About this role
Ambient Recruiting is partnered with a leading aerospace manufacturer to identify a Manufacturing Engineer for its Whitehall, MI operation. This onsite opportunity is ideal for an engineering professional who enjoys problem-solving, continuous improvement, and developing innovative solutions to improve manufacturing performance.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement manufacturing methods that consistently meet or exceed customer requirements.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on increasing production yields, reducing labor costs, and improving operational efficiency.
- Identify and implement cost-reduction opportunities and process improvements.
- Investigate customer quality issues, identify root causes, and develop corrective action plans.
- Collect and analyze production data to support technical requests and manufacturing decisions.
- Develop material, scrap, and labor cost estimates for quotations.
- Participate in new product introduction (NPI) meetings and provide input on bills of materials (BOMs), routings, and project timelines.
- Support tooling, fixture, and die development.
- Develop manufacturing processes for prototypes and support process documentation and data analysis.
- Troubleshoot, validate, and qualify manufacturing equipment.
- Conduct time studies and develop standardized work, cell layouts, and labor standards.
- Analyze scrap, production yields, labor efficiency, and process performance to identify improvement opportunities.
- Conduct regular production floor walkthroughs to identify issues and support daily operations.
- Evaluate manufacturing processes and implement tooling or equipment changes to improve cycle times, productivity, and workflow.
- Review scrap and nonconforming parts to support appropriate disposition decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement safe, ergonomic, and scalable manufacturing solutions.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Preferred:
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Technology.
- Experience with Kaizen, continuous improvement, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to develop standard operating procedures.
- Experience conducting time studies and establishing standardized work and labor standards.
- Ability to develop capacity analysis tools using machine cycle times, workloads, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
- Experience implementing manufacturing process improvements, including equipment selection, vendor quotes, budgeting, installation, startup, and project management.
- Experience with manufacturing cell layouts, plant layouts, and ergonomic workstation design.
- Familiarity with export control regulations.
- Experience identifying non-value-added activities, reducing cycle times, and improving material and product flow.
- Ability to provide technical leadership and collaborate with cross-functional manufacturing teams.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
- Experience with 2D and/or 3D CAD software.