Manufacturing Engineer

Tata Technologies
Pontiac, IL

Responsibilities:

• Study time, motion, methods, and speed involved in maintenance, production, and other operations to establish standard production rate and improve efficiency.


• Review worker logs, product processing sheets, and specification sheets, to verify that records adhere to quality assurance specifications.


• Review and approve work assignments in accordance with worker performance, machine capacity, production schedules, and anticipated delays.


• Review charts, graphs, and diagrams to illustrate workflow, routing, floor layouts, material handling, and machine utilization.


• Evaluate data and reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards.


• Recommend modifications to existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.


• Recommend revision to methods of operation, material handling, equipment layout, or other changes to increase production or improve standards.


Skills:

• Creativity, verbal and written communication skills, analytical and problem solving ability.


• Team player and detail oriented.


• Displays attributes of a critical thinker and leverages innovative ideas.


• Strong leadership and mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.


• Advanced ability to make sketches, engineering drawings and common computations.


• Advanced ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawing, schematics and computer-generated reports.


• Previous experience with computer applications and software related to engineering field, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD).


Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.

• 8-10 years experience required.


Top 3 Skills

Capacity Planning & Management – MFG: Knowledge of tools, approaches and practices for determining production demand and ability to manage resources needed to provide satisfactory levels of service.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes. Judgment and Decision Making: Knowledge of the decision-making process; ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Additional Technical Skills:

(Required)

- Power Apps experience for workflow automation.

- Data analytics skills with a focus on actionable insights.

- Working knowledge of AI tools.

- Leadership or team guidance experience.

- MODAPTS certification.

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