Location
South Bend, IN | United States
Job description
Competitive Pay and Benefits Project Engineer will support the engineering department by aiding estimating engineering, process engineering, and manufacturing engineering as needed. Duties will include but not limited to contacting suppliers for quotes and process related questions, developing inspection documentation and methods, developing operation drawings for internal processes, cycle time and throughput studies, as well as oversight of engineering projects. Project Engineer Responsibilities:
- Estimating Engineering
- Work with supply base to develop outside process costs and tool costs.
- Work through process engineering and manufacturing engineering for process development and cycle time estimates.
- Process Engineering
- Development and maintenance of quality inspection documents.
- Development and maintenance of inspection programs for various gauges
- Generate operation drawings to support process routing.
- Develop and maintain work instructions.
- Implement and track engineering change notices.
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Perform measurements and calculations related to process capabilities.
- Development of process cycle time estimates
- Project management
- Track new projects for maintaining timing and capability as needed.
- Manage installation of capital equipment for timing and capability as needed.
- Communication and work-related interaction
- Work with customers to understand customer specific requirements and interpretation of customer specifications.
- Assist with APQP by working closely with process engineering to develop a launch plan for newly acquired business that meets the customers’ expectations.
- Develop a relationship with outside process suppliers for quick and accurate reactions to quote requests.
- Continuous Improvement
- Ability to review scrap and rework data to identify areas of improvement.
- Work through engineering department to identify process improvement opportunities that can improve throughput in production and planning.
- Develop cost studies for process improvements with estimating engineering.
Project Engineer Qualifications: - BS in a manufacturing/mechanical related field of technical study or equivalent.
- 2+ years of experience in metal cutting/machining operations, gear manufacturing experience is preferred.
- Working knowledge of many machining and metal cutting processes such as milling, turning, grinding, with emphasis on gear cutting and finishing.
- Knowledge of various materials, cutting tools, work holding, cutting parameters, and heat treatments and coatings.
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Word, Outlook
- Experience with an ERP software such as Visual, Epicor, or SAP
- Experience with solid modelling CAD software such as SolidWorks
- Familiarity with CAM software such as Esprit or Mastercam
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Salary
$75k
