Manufacturing, Engineer at Meritor, Inc. in Laurinburg, North Carolina

Job Description:

This position supports or directly impacts the overall performance metrics for the entire assembly plant. The Manufacturing Engineer establishes and directs manufacturing practices, processes, procedures, facilities, tools and equipment for production to achieve safety, quality, productivity, environmental, financial, and CI objectives. This position requires the use of lean manufacturing principles to minimize inventory, maximize throughput, and optimize facility utilization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serves as primary liaison with cross-function Product Development Teams providing Design for Manufacturing (DFM) input for new products, and acting as the primary interface and transition of new product to a full production environment.

• Design and implement efficient processes using lean manufacturing principles, to enable single piece flow in a pull system philosophy for existing products or new product launches as appropriate.

• Justify and purchase capital equipment/tooling to improve or implement manufacturing processes.

• Establish and document production standards and controls, conduct initial time studies and establish labor standards for all products as necessary.

• Generate work instructions, process control procedures and operating procedures utilizing visual factory methods in the creation of the work environment.

• Establish appropriate methods, tools, equipment, etc. required to produce products in keeping with established IATF 16949 operating standards.

• Complete PFMEA analysis in a cross functional environment.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Degree in Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering or 5 plus years of experience in heavy manufacturing, advanced degree is a plus

• A successful five-year history in heavy manufacturing production environment to include product launch experience required

• Previous experience with lean manufacturing methods and Toyota Production System based manufacturing.

• Expert user of appropriate office and manufacturing related technologies,2D (Autocad preferred) and 3D (Creo preferred) CAD literacy a must

• Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize workload and meet deadlines with a problem solving mentality.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Work in cross functional environment to gain consensus and be willing to adopt new ideas.