Manufacturing Engineer

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Chart, Inc is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join the Hudson Air cooler manufacturing engineering department. The role will support Chart's Air Cooled Heat Exchanger operation by applying Lean Manufacturing principles to existing production processes to realize continuous process improvement. Primary areas include header welding, fin-tube manufacturing, tube bundle assembly, painting and final assembly. 

What Your Day-to-Day Activities Will Be…

The Lean Manufacturing Engineer will support the Production departments within the business in the following activities:

Process improvement:

• Utilize lean concepts to develop and implement improvements in manufacturing processes and organize kaizen events
• Perform time studies in processes to provide necessary information for Lean projects
• Define and measure current process cycle times and suggest improvements to meet standards.
• Provide documentation for throughput improvement in pant and product flow optimization
• Implement Cycle time improvements for manufacturing processes
• Capacity planning for current and future states for strategic capitals equipment investments
• Identify opportunities for increasing efficiency of the plant, reduce waste and non-value added activities

Projects:

• Suggest new manufacturing equipment to reduce cycle time including welding equipment, material handling equipment
• Assist cost justifications for capital equipment and support for approval.
• Execute detailed purchase orders when buying capital equipment and maintain costs during execution of projects
• Interface with outside manufacturers or contractors and perform cost comparisons and evaluation
• Co-ordinate with maintenance, machine shop personnel, companies utility vendors for commissioning of new machinery
• Work with engineering department in development of weld automation

Manufacturing support:

• Assist the Operations Manager with developing annual budgets, cost savings, documenting lean initiatives
• Work with Purchasing/Procurement to qualify vendors and finalize bids with guidance as needed
• Update and develop manufacturing standard procedures for Operations Departments to follow
• Train staff on improved processes/new equipment implementation
• Develop and supervise periodic maintenance program for reduction of downtime due to machine breakdown
• Establish Kanban system of production bill of material items
• Establish Kanban system of consumable supplies

Safety:

• Mandate safety with contractors, supervisors, and plant personnel during project implementation.
• Train and supervise contractors for PPE and ensure safe practices while performing contractual safety requirements

REQUIREMENTS - MUST BE ABLE TO DO THE FOLLOWING:

• Work safely around equipment, tools, parts, machinery and material
• May require possible travel, domestic and internationally, up to 10% per year
• Strong communication skills to facilitate interaction with internal colleagues, external suppliers, vendors and customers
• Strong mechanical aptitude preferred
• Strong organization skills to document, track and manage job related information

Your Education Should Be…

Minimum Education:   

• Bachelor Degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering preferred 

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Moderate Indoor Office Environment
• Moderate Outdoor/Shop Environment

REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) WHILE IN THE SHOPS:

• Safety Glasses
• Steel Toe Shoes
• Ear Plugs
• Hard Hat (when needed)
• Gloves (when needed)
• Face Shield (when needed)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work in shop environments.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb stairs, balance stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and/or sit up to eight hours per day
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools and/or controls
• Reach with hands and arms
• Hearing and talking sufficient enough to communicate with vendors, employees and managers
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, vision sufficient enough to read, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Frequent lifting of 20 to 40 lbs. objects
• Occasionally must be able to independently and safely lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Must pass visual examination yearly (Quality Control)
• Independent mobility throughout the plant

Your Professional Experience Should Be…

Minimum Experience:

• 5 +years of Industrial Manufacturing experience and/or internship preferred

Skills required (i. e. certifications, licenses, registrations, etc. ):

• Industrial manufacturing experience preferred
• Strong technical/mechanical aptitude
• Familiar with Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD
• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles
• Educational experience with application of Lean methodology in manufacturing environment
• Proficient with all programs within Microsoft Office
• Organizational & Time Management skills

Chart is an equal opportunity employer