
Manufacturing Engineer
- Milwaukee, WI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Paid time off, vacation and paid holidays
- Market competitive compensation
- Retirement programs including 401(k) Plan with matching employer contributions
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan – annual optional enrollment period
- Basic dental, Basic life, Basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage
- Short term and long-term disability, Employee Assistance Program
- Business travel accident insurance
- Other health education programs, including smoking cessation, annual wellness screening and seasonal flu shot
- Bonus, incentives depending on position and level
- Base pay progression through lateral & promotional development on both managerial and technical career paths
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Improve processes and/or routings where needed for improvements in safety, quality, delivery and productivity/cost.
- Perform root cause investigation and implement steps for resolution of production related engineering problems.
- Investigate manufacturing problems, making recommendations for changes and performing follow up to insure changes are implemented
- Communicate with production planning, tool design, industrial engineering, plant supervision, corporate engineering staff and operators to insure that all are informed of manufacturing plans.
- Plan and organize projects to see that they are completed as scheduled.
- Initiate and maintain an active project docket with emphasis on continuous improvement
- Justify through corporate capital program new equipment to meet plant production needs with emphasis on improved methods through technology gains.
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques, i.e. cellular manufacturing, CNC processes
- Ability to interact with peers and subordinates.
- Mechanical aptitude.
- Thorough working knowledge of:
- Blueprints including geometric tolerancing
- Manufacturing processes
- Production equipment capability
- Tooling
- Fixture design
- Product costing
- Accounting procedures
- Design and development of tooling and fixtures
- Process design
- CAD experience is a plus
- Good communication and collaboration skills.
- Able to work under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines.