Manufacturing Engineer in Alabama

New Flyer is North America's heavy-duty transit bus leader with various locations in North America. Offering the most advanced product line under the Xcelsior® and Xcelsior CHARGE™ brands. It also offers infrastructure development through New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions™, a service dedicated to providing safe, sustainable, and reliable charging and mobility solutions. Further information is available at www.newflyer.com.

POSITION SUMMARY:  Support all manufacturing engineering activities within assigned manufacturing cell(s) including implementing and facilitating lean manufacturing initiatives, communicating ECN’s, assigning inventory locations, conducting contract reviews, creating standard work instructions (SWI’s), evaluating standards, and completing capital and facility upgrades.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

·       Provide manufacturing engineering support and services within...

POSITION GOAL: Support all manufacturing engineering activities within assigned manufacturing cell(s) including

implementing and facilitating lean manufacturing initiatives, communicating ECN’s, assigning inventory locations,

conducting contract reviews, creating standard work instructions (SWI’s), evaluating standards and completing capital

and facility upgrades.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Provide manufacturing engineering support and services within assigned manufacturing cell(s).

2. Work effectively as a cell team member to ensure operational metrics are achieved and any remedial action is

actively pursued.

3. Maintain current updates on manufacturing engineering related tasks on the manufacturing cell log.

4. Represent manufacturing engineering within assigned cells at the daily cell meetings and weekly plant metrics

meetings.

5. Design or specify any equipment/tooling/racking required to support...

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (List in order of priority)

- Management of planning, scheduling and procurement of materials to support daily plant operations.

- Lead the monthly SIOP Supply Review Process which includes a full review of the plants ability to support the demand plan and monitoring resource capacity and other potential constraints.

- Participate in the monthly Executive SIOP process.

- Manages the materials planners and operational buyers to ensure just in time delivery to the production floor - Coach and support the team to drive results and develop the individual.

- Develops collaboration with key suppliers and purchasing to optimize material supply.

- Working Capital Management of inventory to optimize cash flow and meet monthly targets - Overall responsibility for schedule adherence and on-time and in-full shipping KPIs - Cost Optimization and Reduction efforts to support optimized financial returns.

- Promotes a...

POSITION OVERVIEW 

 The primary purpose of the Manufacturing Engineer is to run the unit safely, reliably, and efficiently. The manufacturing engineer is responsible for unit operating performance to include production, raw material usage, energy usage, quality, daily performance tracking, troubleshooting, and basic unit optimization. The manufacturing engineer adds direct value to the business by driving real-time unit performance in these areas. 

 TARGETED OUTCOMES  

• Become functional area expert in assigned unit.  

• Understand unit control strategy, including alarm system.  

• Analyze opportunities and develop plans to drive operational ownership and entitlement performance in assigned unit.  

• Develop relationships to allow for influence across the organization in driving performance.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

 • Demonstrates...