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.