Manufacturing Engineer

Description

About The Company:

LeeBoy Inc. is a FAYAT Group company that is one of the world's leading manufacturers of superior commercial asphalt pavers and road maintenance equipment.  Our equipment can be seen on job sites worldwide. With over 60 years of experience, the company and its brand are stronger today than ever with the broadest product offering in the commercial class paving industry.  At LeeBoy, our employees are our most valuable competitive advantage.  We focus on hiring people with common core values of our company: integrity, innovation, and agility.  We embrace a rich tradition of adding and developing talented individuals who are passionate about their professional growth.  LeeBoy takes pride in providing the best value, productivity, and reliability for the money, and is dedicated to manufacturing top quality equipment for the road construction professional.  Our dedication to excellence and our history has earned us a distinctive reputation for quality and trust.

About The Role:

Are you an experienced Manufacturing Engineer with strong heavy equipment manufacturing industry experience?  Are you looking to hold a key role in continuous improvement to ensure a high level of quality while streamlining processes and improving workflow efficiency?  In this role, you will research, design, and develop manufacturing processes to improve production flow, assembly methods, and efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Carries out process improvements, problem resolution, project management, and employee training in conjunction with Operations and Engineering Management.
• Designs, develops and tests and/or sources and cost-justifies various tools, machinery, fixtures and equipment for recommended manufacturing methods.
• Reviews and analyzes data, first pass yield (FPY), Takt time attainment, line down time, and information in order to improve manufacturing processes and methods for cost reduction quality improvements and efficiency.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for monitoring projects, such as preparation of records of expenditures and research findings, progress reports, and staff conferences, in order to inform management of the current status of each project.
• Performs research, design, and development of manufacturing processes including production flow, assembly methods and production equipment.
• Establishes and maintains standard work and work instructions.  Develops and maintains electrical delivery of assembly documentation.  
• Working with supervisors to establish and maintain 5S in all stations of assigned area.
• Assures ergonomic work practices are being followed and constantly being improved.
• Coordinates the manufacturing launch of new/revised products including establishing goals, new tooling, training team members, and evaluating results.
• Contributes to the product introduction process with respect to cost estimation, process investigation, schedule development, and prototype manufacture.

Requirements

In This Role You Will Need: 

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, or related field strongly preferred.
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of relevant work experience, preferably in heavy equipment/road maintenance or construction equipment manufacturing environment.
• Experience in troubleshooting *heavy equipment design (including fixtures - understanding fixture development/design).
• SolidWorks knowledge is a must.
• Hands on - ability to work on and design to ensure things work properly.
• Knowledge of metals (ex. how metals react to heat/cold - or welding/reworking)
• Fabrication knowledge is a plus.
• Lean Manufacturing Certification is preferred.
• Strong PC skills including Microsoft Suite/Outlook.

You get more than just compensation with Us: 

• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• Disability
• Life and ADD Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Development and Career Growth Opportunities