Sr. Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Provides cost estimates, capability estimates, and production recommendations for new products. Provides recommendations on where and how a product should be made using corporate resources.
• Oversees capital acquisition projects by sending RFPs, obtaining quotes, and serving as a liaison between the plant and vendors. Provides advanced technical support for equipment.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for assigned manufacturing processes. Provides high-level technical analysis.
• Develops concepts and designs new processes.
• Manages existing process improvement projects.
• Provides engineering support for existing manufacturing processes when needed.
• Provides qualifications for new/alternate vendors, components, and tooling.
• Validates process design via sampling procedures.
• Performs process cost analysis.
• Purchases major capital equipment and systems for both new processes implementation as well as current process maintenance.
• Participates in a cross-functional and cross-cultural team environment.
• Acts as a technical resource and a mentor for less experienced engineers.
• Performs other related duties as required or assigned.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Possesses engineering-level knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and their applications.
• Understands safety and environmental laws and regulations.
• Manages basic to large-level projects; demonstrates a track record of successful projects.
• Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Identifies the underlying principles, reasons, facts, or information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Understands arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Effectively communicates information and responds to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, the general public, and other employees of the organization.
• Maintains confidentiality and uses discretion with business information.
• Reads and understands documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Writes routine reports and correspondence.
• Utilizes common-sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
• Deals with problems involving several known variables in situations of routine nature.
• Plans the time, method, manner, and/or performance sequence of own work; may also occasionally assist in planning work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation.
• Frequently makes decisions of both minor and major importance, which may affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree.
• Completes some moderately repetitive tasks.
• Uses complex and noncomplex machines and equipment.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field (required).
• Five to seven years of related experience (required).
• Master’s degree in a relevant field could substitute for years of experience.

• Advanced: CAD software, complex analysis, project management, spreadsheet.
• Basic: Word processing/typing, presentation/PowerPoint.