Senior Manufacturing/CPI Engineer
Senior Manufacturing/CPI Engineer
Reports To: Director of Quality and Engineering
Supervises: Manufacturing Engineer
Summary Statement: The Manufacturing/CPI Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and cost. This role works cross-functionally with production, quality, supply chain, and design teams to support existing operations and new product introductions.
Essential Job Functions
- Design, develop, and improve manufacturing methods, processes, and workflows.
- Analyze production metrics to identify opportunities for efficiency, quality, and cost improvement.
- Lead the costing effort on new projects/contracts as it pertains to direct labor pricing models and material utilization.
- Review, enhance, and develop methods to make job functions accessible to people who are blind (Job Conversion).
- In conjunction with the Quality Department, is responsible for conformance to new product specifications of PDMs and first articles, enacting quality control procedures to ensure quality standards are achieved.
- Responsible for all training in manufacturing operations through the manufacturing engineer.
- Work as project manager as assigned.
- Troubleshoot and help to resolve manufacturing issues related to materials, equipment, and processes.
- Responsible for developing and executing measurable annual goals tied to manufacturing efficiency, quality, and profitability.
- Lead strategic continuous improvement initiatives designed to improve operational margin, throughput, and scalability.
- Lead process validations, capability studies, time studies and root cause analyses in support of increased efficiencies that will support consistent production goals
- Lead equipment selection, layout design, optimization, tooling, and automation projects.
- Partner with executive leadership to align manufacturing engineering strategy with long-term business growth objectives.
- Own the development of plans to achieve productivity, labor efficiency, cost reduction, material efficiency, and process improvement objectives.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, safety standards, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
Marginal Job Functions
- Assist other personnel as time and knowledge permit.
- Participate in training and meetings as requested.
- Perform other duties as assigned.