Support all manufacturing engineering activities within assigned manufacturing cell(s) including implementing and facilitating lean manufacturing initiatives, implementing ECO’s, assigning inventory locations, conducting contract reviews, creating shop floor instructions, evaluating standards, and completing capital and facility upgrades.

Requirements

 ·         Provide manufacturing engineering supervision, ensuring that manufacturing cells are properly supported.

·         Work effectively as a team member to ensure operational metrics are achieved and any remedial action is actively pursued.

·         Maintain current updates on manufacturing engineering related tasks.

·         Represent manufacturing engineering at appropriate meetings and events.

·         Design or specify any equipment/tooling/racking required to support manufacturing.

·         Ensure relevant engineering change Notice (ECNs) are properly reviewed within assigned cells or assigned option groups and support all aspects of production implementation.

·         Ensure default locators to all parts within assigned manufacturing cells.

·         Create shop floor instructions and hot sheets and train the necessary personnel on those standards.

·         Update and maintain layouts (plant & cell layouts and inventory, housekeeping, emergency, & security maps etc.)

·         Specify and facilitate capital and equipment upgrades, installations, or modifications.

·         Implement and facilitate lean manufacturing initiatives (5S, value stream mapping, set-up reduction etc.)

·         Promote an environment of continuous improvement and teamwork.

·         Lead or participate in SWAT team meetings, ensuring that necessary action is taken between cross-functional groups to resolve issues.

·         Conduct process observations to ensure that assigned time standards are fair and consistent.

·         Maintain necessary resource plans for ensuring production activities are properly resourced.

·         Validate routings and submit and implement routing change requests to process planning where appropriate.

·         Conduct contract reviews prior to contract start to ensure production preparedness per SR as assigned.  This review conducted as outlined in the New Flyer Work Instruction – Manufacturing Readiness Assessment. 

·         Participate in Material Review Board (MRB) meetings as assigned, to assist with the disposition of non-conforming materials.

·         Initiate engineering change requests (ECRs) where appropriate.

·         Support process planning and production engineering.

·         Participate in internal and outside supplier certifications and audits, as required.

Benefits

• 401(k)

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance