Engineer
Short Description
This role provides technical leadership and operational excellence support to manufacturing, ensuring safe execution of work while meeting engineering, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. Serves as both a subject matter expert in welding and fabrication, industrial processes and can function as a driver of LEAN manufacturing transformation.
Function Description
Schedule: M-F, 7-3 (time flexible), may have OT but very unlikely
Size of current team: Team of 2 supporting 61 manufacturing employees
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities – Standard Work
Engineering & Technical Leadership
- Serve as manufacturing SME for structural welding, fabrication, and integrated production systems
- Partner with design engineering to ensure manufacturability (DFM) and efficient product design
- Lead structured root cause analysis and resolution of production issues
- Review and approve ECO/ECR changes to ensure manufacturing readiness and workflow integrity
Cost & Productivity Improvement
- Lead initiatives to reduce cost, improve labor efficiency, and minimize scrap
- Optimize facility layout and material flow to support scalable, high-efficiency operations
- Support benchmarking and continuous improvement
LEAN Manufacturing & Operational Excellence
- Support deployment of LEAN principles (6S, Standard Work, Visual Management) across operations, certification is not required, must have an understanding and applies practice is required
- Drive value stream optimization focused on flow, waste reduction, and SQDC performance
Manufacturing Systems, Tooling & Automation
- Design and implement tooling, jigs, fixtures, and material handling solutions to improve safety and throughput, most time will be spent reviewing drawings for manufacturing
- Partner with controls and engineering teams on system performance, troubleshooting, and upgrades
Standard Work & Process Control
- Review, update, or create new routers defining process steps, sequence of operations, work instructions, & labor hour estimates
- Develop, implement, and sustain Standard Work across manufacturing operations
- Conduct time studies and maintain accurate routing and process data
- Reinforce process discipline through documentation, control, and continuous improvement
Collaboration & Culture
- Coach and train teams process discipline and problem-solving methodologies
- Partner cross-functionally across engineering, operations, and supply chain
- Reinforce safety, quality, and accountability as foundational priorities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial, Manufacturing, Welding Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience with welding & machining
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with:
- AutoCAD and engineering 3D modeling software (e.g., SolidWorks)
- LEAN principles (Standard Work, 6S, Visual Management)
- Proven experience in facility layout, material flow design, and process optimization
- Ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, including weld symbols and GD&T
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
- Ability to read and understand WPS’s and PQR’s
If interested in learning more, please forward updated CV to edgar@ips.jobs
Edgar Gonzalez
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