Manufacturing Engineering Manager Jobs 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.

Requirements

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

•        Provide manufacturing engineering support and services within assigned manufacturing cell(s).
•        Work effectively as a cell team member to ensure operational metrics are achieved and any remedial action is actively pursued.
•        Maintain current updates on manufacturing engineering related tasks on the manufacturing cell log.
•        Represent manufacturing engineering within assigned cells at the daily cell meetings and weekly plant metrics meetings.
•        Design or specify any equipment/tooling/racking required to support manufacturing.
•        Review relevant engineering change notifications (ECNs) within assigned cells or assigned option groups and support all aspects of production implementation.
•        Assign default locators to all parts within assigned manufacturing cells.
•        Create standard work instructions and hot sheets and train the necessary personnel on those standards.
•        Update and maintain layouts (plant & cell layouts and inventory, housekeeping, emergency, & security maps etc.)
•        Specify and facilitate capital and equipment upgrades, installations or modifications.
•        Implement and facilitate lean manufacturing initiatives (5S, value stream mapping, set-up reduction etc.)
•        Promote an environment of continuous improvement and team work.
•        Lead or participate in SWAT team meetings, ensuring that necessary action is taken between cross-functional groups to resolve issues.
•        Conduct process observations to ensure that assigned time standards are fair and consistent.
•        Maintain necessary resource plans for ensuring production activities are properly resourced.
•        Validate routings and submit and implement routing change requests to process planning where appropriate.
•        Conduct contract reviews prior to contract start to ensure production preparedness.
•        Participate in Non- Conforming Parts (NCP) meetings as assigned, to assist with the disposition of non-conforming materials.
•        Initiate engineering change requests (ECRs) where appropriate.
•        Support process planning and production engineering.
•        Participate in internal and outside Supplier Application Approvals and audits, as required.
•        Communicate Engineering Change Notification (ECN) to Quality Assurance and Production per ECN Process.
•        Liaison between Product Engineering and Production.
•        Provide pre-production support, including, but not limited to, organizing and leading pre-production meetings, and reviewing pre-production information packets and addressing issues as needed.
•        Other duties as assigned.

•        Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
•        Knowledgeable and hands on experience in application of Lean and Six Sigma
•        Experience working as an effective team player.
•        Understand different substrates and how to prepare each for paint application.
•        Base knowledge of sanding, body filler and taping for paint application.
•        Have knowledge in the paint application and equipment used.
•        Understand how to trouble shoot paint related issues.
•        Understand paint specifications and how to use orange peel and gloss meters.
•        Have knowledge in the application of decals and be able to root cause issues.
•        A base knowledge of paint robotics is considered a plus.
•        Basic knowledge of environmental regulations related to paint.

Benefits

WHY JOIN US:

• Be part of a team leading the world's electrification of mass mobility
• Competitive Wages and comprehensive benefit package with Immediate benefit eligibility
• Paid holidays and vacation
• 401K with generous company match

       Passionate about creating a better product, a better workplace, and a better world

• Inclusive workplace culture that values and empowers team members.
• On-the-job training in a continuous learning environment (we've invested 8.6M in 2022)
• Advancement opportunities within our family of companies

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New Flyer is an EEO/AA/Female/Minority/Disabled/Vets Employer.  Accommodations are available at all stages of the recruitment process, at the candidates' request.

NFI Group is a leading independent global bus manufacturer providing a comprehensive suite of mass transportation solutions.  News and information are available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, www.arbocsv.com, www.alexander-dennis.com, www.carfaircomposites.com and www.nfi.parts.