MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

 

Provide a wide range of technical and management expertise in the various aspects of manufacturing.

 

Provide an interface between operations, sales and engineering functions.

 

Ensure that requirements for efficient processes, practices and technologies for manufacturing are addressed on a timely basis.

 

Plan for and implement new programs and products into production in a timely and cost effective manner.

 

Prepare and present relevant information for make or buy decisions and program reviews.

 

Identify potential manufacturing related risks on new and developing programs and develop risk reduction plans to eliminate them.

 

Define tooling and manufacturing requirements for new programs.

 

Develop cost and operational justifications for acquisition of major tooling.

 

Provide technical support to the factory floor for immediate corrective actions.

 

Provide input as requested for manufacturing related portions of cost estimates for new and continuing programs.

 

Represent Operations in new production programs to ensure that manufacturing requirements are fully understood by program management and design engineering; and that program and design engineering requirements are in turn supported by Manufacturing Engineering and affected Operations functions.

 

Identify potential manufacturing related risks on new and developing programs and develop risk reduction plans to eliminate them.

 

Define tooling and manufacturing requirements for new programs.

 

Perform other duties as needed or assigned.



 

Minimum Job Qualifications:

 

Bachelor?s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical or other related engineering field or an equivalent of 5 years of industry experience in manufacturing engineering.

 

Hands-on manufacturing experience in printed circuit board and electronical assembly, manufacturing/production. 

 

Competency in use of E-mail, Word Processing and Spreadsheet software on an IBM or IBM compatible computer with ?Microsoft Windows? required.  Ability to use all of the above as well as machine specific programs, drawing and project scheduling and/or planning programs preferred.

 

Exceptional organizational and analysis skills required.

 

Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and flow charts required.

 

Good communications and interpersonal skills required.

 

LaBarge, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer.