Manufacturing Engineer

Minimum Requirements

Education: Bachelors Degree in Engineering

• Experience:2+ years of related experience
• Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls (RSLogix)
• Electrical Background (electrician or technician)
• Related experience
• Allen Bradley Panel View use/programming AB Servo and AB VFD drives
• Familiarity with VFD’s, Armor starts, encoders, network/Ethernet controls
• Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills

Position Duties

• Use Vis Plant monitoring software to review cycle times of automation, review and follow up automation project's and installations
• Troubleshoot PLC, robot, and other automation problems supporting the day-to-day production issues when required.
• Reprogram automation for engineering changes and improvements
• Define, design and maintain the plant controls strategy, ensuring alignment with ME Group Staff.
• Review, approve and load all machine controls software to ensure availability of latest level.
• Conduct Machine Acceptance for all new and retool equipment coming from New Programs, CIB projects or maintenance actions
• Review and approve technical drawings
• Prepare projects to improve machine controls and issue PIR’s and orders
• Conduct technical review of recaps ensuring accomplishment of Ford Engineering Spec and local regulations
• Review and approve new technologies, materials and components (including obsolescence)
• Provide technical support for energy efficency activities related to electrical circuits
• Coordinate and support of vendor installations in plant

Preferred requirements

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

• Experience: 2+ years of related experience
• Strong problem solving skills, including 8Ds, FMEAs, and DMAICs
• Ability to independently troubleshoot all body equipment and continuously evaluate equipment for improvement for quality and delivery
• Fanuc robot experience
• Kawasaki programming, RS Logics, Microsoft office

PLC

• Ability to read prints, AutoCAD, interpret and modify electrical schematics
• Experienced in laser burning
• Strong understanding of conveyors system programming and body tooling techniques, in addition to networking understanding, DH+, Ethernet, remote IO
• Ability to read blueprints
• Simulation modeling exposure
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience
• Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-yoke, and Value Stream Mapping
• DMAIC and DMADV (DFSS) Project Methodology experience

TQM and Kaizen Methods

• FMEA, PPAP, and DOEs experience
• Visual Factory Management