Capital Projects Engineer

Job Title: Capital Projects Engineer

Pay: $40 - $45

Location: Carpentersville, IL

Shift: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Requirements: Resume, Interview, BG, DT, E Verify

Hands-on engineer to lead the capital projects in a cross-functional team environment to improve manufacturing processes, reduce costs and improve product quality on fans, wheels, or blower packages.

Job Description:

• Investigate, analyze and prepare justifications for the purchase of manufacturing equipment. Obtain quotations from vendors; submit capital appropriation requests for the purchase of specific equipment.

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of capital equipment projects.

• Provide regular updates on project status and develop mitigation plans as necessary.

• Analyze workflow, work methods, plant and department layouts for improved product flow in production.

• Develop CAD layouts for projects.

• Identify tools, jigs and fixtures, or other new or special equipment required for new production or improvements to existing production lines.

• Partner with the Maintenance and Production teams on the installation and debugging of equipment.

• Perform other manufacturing engineering tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering.

• Sheet metal fabrication and plant automation experience preferred; must have a good mechanical aptitude of general machinery.

• At least 7 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with 3-5 years in capital projects

• Excellent communication, project management and organizational skills

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and the ability to exercise influence without authority

• Superior analytical and problem solving skills in a manufacturing environment

• Familiarity with DraftSight and SolidWorks or similar CAD software

• Proficient in MS Office and MS Project

• Experience with IFS or similar ERP software

• Lean & Six Sigma experience desirable