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Smiths Group plc · 3 months ago

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Elmwood Park, NJ, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Smiths Group plc is a world-leading provider of reliable, top-quality products for fluid conveyance. They are seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to improve and maintain first pass yield for specified parts and processes through continuous improvement initiatives and cross-functional support.

AerospaceElectronicsIndustrial EngineeringManufacturingMechanical EngineeringMedical

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Troubleshooting of quality issues throughout the production process: welding, brazing, nickel plating, cleaning, and borescope inspection. Additional processes: bending

Use continuous improvement and lean techniques to increase production efficiency, eliminate waste, and drive cost savings opportunities

Support production staff with specification/technical knowledge, inspection techniques, weld/braze consumables management and day-to-day trouble shooting efforts

Documentation and standardization of processes via work instructions and operating instructions to increase efficiency, facilitate cross-training and enable proper equipment usage

Equipment and tooling on-boarding into production process to support new product, process efficiency, ergonomics or safety. Basic troubleshooting, light-level repair and/or export of orbital weld machines, orbital weld heads, steam cleaning machines, tungsten grinders etc

Effective communication with production employees, management staff and cross-functional team to ensure the alignment of efforts to meet company goals

Conduct classes and trainings to support continuous improvements efforts and product quality i.e. Visual Inspection and Back-to-Basics courses

Manage operator qualifications to ensure production staff is qualified to perform given tasks

Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented team environment

Ability to read, interpret, translate engineering drawings and customer specifications to drive compliance

Excellent team player with a great attitude

Support of Team Goals, Represent company as process expert, requisition tooling and equipment for processes

Performance Measurement & Performance Evaluation

Meet team quarterly objectives. Adherence to goals and behaviors associate with achieving them

First pass yield

Process compliance (welding, bending, brazing, chemical)

Project completion/execution

Aging (units over lead-time)

Qualification

Manufacturing engineeringBlueprint readingContinuous improvementProcess developmentProblem-solvingTeamworkCreative thinking

Required

Proven working experience as a manufacturing engineer or in a related field

Experience in blueprint reading and spec interpretation

Must be comfortable in a manufacturing environment often fast-paced and loud

Must be able to stand, lift, walk, bend, and reach during their shift

Must be comfortable wearing safety glasses

Work well within a team

Creative and innovative thinking skills

Problem-solving skills

Benefits

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Company

Smiths Group plc

For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by engineering a better future.

Founded in 1851

London, England, GBR

10001+ employees

http://www.smiths.com/

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