KION North America is looking to hire a Manufacturing Engineer!

You'll get to develop and implement lean, cost efficient and state-of-the art industrial vehicle assembly processes. You'll also lead industrialization projects in manufacturing environment from concept phase until implementation, develop new best practices for KION North America Operations, and define, select and implement new production, assembly and material handling technologies. This person would also support daily production issues and the implementation of engineering changes and customer options as they are developed.

What we offer:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify areas for improvement, develop and implement tooling and fixturing improvements
• Manage industrialization projects of new developed equipment in a cross-functional team environment
• Develop new and improve existing workstation layouts to support lean and efficient assembly processes, as well as improved ergonomics for shop floor employees
• Support Industrial Engineering Manager in budgeting process and overall plant layout development
• Develop necessary tools and assembly fixtures to support / implement lean processes
• Foster continuous improvement process with leading principles of Quality, Cost, Delivery & Safety
• Drive value stream cost reduction initiatives to meet production cost targets
• Optimize existing assembly and logistics operations utilizing lean methodologies
• Design required production and assembly tools and fixtures utilizing CAD systems
• Select most efficient and cost effective tools for assembly processes
• Support operations management to resolve production & quality issues via root cause analysis
• Participate / lead Kaizen events for process improvements and generate project status reports
• Manage engineering changes through out your assigned areas and support other areas as needed
• Creates and maintains work instructions for standard work throughout assigned value stream
• Support assembly operations through special projects and new product launches as required
• Support new product development from an assembly point of view using the principles of design for manufacturing

Tasks and Qualifications:

Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering or closely related technical field required
• 4+ years of progressive experience
• Advanced knowledge of manufacturing industry practices, ideally in an automotive final assembly environment
• Solid knowledge about lean production principles, material flow optimization and continuous improvement processes
• Self-starter requiring minimal supervision
• Positive attitude and solid communication skills
• Must work well under pressure in international and cross-functional teams to meet deadlines
• Excellent MS office and CAD software skills required

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