Job Description

This position will play a key leadership role in developing and implementing processes for precision machined instruments and implants. The successful candidate will lead and participate on cross-functional teams concentrating on the delivery of new products and the improvement of repeat business processes. This role will include working with the operations, scheduling, customer service, and quality functions to successfully deliver orders on time while meeting quality and financial goals. The role requires the above to be accomplished within Tecomet’s principles of continuous improvement, customer driven innovation and a win first culture, while meeting company financial and other performance metrics.

Principle Responsibilities

• Apply engineering and quality principles in support of manufacturing
• Create methods of manufacture for new customer orders
• Enter new part numbers into ERP system
• Enter bill of material into ERP system; load new raw material part numbers (and confirm first delivery with purchasing group if applicable)
• Enter operations and production standards into method of manufacture
• Work with schedulers to select work centers based on most effective process and work center load at the time of order
• Facilitate technical meetings for new customer orders
• Gather appropriate technical resources to review method of manufacture
• Complete tolerance stack analysis for manufacturing process
• Identify special fixtures, jigs, and tooling required for manufacturing process
• Work with other process engineers and tool design/build group to develop work holding concepts and schedule tool build
• Analyze profit and loss on new customer orders
• Participate on customer project teams for product transfers, launches, or other customer requirements
• Participate on Process Excellence teams as assigned
• Lead projects for cost reduction, scrap reduction, or other initiatives
• Analyze opportunities for new capital equipment in assigned teams
• Ensure compliance with all FDA, ISO, quality, safety, and environmental regulations and initiatives.
• Additional duties may be assigned by management as the Company’s needs require.  

Qualification Requirements

Credentials/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field preferred
• A minimum of two years related experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• This position requires exceptional interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to perform effectively in a team environment.
• Strong process engineering skills including work piece control concepts, tolerance stacking, datum controls, and fixturing concepts. Requires the ability to design processes based on maximizing efficiency and quick changeovers
• Must be able to troubleshoot and resolve manufacturing process issues, develop, and implement detailed project plans, develop and institute cost improvement programs, and be able to apply engineering and quality principles in support of manufacturing.
• Ability to read, interpret and utilize engineering drawings and electronic data for product and process development is required.
• Support Lean initiatives in day-to-day production processes.
• Knowledge of process validations, process mapping GD&T and process excellence is a definite plus.
• Blueprint / GDT
• Geometry / Trigonometry
• Knowledge of drafting/CAD and CAM
• Basic Metallurgy

Other Requirements

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee could be required to stand.  The employee could frequently be required to walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee could be required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.   The employee could occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job could include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. 

Travel Requirements

Up to 10%

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.