Manufacturing Engineer
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An entry-level individual contributor who supports manufacturing process development and improvement activities under guidance.
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What this role is
An entry-level individual contributor who supports manufacturing process development and improvement activities under guidance. At the Support Specialist (S2) level, the role owns a defined queue or customer set, standard issues within known procedures, and drives customer satisfaction for own queue. None.
What this level does
- Runs multi-step process checks across several workstations, following procedures and applying acquired skills to routine setup and monitoring tasks
- Conducts time studies and records cycle-time data independently once given expectations and deadlines, and compiles results into the standard study template
- Updates and revises SOP and work-instruction documents to reflect approved process changes, recognizing when a step needs occasional deviation and confirming with the engineer
- Supports new product introduction (NPI) trial runs by collecting run data and helping stage equipment and fixtures
- Uses statistical tools (e.g., Minitab) to enter and chart process data for engineer review
- Knowledge applied
- Broad knowledge of area routines — running multi-step process checks, conducting time studies, and updating SOP/work-instruction documents to approved changes.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Semi-routine, multi-step tasks; recognizes when a step needs occasional deviation and confirms with the engineer.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Routine peer interaction with operators and engineers; receives general expectations, deadlines and priorities.
- Typical experience
- 1–2 yrs; some related process-support experience.
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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