Manufacturing Engineering Technician
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Entry-level support role assisting manufacturing engineers with process documentation, data collection, and basic equipment checks.
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What this role is
Entry-level support role assisting manufacturing engineers with process documentation, data collection, and basic equipment checks. At the Support Associate (S1) level, the role owns a single task type or queue, routine, well-defined requests, and drives individual transactions. None.
What this level does
- Monitors running production processes against posted parameters and records readings on standard logs and travelers, following detailed step-by-step instructions
- Assists engineers with time studies by timing cycles and recording data on provided worksheets under close supervision
- Retrieves and files standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions, ensuring the correct revision is posted at each workstation
- Flags process deviations and out-of-tolerance readings to the assigned engineer using the established escalation form
- Knowledge applied
- General knowledge of shop-floor routines — reading process logs, posting SOPs, recording gauge and cycle readings on standard forms.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Routine, prescribed tasks; answers are readily available in the work instruction or from the supervising engineer.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Completes own logging and monitoring tasks; standard interactions with line operators and the assigned engineer.
- Typical experience
- 0–1 yrs; minimal experience, on-the-job training.
Skills at this level
- Process Monitoring
- — Tracks running production processes against posted parameters, records gauge and cycle readings on travelers and logs, and identifies out-of-tolerance conditions for escalation.
- Time Studies
- — Times production cycles and operator steps, records the data on study worksheets, and compiles cycle-time results used to establish and improve manufacturing standards.
- SOP Documentation
- — Creates, revises and controls standard operating procedures and work instructions, ensuring the correct revision is posted at each workstation and reflects approved process changes.
- Lean Manufacturing
- — Applies waste-reduction and efficiency practices on the floor — supporting workflow, setup and layout improvements that reduce cycle time and non-value-added steps.
- PFMEA Support
- — Gathers process failure data and readings that feed process failure mode and effects analysis, and maintains the supporting records used to develop and update it.
- Statistical Data Analysis (Minitab)
- — Enters process and time-study data into Minitab, produces control and capability charts, and reports basic statistical findings to manufacturing engineers.
- Equipment Setup and Qualification Support
- — Stages fixtures and equipment, collects setup and qualification run data, and documents results during NPI trials and process characterization.
- Workcell Simulation Setup
- — Builds and maintains workcell simulation data to prove out proposed process layouts and validate sequencing before physical implementation.
- CNC/CAM Programming Support
- — Prepares and adjusts CAM setups (e.g., Mastercam, CAMWorks) and machining data used to run and prove out manufacturing processes on the floor.
- Mathematics
- — Applies arithmetic, algebra, geometry and statistics to compute cycle rates, tolerances, capability indices and process-monitoring calculations.
- Root-Cause Investigation
- — Gathers the readings and samples needed to investigate recurring floor process issues and recommends first-pass causes to engineering.
- New Product Introduction (NPI) Support
- — Supports NPI builds by running trial data collection, staging fixtures and equipment, and documenting process behavior during first production runs.
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