is Required.
- Minimum 5 years in fast paced plant/manufacturing operations including engineering experience with implementation and design
- Experience with plant automation (PLC, Motion Control, VFDs, CNC) and MES a plus
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge and skills in with AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks
- Working knowledge of LEAN techniques and the ability to lead a LEAN event
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge and skills in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
- Ability to design tooling to scale and convert CAD files to communicate with other programs
- Experience with statistical analysis tools (DOE and SPC)
- Statistical aptitude, strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills, including presentation skills, with proven ability to effectively communicate and influence across functions and at all levels of the organization
- Strong project management skills
- Results driven with ability to set goals and meet them
- Self-starter, ability to manage projects independently with little to no supervision.
- Ability to assemble and lead appropriate teams and resources to successfully move projects forward and keep them on track.
- Ability to recognize organizational roadblocks and be able to use change management techniques to manage organizational change.
- Ability to effectively communicate, influence across functions and at all levels of the organization.
TO APPLY:
If you are a high performer and would like to work for an equally high performing company and you think the above opportunity is appropriate for you, we invite you to submit your resume in Microsoft Word format to: GHubbard@Venteon.com
We treat all resumes with strict confidentiality. We will always contact you first before submitting your resume to our client(s) for review. If you do not receive correspondence, you are not a fit for this position.
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