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Knorr-Bremse AG · 1 day ago

Manufacturing Engineer

Watertown, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$65K/yr - $98K/yr

2+ years exp

Knorr-Bremse, through its company New York Air Brake, is a leader in the heavy-haul railroad industry. The Manufacturing Engineer will support and improve machining and special processes, including programming CNC equipment and implementing effective manufacturing processes.

AutomotiveIndustrialInfrastructureManufacturingRailroadTransportation

No H1B

Responsibilities

Investigate improvements in tooling design/technology and develop new tooling vendors for continued improvement in cost, delivery and solutions

Establish robust and effective manufacturing processes with the appropriate measures for control, including but not limited to process capability evaluations, SPC, PFMEA's, Poke Yoke, PM's, JSA's, etc. The processes should maximize the utilization and efficiency of both capital equipment and direct labor

Implement and maintain Standard Work for manufacturing processes including, but not limited to, the development of the process, the output expectations and cost-effective packaging

Develop, implement, evaluate and review training plans of operators to assure work instructions and safe methods are being followed, as well as to ensure satisfactory efficiencies. The Process Engineer will also participate in the piggy-back training and evaluation of the trainee

Provide shop-floor support on process and quality issues. Provide leadership in coordinating resolutions with other internal functions (Quality, SCM, Engineering, Sales etc.)

Lead and solicit suggestions and input from all team members for continuous process improvement (Kaizen events, Hazard Traps, etc.)

Audit work areas to sustain appropriate manufacturing methods

Provide design review representation for manufacturing. Review new product designs for manufacturing tooling, standards and capabilities. Recommend design changes for manufacturing and cost effectiveness in support of value engineering

Estimate manufacturing costs on new products. Establish and maintain time standards and standard data elements for processes and equipment

Participate in capital equipment procurement and justification. This would include machine tool selection

Investigate internal quality issues as well as customer complaints, verify root cause and implement/verify and communicate corrective actions

Support or assist in audit activities (internal quality, 5S, safety, customer and governing agencies, etc.) during evaluation of NYAB

Provide daily leadership to the shop floor. This position will assume supervisory responsibility in the absence of the production supervisor

Must understand and support all Quality, Product Safety, and Health/Safety/Environmental/Energy policies

Must understand and adhere to all relevant statutory or regulatory compliance obligations

Must understand, support and adhere to the Integrated Management System policies, procedures and instructions

Must understand and support relevant key performance indicators (KPIs), as defined in the goal tree

Qualification

CNC programmingTooling selectionLean principlesSix SigmaCMM equipmentMicrosoft OfficeBasic SAP knowledgeTroubleshooting skillsTime managementLeadership skills