We are looking for a Manufacturing Process Engineer (MPE) to join our Central Machining Team. This is an exciting opportunity to utilize your manufacturing & project management skills and to become an associate owner of an amazing company! In this role you'll be responsible for ensuring the manufacture of high-quality consumable components from raw material to their controlled inventory location. The manufacturing process includes multi-axis CNC lathes and mills, manual and automated pressing/assembly equipment, as well as laser marking and packaging equipment. You'll also lead process improvement projects and initiatives using Lean and Six Sigma practices to enhance quality, reduce cost, improve safety, and increase earnings for our 100% Associate-owned organization.
Who you are and the experience you bring:
Define the work methods for a specific production area consisting of several work cells. Identify process improvements and lead projects to improve product flow through work cells.
Ensure safety procedures (lockout, job safety analysis, personal protective equipment, machine guarding, and ergonomics) are developed and integrated into production processes.
Provide daily support to production teams for technical issues that arise. Provide training and support in programming, operation and maintenance of all equipment in the work area.
Ensure production area processes operate within quality metric targets. Identify trends in quality performance and execute root cause analysis and develop corrective action plans.
Design tooling, fixtures and workstations essential for new product introduction to the production cells.
Participate in the investigation and purchase of new equipment and tooling. Provide input into the equipment/process technology road map. Develop maintenance schedules for all equipment within assigned work cells.
Create and maintain all documents used to control the manufacturing process including but not limited to Engineering Change Orders (ECO), routing, bills of material, standard work in each cell, value stream maps and quality data collection sheets.
Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience
Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering
2+ years of experience with CNC machining in a manufacturing environment. We will consider more junior candidates for a lower level position.
Must possess an affinity for getting to the root-cause of a problem, not be afraid of "taking the lead" and get excited about both implementing new technology and continuously looking to improve the current.
Independently motivated, collaborative team player
Ability to participate in and/or lead Kaizen events or other continuous improvement activities with proven results
Project management experience
Tool set: lean manufacturing, statistical analysis (minitab), geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), Solidworks, VSM, DFM, Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (pFMEA) and structured problem solving
Preferred experience that differentiates you:
Experience facilitating Kaizen events
New product introduction experience
Project Management Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Master's Degree in related field
Allen Bradley PLC programming and troubleshooting
Automated assembly design & setup
Why join Hypertherm?
• Collaborative, 100% employee-ownedculture
• Profit-SharingandEmployeeStock Ownership(ESOP)
• Five days/year paidCommunity Service Time
• Strong commitment toEnvironmental Stewardship
• Stable,growingorganization with ano-layoff philosophy
Hypertherm is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we welcome all applications. All employment decisions are based on business need, job requirements and our values as an associate-owned company without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
At Hypertherm Associates, we are committed to building an inclusive diverse, flexible, and collaborative environment. If our mission resonates with you, but you don't meet all posted requirements, we encourage you to still apply. We will evaluate your application materials and may suggest alternative roles that better leverage your strengths and talents. For positions with multiple levels, we will evaluate your prior experience to determine the level within our organization you are best aligned based upon the job applying.
CURRENT ASSOCIATES OR TEMPORARY ASSOCIATES: Please apply via your internal Workday career account.
$63,029.82-$105,051.76 Annual This is the base pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire.
Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors.
