Job Description
Job Description
**Kentwood manager notes (which were not removed during Wood Plant review):
I will consider someone with no degree and multiple years of experience. I would want someone with 5 years of experience or more without a degree. I’d like the experience to be in a troubleshooting role in a manufacturing environment.
I have no preference in total amount of experience. As long as they have some and can show the ability to troubleshoot problems.**
**Wood manager notes regarding previously submitted/rejected/reviewed candidates:
When I read the notes provided by wood plant, it looks to me like they are seeking candidates for primarily floor support/troubleshooting. It’s possible they would reject someone because the floor support is not a good fit, but their skillset could be valuable in other parts of the business... If wood plant declines someone but their skillsets favor the details that I highlighted, I would be open to reviewing the resume. If wood plant declines and their skills don’t fit for Business Transformation (BT), then I would rather not review.
Here’s the list of skills I am looking for from a BT perspective.
- Embrace change to do it the right way, not the way it's always been done.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and system thinker.
- Experience with PTC Windchill PLM systems and SAP.
- Strong understanding of engineering and manufacturing processes and bills of material.
- Ability to translate technical issues into user-friendly language and vice versa.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
We are hiring Associate to Sr. Manufacturing Engineer to lead and provide ongoing support through our manufacturing life cycle!
What You Will 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
Your future team:
You will be part of large and collaborative operations network at
Preferred Skills and 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
Required Skills and Competencies
- 4 year technical degree or equivalent education