Purpose/Scope:
Apply Engineering and Lean knowledge to optimize existing manufacturing processes and ensure the safety, efficiency and quality of new processes.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with Supply Chain to ensure required materials are available to production on time and unique materials are designed for manufacture
- Work with Scheduling to ensure castbooks are set up to optimize manufacturing goals for safety, quality and efficiency.
- Write Special Work Authorizations (SWA) and Very Important Process (VIP) documents when necessary to provide clarity to plant operators.
- Work with other Manufacturing Engineers and Director of Process Improvement to standardize and improve processes throughout Fabcon.
- Ensure that manufacturing processes are robust and repeatable through the use of Standard Work documents and training materials.
- Determine the root cause of process failure through the use of Statistical Process Control Methods.
- Analyze and improve manufacturing processes using Lean and Continuous Improvement principles.
- Work with Plant Management to establish continuous improvement goals and plans.
- Provide support to Estimating, Engineering and Supply Chain regarding manufacturability issues and costs
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
- Two years of experience in manufacturing
- Experience with Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles
- Strong mechanical knowledge and spatial relations aptitude
- Strong working knowledge of spreadsheet, database and word processing programs
- Ability to lead and make informed decisions in a quick moving environment
- Must be committed to safety, customer satisfaction, first time quality and efficiency
Preferred Qualifications:
- Project management experience
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Experience with ISO 9001
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
- Must be able to climb up and down moving equipment
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Fabcon is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome job applications from qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, ancestry, family care status, veteran status, marital status, or any other lawfully protected status. Minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans are encouraged to apply. If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Fabcon’s Human Resources Department.
Qualified applicants are subject to pre-employment drug testing and background check upon receipt of conditional job offers. Fabcon’s Drug Free Workplace Policy is available for inspection in the Human Resources office in Minnesota or our plant locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania during normal business hours.
Fabcon participates in E-Verify and if you are hired by Fabcon, we will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from your Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. If the government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Fabcon is required to provide you with written instructions and an opportunity to contact DHS and/or the SSA before taking adverse action against you. Please refer to the posters on our website or DHS for more information on E-verify.