Primary Responsibilities
- Able to confer with Design Engineering on manufacturability and testability of new products and bring new products into Manufacturing:
o Ability to understand Welding, Machining, Assembly, Marking & Stamping concepts and be able to interact with Design Engineers in technical discussions around these processes.
o Ability to tailor process development around expected volume and duration of the product.
o Possesses a good understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerance usage.
o Familiarity with New Product Introduction project management systems.
o Capable of estimating costing on new products at various stages of Design completion.
o Evaluates/Selects tooling and equipment supplies.
- Develops, evaluates, and improve manufacturing methods, including tooling, fixtures and processes.
- Confers with material planner to assure identification of unique, long lead time, special handling or high-cost items to assure appropriate measures will be taken prior to production startup.
- Develops and analyzed statistical data and product/process performance to recommend and implement improvements in targeted areas
- Confers with management, engineering and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules and other considerations to facilitate production processes.
- Develops, implements, and audits inspection and test plans, standards and acceptance criteria, and procedures/work instructions.
- Able to work with direct personnel input in a daily basis.