Manufacturing Engineer

Provides product costing and cost estimates through the development, maintenance, and application of the production standards system utilizing work measurement techniques such as time/motion studies, work content studies, etc. Analyze production costs to identify and implement improvement efforts.

Leads, supports and encourages improvement projects (Kaizen) in conjunction with Maintenance, Manufacturing and Quality through individual and team development.

Proposes and implements cost reduction, work flow, and quality improvement programs for manufacturing processes supportive of ATS cost, quality, delivery, and safety goals.

Responsible for continuous improvement of plant wide material handling, packaging and product protection and material flow at workstations. Develop and implement overall material handling and product protection strategies.

Responsible for the development and implementation of a productivity and efficiency monitoring system. Analyze these metrics to identify and initiate improvement efforts.

Assist in the development, performance and optimization of preventative maintenance activities systems.

Develop and implement equipment utilization programs and capacity planning to increase line productivity. Analyze and manage capacity of equipment including line balancing in relation to sales demand.

Coordinates with product engineering personnel and external tool suppliers to develop production tooling in the best interest of ATS with regard to quality and price.

Create and maintain manufacturing documentation as required by the various Operating procedures such as Manufacturing Bills of Material, Labor Routings, Manufacturing Process Documentation, etc.

Understand, implement, and maintain ATS/TQM principles and train department members to develop effective use of principles.

Remains current in new manufacturing engineering technology, new manufacturing techniques and new equipment. Recommends new approaches where feasible.

Train others and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization to implement changes.

Demonstrates successful Project Management techniques and abilities by combining Engineering skills and people skills.