Description Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. • Works with Value Stream team to identify and apply continuous improvement methods to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness • Designs, develops, tests or sources and cost-justifies various tools, machinery, and equipment for recommended manufacturing methods. • Supports senior engineers in research, design and development of manufacturing processes including welding schedules, production flow, assembly methods, production equipment and machining. • Project management of identified capital equipment projects • Applies failure analysis to determine root causes of problems and failures and develops solutions or recommends changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods. • Evaluates equipment requirements, performs cost analyses, and proposals for integrating machinery and equipment into manufacturing process. • Coordinates all pre-production activities including sample evaluation, design qualification and prototype production. • Provides documentation and detailed drawings for manufacturing and assembly of materials, assemblies, and finished products. • Prepares documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures. • Proficient with design software to perform engineering and design tasks. • Contributes to the development and implementation of best practice Lean vision, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance. • Assist technicians and/or maintenance with troubleshooting, building and/or assembly of various machines and equipment as necessary. Requirements Education and/or Experience: • Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university in Engineering or related field • Minimum 3 years relevant manufacturing experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience • Experience with and knowledge of solid modeling, SolidWorks or AutoCAD engineering design software, and engineering materials and their properties. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Active Listening – Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. • Communication Skills – The ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally with all levels of supervision on the status of jobs. • Complex Problem Solving – Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. • Deductive Reasoning – The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. • Engineering and Technology – Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. • Information Ordering – The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). • Judgment and Decision Making – Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. • Mechanical – Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. • Problem Sensitivity – The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. • Production and Processing – Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. • Systems Analysis – Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. • Troubleshooting – Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.