Responsibilites

• Implement an inventory management system to ensure the parts are never lost and don’t block production.
• Create material flow system to efficiently transfer material, parts and kits through production.
• Maintain master production schedule and release work orders to ensure timelines are met.
• Study part drawings to identify the optimal manufacturing method for each component before entering production.  Estimate/track machine time for parts to improve resolution of schedule.
• Understand capabilities of each machine in the shop, provide feedback to design engineers to make parts faster, cheaper, and of higher-quality.
• Perform capacity analysis of the various shops, and make recommendations to increase production rate and implement improvements.
• Identify integration bottlenecks and implement process improvements to increase rate.
• Study supply chain and make recommendations for strategic in-sourcing.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, mechatronics, or manufacturing engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in an automotive, aerospace, or industrial manufacturing environment.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Machine shop skills (experience with CNC, multi-axis milling, turning machines etc)
• Experience supporting a production machine shop
• Design of hydraulic/pneumatic fixtures for unattended production processes
• Lean manufacturing training or experience
• CAD experience (Solidworks is a plus)
• Experience with capacity modeling, process mapping and fault analysis
• Root cause analysis and corrective action experience
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) experience

Additional Requirements

• Position may require extended hours and weekend work.
• Willing to travel to job sites as required to commission & develop new designs, as well as troubleshoot and problem solve existing designs.