Manufacturing Engineer (On-site)

Pittsfield, New Hampshire
MSA, The Safety Company
MSA, The Safety Company

Manufacturing Engineer (On-site)

US-NH-Pittsfield

Requisition ID: 2
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: MissionOPS

Overview

Helps us save lives! Our mission is to keep firefighters safe by providing protection they can trust and ensuring they can return safely to their friends and loves ones. MSA Globe invented Firefighter Turnout Gear / Fire suits and has hand crafted these suits called turnout gear since 1887. We are proud to protect those on the front line. Today, we continue to lead the market in serving firefighters by providing innovative head to toe solutions that offer advanced performance and safety.

MSA Safety is a global leader in the development of safety equipment and pioneering technology that helps protect people and facility infrastructures around the world. Every day our customers place their lives in our hands. In response, we provide them with protection they can trust. It is gratifying to lead the way as a source of inspiration. Would you like to join our team of more than 5,000 employees world-wide dedicated to this purpose? We hope so.

We’re looking for knowledgeable, hands on Manufacturing Engineer to work in our collaborative Pittsfield, NH manufacturing environment. In this critical role, you will manage projects, and provide technical support for manufacturing process development, tooling, equipment, startup, and continuous improvement. You will be able to take pride in the fact that the firefighter turnout gear products that you support will save the lives of people all over the world. If this sounds like a good fit with your values and desires, please apply now.

Responsibilities

• Actively advocate behavior-based safety in all aspects of Pittsfield plant operations, adhere to company and site-specific safety policies, practices, and programs. Initiate efforts to improve workplace ergonomics.
• Assist in developing and implementing measures to improve processes, including quality, cell layouts, throughput and cycle times, making recommendations and working in conjunction with CI (continuous improvement) team initiatives.
• Interface with various departments including Engineering, Test, Material Control, and Quality to ensure documentation is complete and used during design and production. Review and approve all manufacturing level documentation prior to release to production.
• Establish the requirements for procurement and supply of necessary production tools, process tooling, and equipment used in production.
• Assist in auditing of all manufacturing process procedures. Create and maintain documentation including the update of routings and BOMs.
• Assist in investigating and analyzing component, material or product failures through collection and analysis of appropriate data. Define appropriate corrective and preventative actions, communicate in a manner that can be easily understood and implemented by production.
• Initiate, lead, participate, and provide training (problem solving, work flexing, etc.) required to effectively complete improvement efforts. Partner with factory managers to sustain improvements. Participate in MSA Operating System activities that include daily communication meetings, department performance monitoring and problem solving.
• Actively participate on NPD teams. Provide input to ensure that proposed designs are realistic and feasible within a Lean Manufacturing environment. Communicate challenges of current manufacturing processes and drive efforts to incorporate design for manufacturability and assembly concepts. Coordinate participation from peer experts to advise on manufacturability as necessary.
• Recommend capital equipment additions and develop appropriate justifications. Effectively manage the implementation and commissioning of such additions.
• Lead the identification, scoping, and execution of projects to reduce product manufacturing costs, collaborate with supervisors, factory managers, engineers, and other associates.
• Review production order closeout variances, determine root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Up to 5% travel may be required between U.S. facilities.

Qualifications

Special knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Proficient in the use of PC based CAD software such as SolidWorks.
• Ability to read and interpret assembly diagrams and documents, and explain to associates.
• Solid interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence attitudes and behaviors.
• Proven ability to simultaneously and independently manage multiple tasks, solve technical problems, lead projects, and work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution of projects including the ability to identify and act upon potential improvements.
• Knowledge of manufacturing tooling.
• Solid organizational, multi-tasking, problem solving and team-building skills.
• Excellent writing, presentation and verbal communication skills.

Preferred knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of value stream mapping (VSM), one piece flow, setup reduction, lean management, visual controls.

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Technology or related field from an ABET accredited program.

This position is available at three different career levels depending on experience, education, etc.:

• Level I: Entry Level – no experienced required.
• Level II: At least 2 years of manufacturing/industrial engineering or related experience. MS degree may be substituted for up to 2 years of relevant experience.
• Level III: At least 3 years of manufacturing/industrial engineering or related experience. MS degree may be substituted for up to 2 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in a textile manufacturing environment.
• Six Sigma and project management experience.
• Experience with SAP and MS Project.

MSA is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to providing a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. As such, it is MSA’s policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of the person’s age, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, veteran’s status, genetic information, political affiliation, disabling condition, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. MSA also makes reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to perform a job unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship.

If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to assist you in navigating this career site, let us know.Contact Us MSA is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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