• Prepares Manufacturing Engineering, Tool Design and Tool Fabrication pre-plan and activity schedules required to assure conformance to contract delivery requirements.
• Design production systems including manufacturing method selection (processes) to meet cost, schedule and quality objectives.
• Provide sustaining engineering as required; maintain and improve company’s competitive position by identifying, justifying and implementing manufacturing improvements.
• May assist in structuring departmental budgets.
• Conducts producibility studies to evaluate production process reliability and provide appropriate recommendations.
• Assist in development of technical portions of new business proposals including selection of manufacturing methods and production processes, selection of tooling, and definition of costs required to implement.
• Perform make verses buy analyses and provide related recommendations to management.
• Prepares specification of production operations, prepares vendor instructions for operations sourced outside the company and defines tooling requirements and issuance of tool orders to Tool Fabrication department.
• Interact with customer organizations including providing recommendations regarding material selections, tool and product configuration and manufacturing tolerances that affect producibility, cost and schedules.
• Direct and guide junior engineers and technicians in the Manufacturing Engineering department as assigned.
• Create and maintain records, data schedules and other pertinent information as required.
• Prepare technical data and plans related to specific customer requirements and estimated related costs.
• Review vendor instructions, blueprints and applicable specifications to determine inspection requirements.
• Prepare inspection summary sheets and provide instructions for use.
• Prepare standards from work center dictionary and incorporate into all work instructions.
• Provide ME support to Lean activities, cellular standardization and continuous improvement efforts as required.

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field required and 3 to 5 years related experience.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as mechanical, manufacturing or industrial engineering.
• Effective oral/written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team/collaborative environment.
• Must be able to read simple to moderately complex blueprints, technical drawings, bills of material, assembly instructions utilized to build units, assemblies and/or machine parts.