Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000

CHICAGOLAND CANDIDATES ONLY - No Sponsorship - No Relocation

Summary

The Manufacturing Engineer’s responsibilities include identifying areas for improvement, maintaining high levels of manufacturing and product quality, designing new products and processes, as well as ensuring cost-efficiency and conformance with regulatory standards.

The Manufacturing Engineer must be able to work effectively within a team and have a high level of technical expertise. An outstanding manufacturing engineer should be able to develop and optimize manufacturing processes for maximum efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Evaluate quality control processes and make recommendations for improvements
• Evaluates manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research programs.
• Develops manufacturing processes by studying product requirements, researching testing methods, and conferring with equipment vendors.
• Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
• Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods.
• Provides manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor, and material costs.
• Prepares product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Maintains product and company reputation by complying with government regulations.
• Keeps equipment operational by coordinating maintenance and repair services.
• Maintains product and process database by writing computer programs and entering data.
• Completes design and development projects by training and guiding technicians.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops.
• Analyze production processes, schedules, methods, and other data to provide management with reports to better understand future requirements needed for manufacturing
• Conducts time studies, line balancing, line efficiency, OEE, etc.
• Utilize lean manufacturing, lean six sigma, and project management to reduce non-value-added activities

Education and/or Experience

• BS in manufacturing engineering with 1-3 years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques, lean six sigma, continuous improvement, and project management. Green belt certified preferred
• Must have strong knowledge on industrial CNC and laser programming.
• Must have strong knowledge of engineering economics
• Needs to be a leader who takes responsibility for teamwork, problem solving, good commercial awareness, excellent communication, knowledge of equipment for purchase, installation, and repair
• Experience using AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor/SolidWorks
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties and responsibilities of this position, the employee is occasionally required to spend extended periods of time standing up or walking. He/she will regularly walk, talk and listen, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and reach above shoulders and he/she will frequently stand, use hands and fingers, handle or touch, use foot/feet to operate machine and move from place to place. Specific vision requirements for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

During the performance of his/her work duties regularly lift up to 50 pounds and will frequently lift up to 25 pounds, such as removing materials from shipping containers.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee works in a warehouse environment and is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is loud.

BCI Acrylic Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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