Job Manufacturing Engineering Technician 2nd Shift

Manufacturing Engineering Technician 2nd Shift

The Manufacturing Engineering Technician applies laser energy and sophisticated automation to precisely machine a wide range of materials to produce customer products with non-standard processes on machines, lasers, and tooling.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works independently on projects of moderate complexity but has ready access to assistance from more experience staff or supervisors.
• Perform standardized set-up and adjustment of computer-controlled machines.
• Troubleshoot equipment and effecting repair in a timely and efficient manner to reduce the amount of downtime and to keep the production floor operating effectively.
• Develop a wide variety of non-standard processes for customer products using a wide variety of machines, lasers, and tooling, working from rough sketch and verbal instructions.
• Review customer specified part dimensions and tolerances to determine tool modifications.
• Recommend materials, parts, dimensions, and tolerances necessary to develop product.
• Fabricate and install tooling such as mandrels, jaws & fixtures, create program, align laser, and set-up machine.
• Document settings, dimensions, tolerances, and product attributes on Product Development worksheets.
• Generate and interpret reports for review with Engineering and quality upon request.
• Document processes, Engineering Feasibility, SPC, Process Capability, settings, dimensions, tolerances, and product attributes.
• Identify potential safety hazards of equipment regularly, and documents actions taken to eliminate them.
• Troubleshoot, recommend, and implement changes in products and processes in a regulatory environment to improve manufacturability and profitability. Work directly with team in the implementation of projects in order to build and inclusive culture and processes that meet the needs of all employees and customers.
• Generate and update work instructions and documents and train employees as required.
• Participate in validation activities including IQ, OQ, PQ, etc.
• Any other duties and assignments as required.

Position Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Associates or advanced technical certificate preferred and/or equivalent experience.
• Comprehensive troubleshooting knowledge of lasers and automated processing equipment including programming of PLC and process controllers.
• Successful application of electrical and mechanical theory to ablating, skiving, marking, drilling, slitting, cutting, welding, forming, grinding, and turning materials, especially polymers and metals is desired.
• Knowledge of automated assembly equipment including programming of PLC and process controllers.
• Proven performance with Engineering Feasibility, SPC, Process Capability, statistics, and math.
• Experience generating reports from database tools, such as Microsoft Office applications (MS Excel, Access, etc.) and working with network systems.
• Ability to read and understand intermediate level of instructions, such as job routing sheets, standard work instruction, and various visual aids.
• Ability to follow established procedure.
• Possess good manual dexterity.
• Professional and respectful interaction with other employees and supervisory personnel.
• Enjoys hands-on work, must be detail oriented and exhibit a high mechanical aptitude.
• Strong organizational skills.

Working Conditions:

Work Environment: Office and Manufacturing Plants as needed

Atmospheric Conditions: Indoors

Temperature Extremes: None

Materials, Tools and Equipment Used: Computer, office equipment, manufacturing, measuring, and test equipment as needed.