OFP Weld Manufacturing Engineer - East Moline, IL

Responsibilities:

• Investigate, gather and analyze data for identifying root cause for welding issues in the departments supported.
• Establish routings, pay standards, layouts, weld tooling, weldments costs, OMS, and control plans for revisions to current operations and/or running changes for current product.
• Identify and implement cost reduction, quality, safety and ergonomic improvement ideas for welding operations
• Work with PDM, SAP, Wplanner/MPM, OMS, and Creo to perform engineering functions.
• Design cell layouts to improve material flow and material presentation
• Participate in annual factory capacity planning and productivity activities for departments.
• Assist in development of baseline data for new wage performance pay plans

What Skills You Need:

• Work experience or formal education in Welding Engineering
• Experience programming and troubleshooting Fanuc robotic welding applications
• Knowledge of manufacturing weld processes, tooling and facilities
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with union employees, peer engineers and supervisors
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• General understanding of Creo, Autocad or other modeling software
• Knowledge of engineering tools, systems and databases (SAP, JDAAT, etc.)

What Makes You Stand Out:

Other areas of experience or interest that will help us place you on the right team include:

• Experience with line and process design, material presentation, cycles of imbalance and visual management tools
• Experience with shop floor manufacturing and incentive pay systems such as Continuous Improvement Pay Plan (CIPP).
• Work experience with the Enterprise Product Delivery Process (EPDP)
• Experience with Lincoln & Miller MIG welding equipment and resistance welding

Education (or equivalent work experience):

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering/Technology discipline with an emphasis on welding

Qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Education: Bachelors (required)

Skills:

• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Engineer
• Welding