Production Engineer

The role

The Production Engineer designs, implements, and sustains manufacturing processes, procedures, and equipment. This role involves researching automation, testing systems for efficiency, and planning factory layouts.

What you will do

• Evaluating existing manufacturing processes and identifying areas for improvement.
• Ensuring manufacturing processes, equipment, and products comply with safety/quality standards and regulations.
• Analyze production processes, schedules, methods and other data and provide management reports.
• Apply Lean / TOC production principles and practices to the manufacturing environment.
• Works with all levels of the organization to identify and implement process improvements.
• Works closely with maintenance to ensure the maintainability of new installations.
• Ensures workplace safety with heavy focus on operator ergonomics.
• Improve labor productivity/efficiency through collaborative efforts with cross-functional teams.
• Improve workstation layout, workflow, and assembly methods.
• Responsible for in-house process validations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering with experience in product development and/or manufacturing or equivalent job experience.
• 3-5 years demonstrated ability in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of production equipment for purchase, installation, and repair.
• Leadership, teamwork, problem solving, and information technology skills.
• Commercial awareness.

About the company

Tekna was founded in 1988 in Southwest Michigan and offers design consulting, contract manufacturing and original equipment manufacturing services. Re:Build Manufacturing is a family of industrial businesses aiming to build America’s next-generation industrial company.