Manufacturing Engineer- 1st Shift

Title: Sr. Manufacturing Engineer - 1st Shift
Pay Rate: $38-$43/hr, depending on experience
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8AM-5:00PM
Location: Onsite in Caledonia, MI
Type: Assignment
About Cinder Staffing
CINDER has never been a typical staffing agency and we pride ourselves on the things that make us unique! We love building long-term relationships by providing the tools and skills people need to succeed in any role. We propel our culture forward by working to build more equitable workplaces that include all historically excluded identities. We believe happy employees inspire commitment and community.
About Our Client
Our client leads the way in creating great experiences by offering a range of architecture, furniture, and technology products and services designed to help people reach their full potential. Together with their partners, they design spaces to help people work, learn, and heal. They don't just do what's right, they do what's best for people and for the planet.
About the Role
We are seeking a Sr. Manufacturing Engineer for our client to lead and provide ongoing support through our manufacturing life cycle!
What you'll be doing:

• With general direction, will lead the introduction of new products into the facility, improve productivity and profitability of existing production procedures, and provide ongoing support through the manufacturing life cycle. Acts as a technical expert in process technology
• Improvements: Independently, with innovation and creativity, evaluates manufacturing processes to ensure optimal labor and material costs to increase productivity and profitability. Through justifications and evaluations, identifies prime areas for improvement. Tracks expenditures to ensure outlays are within budgeted amounts. Identifies, reduces, and eliminates worker exposure(s) to ergonomic stress(es) in the work place.
• Floor Support: Provides timely product and process support for any manufacturing area to diagnose problems and implement solutions to minimize interruptions to production.
• Special Projects: Leads the implementation of significant product, process, or other corporate change initiatives being introduced into the plant.
• Strategic/Manufacturing Planning: Provides advanced research to introduce/integrate new processes, equipment, and technologies into the company.

Skills/Competencies:

• Very strong analysis skills: process, capacity, cost/benefit, waste stream, and quality tools.
• Internal and external quality support/management
• Knowledge in lean manufacturing techniques: flow, PQ, equipment reliability, and set up reduction.
• Facilitation and negotiation skills
• Knowledge of material handling
• Productivity improvement techniques: RCI's
• Behavior sciences (logic, sociology, etc.)
• Economics and financial analysis
• Work measurement
• Interpersonal skills
• Computer skills; advanced level required to utilize Excel and Access programs
• Experience in design, specification, purchase, and installation of new equipment
• Experience in the Engineering Design Process
• Knowledge of simulation, process modeling, and value stream mapping
• Project management and leadership ability
• Occupational Bio Mechanics/Human Factors Engineering
• Strategic planning
  

Education/Experience Required:

• 4-year technical degree or equivalent education

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time.