Manufacturing Engineering Associate, AFTERNOON SHIFT

Ref #16022

Waterdown, Ontario

Responsibilities

This afternoon shift role is a primary Factory Service Operations Engineering (OE) contact person to a service cell team, focused on quality and reliability within the cell, in addition to on time delivery and repair turnaround time.  This person is integral to the daily success of the shop floor team and is responsible for using root-cause analysis tools to resolve issues quickly and ensure steps are taken to avoid further occurrences.

• Act as a point of contact to Service floor for assistance in troubleshooting and resolving system level mechanical, electro-mechanical and electro optical manufacturing issues.
• Create and maintain documentation to support manufacturing changes, including Service processes, Work Instructions and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) authoring.
• Support engineering in defining application instructions for modification kits/upgrades.
• Attend and provide responses to daily cell standup meetings.
• Participate in cell MRB and TRB meetings as required
• Support closure of NCRs and disposition of non-conforming material.
• Reviewing change requests generated by engineering and service staff for impact to process, product flow, product quality and documentation, and implement changes as necessary.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives and projects. 
• Conduct 8D root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective and preventative actions.
• Work in partnership with the Service Projects OE’s to identify waste in the Service process such as motion, waiting, etc. and support creating data driven improvements utilizing Lean tools such as RCCA, 5S, Value Steam Mapping (VSM), etc.
• Accommodate service floor tooling sustainment activities and identify requirements ensuring the right tools for the job are available.
• Support any other business priorities as required by Operations Engineering leadership.

Skills Required

• Manufacturing Engineering experience in a high tech assembly environment.
• Excellent knowledge of Systems, Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing and Process Engineering.
• Technical communication skills both verbal and written.
• Good knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
• Able to troubleshoot and “real-time" problem solve manufacturing issues.
• Must be well organized, goal oriented and able to give attention to detail.
• Able to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the organization.

• Able to read and understand Mechanical drawings and Electrical schematics.

• AS9100 knowledge and experience an asset, but not required.
• Experience using SolidWorks, Composer and AutoCAD an asset, but not required. 

Experience & Education Requirements

• Must have a well-rounded mechanical background with manufacturing engineering experience in a high tech environment.
• University degree; or 3-year College diploma coupled with relevant work experience in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing or Systems Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a manufacturing engineering capacity.
• Green Belt Certification or equivalent industry lean experience an asset, but not required.