CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER-ONSITE
Company: Schneider Packaging Equipment
Location: Brewerton
Posted on: September 25, 2024
Job Description:
Description:Objectives of this Role
- Main point of contact representing the engineering department
during build, commissioning, startup, and iFAT (Phase 5) acting as
the liaison between engineering and operations departments.
- Minimize the post release mechanical engineering hours for each
job through focused efforts.
- Provide constructive feedback to design team both during the
project (if urgent) as well as after shipment.
- Develop and implement processes that improve manufacturing
production, decrease engineering time required, and deliver quality
outputs.
- Meet Schneider's quality standards while maintaining working
knowledge of relevant technologies and best practices.
- Develop, train, and educate engineers, assemblers, and
electricians and act as a liaison between engineers and other
ancillary teams.
Responsibilities
- Ensure projects hold their initially scheduled milestones
including build complete, commissioning, startup, and iFAT (Phase
5).
- Interface between engineering and operations during build,
commissioning, startup, and iFAT (Phase 5).
- Develop design change process post release. Process should
define when design changes can occur without notice independently
vs. when to pull in design team for decision making.
- Conduct engineering evaluations (Mechanical Scorecard) of
in-process projects to assure alignment with design standards and
customer satisfaction.
- Assist operations with the formation of build plans for each
project.
- Develop system that allows Schneider to track design flaws.
System to include root cause analysis.
- Pareto design flaws and provide usable data to prioritize
resolutions of flaws for product development and design teams.
- Organize and/or facilitate technical training for engineers and
assemblers.
- Attend all iFAT and machine beatup sessions as subject matter
expert from the mechanical perspective.
Duties
- Lead mechanical engineering activities to successful execution
of assigned project deliverables for projects in build,
commissioning, startup, and iFAT (Phase 5).
- Ensure projects hold their initially scheduled milestones
including build complete, commissioning, startup, and iFAT (Phase
5).
- Interface between engineering and operations during build,
commissioning, startup, and iFAT (Phase 5).
- Develop design change process post release. Process should
define when design changes can occur without notice independently
vs. when to pull in design team for decision making.
- Conduct engineering evaluations (Mechanical Scorecard) of
in-process projects to assure alignment with design standards and
customer satisfaction.
- Assist operations with the formation of build plans for each
project.
- Develop system that allows Schneider to track design flaws.
System to include root cause analysis.
- Pareto design flaws and provide usable data to prioritize
resolutions of flaws for product development and design teams.
- Attend all iFAT and machine beatup sessions as subject matter
expert from the mechanical perspective.
- Utilize established design standards and work methods to
produce solutions that meet requirements.
- Complete assigned standard templates, tools, and training
initiatives. Ensure the continuity of standards across the
company.
- Make project assignments and startup plans to ensure successful
execution of project requirements.
- Provide information/direction to manufacturing and service
departments as required.
- Review new technologies and ability to provide schedule impact
when applying these technologies to product life cycle.
- Conduct communication in a manner that assures clarity and
understanding.
- Travel required may include field support for customers to
ensure satisfactory operation of machines, vendor support, training
and/or trade show support. Approximately 10-25%. Must maintain
valid enhanced driver's license and/or passport for travel.
- Build professional skill through continued training, education,
and networking events.
Requirements:Skills and Qualifications
- BS in Mechanical, AS in Mechanical, or equivalent
experience
- 7+ years of experience in a design-build manufacturing
environment as an engineer with management responsibilities.
- Advanced 3D modeling skills (Inventor and Vault preferred) with
experience developing parametrically driven models.
- Experience developing and successfully implementing engineering
standards.
- Project management experience preferred.
- Advanced training/education in engineering, leadership and
project management preferred.
- Microsoft technology and relevant design and life cycle
management software.
Physical/Mental Standards
- Ability to operate computer.
- Ability to troubleshoot (electrical/ programs/machine).
- Manual dexterity sufficient for constant use of a keyboard,
mouse, and telephone. Speech and hearing sufficient for regular
communications. Vision sufficient for use of a computer monitor and
transaction documents.
- Ability to sit for long periods of time.
- Ability to perform climbing, stooping, crouching, walking,
grasping, talking, hearing and repetitive motions.
- Executing up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to
10 pounds of force frequently, and or 10 pounds of force constantly
to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
- Close mental and visual requirements needed to perform work
dealing primarily with Engineering, management, and
manufacturing.
- Ability to plan, schedule, train, check and evaluate work.
Work EnvironmentWhile performing the responsibilities of the job,
these work environment characteristics are representative of the
environment the job holder will encounter. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to
perform the essential functions of the job.While performing the
duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving
mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work
environment is usually quiet to moderate. The passage of employees
through the work area is average and normal.
ConclusionAll employees are responsible for product quality and are
required to understand and follow quality system procedures. All
employees have the responsibility, organizational freedom, and
authority to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any
non-conformities relating to product, process, and quality
system.This job description is intended to convey information
essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general
nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job.
But this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list
of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or
working conditions associated with the position.
About SchneiderAt Schneider Packaging Equipment Company, Inc.
(Schneider), we believe innovation starts with the consumer. This
approach has propelled our success in developing real-world
solutions that impact people's daily lives. With almost 50 years of
industry problem-solving in end-of-line automation, Schneider is a
leading manufacturer of case packing and robotic palletizing
solutions. Headquartered in Upstate New York, we design
state-of-the-art machinery for customers in industries such as:
food and beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, personal care, plastics,
and paper. To date, we have installed, and continue to support,
over 3,500 world-class machines in some of the biggest
manufacturing operations in the world. Driving solutions to address
our customers' specific issues pushes us to constantly innovate our
machines, software, ancillary services and our company culture.
Compensation details: 70000-115000 Yearly Salary
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